Iago Falque

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Falque and the second or maternal family name is Silva.
Iago Falque

Falque playing for Roma in 2015
Personal information
Full name Iago Falque Silva
Date of birth (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Roma
Number 14
Youth career
2000–2001 Real Madrid
2001–2008 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008 Barcelona B 1 (1)
2008–2011 Juventus 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Villarreal B (loan) 36 (11)
2011–2012 → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2014 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (0)
2012 → Southampton (loan) 1 (0)
2013 → Almería (loan) 22 (2)
2013–2014 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 28 (3)
2014–2015 Genoa 32 (13)
2015– Roma 15 (2)
National team‡
2007 Spain U17 12 (3)
2008–2009 Spain U19 11 (4)
2009 Spain U20 1 (0)
2011 Spain U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:24, 29 December 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:58, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Iago Falque Silva (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈjaɣo ˈfalke]; born 4 January 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left winger for Italian club Roma.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Falque began his career with Real Madrid before moving to FC Barcelona in 2001, joining the club's youth ranks. After seven years in the Barcelona youth academy, the young Spaniard was promoted to the FC Barcelona B team for a match. In his single appearance for the club, Falque scored his first professional goal. Following his debut, Falque was involved in a transfer negotiation, regarding heavy interest in the Spanish U-20 international, from Serie A club Juventus.

Juventus

On 30 August 2008, Falque signed a four-year contract with Juventus,[1] and was officially presented on 2 September 2008. He transferred to the Serie A club on a free deal, that included a compensation to Barcelona up to €2.5 million, if certain matches and goals were reached by the player in his stay with the club.[2] On 6 December 2008, he received his first call-up to the club's first team in a match against Lecce, on the 15th matchday of the Serie A season. On 25 August 2009, Falque was loaned to Serie A side Bari,[3] where he played for the club's youth team, before returning to Juventus in January 2010, returning to their youth team.

On 29 July 2010, Falque joined Villarreal B on loan with the right of redemption.[4] Falque maintained a starting position for the club, making 36 appearances and scoring 11 goals. Villarreal opted not to activate their redemption clause, and so, on 30 June 2011, Falque returned to Juventus.

Tottenham Hotspur

On 25 August 2011, Falque joined Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur on a season-long loan, with an option to make the move permanent.[5] He was first named in a matchday squad on 10 September, remaining unused in a 2–0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers,[6] and made his debut five days later by starting in a goalless away draw against PAOK for the season's UEFA Europa League.[7] On 16 January 2012, Tottenham signed Falque permanently for €1 million (€250,000 went to Barcelona),[8][9] loaning him to Championship leaders Southampton for the remainder of the season.[9][10] He made his Southampton debut seven days later, starting in a 0–2 home loss against Leicester City.[11] However, he failed to make any other appearance with Saints, subsequently returning to Tottenham in June, and on 18 July he scored in a pre-season 2–0 victory at Stevenage.[12]

On 9 December he played his only Premier League match, five minutes at the end of a 1–2 loss at Everton in place of Jermain Defoe.[13]

On 23 January 2013, Falque joined Almería on loan until the end of the season.[14] He made his debut for the Andalusians on 4 February, but in a 1–2 away loss against Real Madrid Castilla,[15] and scored his first goal on the 24th, in a 4–1 home routing over SD Ponferradina.[16] Falque was ever-present in the promotion back to the top level, appearing in 22 matches and scoring two times.

On 22 August 2013 Falque joined La Liga side Rayo Vallecano, in a season-long loan, with a buyout clause.[17] He made his division debut eight days later, but in a 1–2 home loss against Levante.[18] In February 2014, Falque scored his first goals for Rayo, in a 4–1 win over Málaga CF: for the first, he "rushed down the right wing, beating two defenders with a turn and a nutmeg before knocking the ball in off the near post", and in the second, "exhibiting the same quick feet and ability to float past defenders as he did in the first".[19]

Genoa

On 1 August 2014, Genoa confirmed the signing of Falque.[20][21] He scored his first Serie A goal on 2 November in a 4–2 win at Udinese.[22] On 24 February 2015, Falque opened the scoring in the Derby della Lanterna against Sampdoria, an eventual 1–1 draw.[23] He scored his 12th and 13th goals of the season on 17 May, in a 4–1 win away to Atalanta.[24]

Roma

On 1 July 2015, Falque's transfer to Roma was confirmed as a season-loan deal for €1 million, with a buyout clause activated as soon as he plays one official match for Roma with the additional sum of €7 million with €1 million performance-related bonus. The contract that Falque signed after the buyout clause will be until 30 June 2020.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "La Juve continua a investire sui giovani: ecco Iago" [Juve keeps investing in their youth setup: now Iago] (in Italian). Calcio Blog. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Galicia pone una pica en la Juve" [Galicia leaves a kid in Juve] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Iago Falque jugará cedido en el Bari" [Iago Falque will play on loan for Bari] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Iago Falque, fichaje 'de Primera' para el Villarreal B" [Iago Falque, a 'Primera' signing for Villarreal B] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Yago completes loan switch to Tottenham". Juventus.com. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Lyon, Sam (10 September 2011). "Wolverhampton 0-2 Tottenham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tottenham prise point at PAOK". UEFA. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Annual Financial Report 30 June 2012" (PDF). Juventus FC. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Juve's Falque joins Saints on loan after sealing Spurs deal". BBC Sport. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Spanish Starlet Joins on Loan". Southampton FC. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "Southampton 0–2 Leicester". BBC Sport. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Stevenage 0 – 2 Tottenham". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  13. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (9 December 2012). "Everton 2-1 Tottenham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Yago in Almeria Loan". Tottenham Hotspur FC. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "El Castilla dura poco en la zona de descenso" [Castilla lasts little in the relegation zone] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  16. ↑ "El Almería tiene una reacción de Primera" [Almería has a Primera reaction] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  17. ↑ "Iago Falque refuerza al Rayo" [Iago Falque bolsters Rayo]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 August 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  18. ↑ "Ivanschitz steals win for Levante". ESPN FC. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  19. ↑ "Rayo claim convincing win". ESPN FC. PA Sport. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  20. ↑ "IL GRIFO ACCELERA CON IAGO FALQUE" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  21. ↑ http://www.football-italia.net/53301/genoa-formalise-falque
  22. ↑ Costa, Diego (2 November 2014). "Udinese-Genoa 2-4, Matri colpisce ancora. Rossoblù sempre più in alto" [Udinese 2-4 Genoa, Matri strikes again. Rossoblù keep rising]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  23. ↑ "Sampdoria-Genoa 1-1. Iago apre, Eder risponde" [Sampdoria 1-1 Genoa. Iago opens, Éder responds]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "Atalanta-Genoa 1-4, Falque show e salvezza per i bergamaschi" [Atalanta 1-4 Genoa, Falque show and salvation for the ones from Bergamo]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 17 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  25. ↑ "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO Iago Falqué Silva" (PDF) (Press release). A.S. Roma. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

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