Héctor Bellerín

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bellerín and the second or maternal family name is Moruno.
Héctor Bellerín

Bellerín playing for Arsenal in 2015
Personal information
Full name Héctor Bellerín Moruno
Date of birth (1995-03-19) March 19, 1995
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 24
Youth career
2003–2011 Barcelona
2011–2013 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2013– Arsenal 54 (3)
2013–2014 → Watford (loan) 8 (0)
National team‡
2011 Spain U16 6 (1)
2012 Spain U17 6 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U19 9 (0)
2015– Spain U21 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:41, 30 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:14, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Héctor Bellerín Moruno (born 19 March 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for English club Arsenal. He also had a loan stint at Watford, and has played internationally for Spain from under-16 to under-21 levels.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Bellerín started his club football career in the youth teams of FC Barcelona. He moved to Arsenal in the summer of 2011,[2] and signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2013.[3] Bellerín made his competitive debut away to West Bromwich Albion in the third round of the League Cup on 25 September 2013, coming on in the 95th minute as a substitute for Mikel Arteta in a penalty shootout victory after a 1–1 draw.[4] Two months later Bellerín joined Championship club Watford for a two-month loan, and made his debut against Yeovil Town eight days after signing.[5] The loan at Watford was extended until the end of the season,[6] but he was recalled by Arsenal in February 2014.[7]

Bellerín on the ball against Leicester City in February 2015

Following injuries to Mathieu Debuchy, Calum Chambers and Nacho Monreal, Bellerín made his Champions League debut on 16 September 2014 in a 2–0 defeat away to against Borussia Dortmund.[8] He scored his first goal for Arsenal on 1 February 2015, in a 5–0 win against Aston Villa,[9] and added a second on 4 April to open a 4–1 win over Liverpool despite also conceding a penalty kick through a foul on Raheem Sterling.[10]

Bellerín was selected to start for Arsenal in the 2015 FA Cup Final on 30 May, helping the team keep a clean sheet in a 4–0 win over Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium.[11] He signed a new long-term contract before the 2015–16 season and played the entirety of Arsenal's 1–0 win over rivals Chelsea in the 2015 FA Community Shield.[12] He was the sole Arsenal player listed in the season's PFA Team of the Year.[13]

International career

Having reached the semi-finals of the 2013 European Championship with the under-19 team,[14] Bellerín made his debut for Albert Celades's under-21 team on 30 March 2015, playing the full 90 minutes of a 4–0 friendly win over Belarus in León.[15]

Style of play

Bellerin is renowned for his speed. At the beginning of the 2014–15 season, he broke Theo Walcott's 40 metre Arsenal sprint record by 1/100th of a second.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 April 2016[17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Watford (loan) 2013–14 Championship 8000000080
Arsenal 2013–14 Premier League 0000100010
2014–15 202301040282
2015–16 331100060411
Career total 6134020100783

Honours

Club

Arsenal

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Barclays Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bellerin – I’m so happy I joined Arsenal". Arsenal. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bellerin signs new long-term contract". Arsenal. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "WBA 1 – 1 Arsenal". Arsenal. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bellerin joins Watford on loan". Arsenal. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.watfordfc.com/news/article/140103-bellerin-signs-1273564.aspx
  7. ↑ "Arsenal have recalled young defender Hector Bellerin from his loan with Watford". Watford Observer. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bor Dortmd 2–0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Dawkes, Phil (1 February 2015). "Arsenal 5–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  10. ↑ McNulty, Phil (4 April 2015). "Arsenal 4–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "FA Cup final - FT: Arsenal 4-0 Villa". BBC. 30 May 2015.
  12. ↑ Cryer, Andy (2 August 2015). "Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  13. 1 2 "PFA awards: Leicester and Spurs dominate Premier League team". BBC Sport. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Future is theirs: Héctor Bellerín, speed embodied in a footballer". RFEF. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  15. ↑ Muñoz, Antonio D. (30 March 2015). "MATCH REPORT: Spain thrashes Belarus (4-0)". RFEF. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Bellerin - The secret to my speed". 13 May 2015.
  17. ↑ Hector Bellerin career statistics at Soccerbase

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