Oriol Riera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oriol Riera Magem | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Vic, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Osona | |||
| Vic | |||
| 1998–2000 | Espanyol | ||
| 2000–2004 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Barcelona C | 36 | (12) |
| 2004–2006 | Barcelona B | 31 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | Cultural Leonesa | 66 | (14) |
| 2008–2010 | Celta B | 64 | (22) |
| 2010 | Celta | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Córdoba | 37 | (6) |
| 2011–2013 | Alcorcón | 79 | (24) |
| 2013–2014 | Osasuna | 37 | (13) |
| 2014–2015 | Wigan Athletic | 13 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 21 | (4) |
| 2015– | Deportivo La Coruña | 20 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Catalonia | 1 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:30, 1 May 2016 (UTC). | |||
Oriol Riera Magem (born 3 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña as a striker.
Club career
Born in Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Riera played youth football with La Liga giants FC Barcelona, but spent the vast majority of his tenure with the club in representation of the C and B-teams.[1] His official input with the main squad consisted of 13 minutes in a 4–0 away win against Ciudad de Murcia for the season's Copa del Rey – when he was still a junior – on 17 December 2003.[2]
After leaving the Blaugrana, Riera resumed his career in Segunda División B, where he played with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa and Celta de Vigo B. With the latter's main squad he appeared in five Segunda División games, four as a starter.
From 2009 to 2012 Riera competed in the second level, with Córdoba CF[3] and AD Alcorcón.[4] He scored 18 goals in his second year with the latter (including a hat-trick in a 3–1 success at UD Las Palmas on 8 September 2012[5][6]), helping it to the promotion play-offs.[7]
On 5 July 2013, Riera signed for three seasons with CA Osasuna.[8] He made his La Liga debut on 18 August, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 home loss to Granada CF;[9] his first goal in the competition came on 20 September of the same year, in a 2–1 win against Elche CF also at the El Sadar Stadium.[10]
On 28 June 2014, after Osasuna's relegation, Riera agreed to a three-year deal with Wigan Athletic of the Football League Championship, for a reported £2 million fee.[11] He scored his first goal for his new club on 23 August, the only against Blackpool in a 1–0 victory at the DW Stadium.[12]
Riera returned to his country's top division on 7 January 2015, signing on loan to Deportivo de La Coruña until the end of the season.[13] On 30 June he signed a permanent deal with the club, who narrowly avoiding relegation.[14]
International career
Riera played his first match for the representative Catalan national team on 30 December 2013, scoring the last goal in a 4–1 win over Cape Verde at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.[15]
References
- ↑ "Debe ser el número 23" [Must be number 23] (in Spanish). ESPN. 18 November 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ Overmars entra y decide (Overmars comes in and decides); Mundo Deportivo, 18 December 2003 (Spanish)
- ↑ El delantero Oriol Riera que procede del Celta ficha por el Córdoba (Forward Oriol Riera who comes from Celta signs for Córdoba); Marca, 16 July 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ Oriol Riera, tercer refuerzo del Alcorcón (Oriol Riera, third Alcorcón addition); Marca, 11 July 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Oriol Riera impulsa al Alcorcón en Las Palmas (Oriol Riera thrusts Alcorcón in Las Palmas); Marca, 8 September 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Oriol Riera: "Con el Alcorcón quiero hacer cosas importantes" (Oriol Riera: "I want to make it big with Alcorcón"); Diario AS, 10 January 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Girona, por la vía rápida (Girona, through the fast lane); Marca, 16 June 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Oriol Riera, tercer fichaje rojillo para la próxima campaña (Oriol Riera, third signing of Rojillos for next season); Diario AS, 5 July 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Granada hold on for victory; ESPN FC, 18 August 2013
- ↑ Rojillos get first win; ESPN FC, 20 September 2013
- ↑ Latics sign Oriol Riera; Wigan's official website, 28 June 2014
- ↑ "Wigan 1–0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "Oriol Riera: Deportivo La Coruna sign Wigan Athletic striker on loan". BBC Sport. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "El Deportivo confirma el fichaje de Oriol Riera" [Deportivo confirms the signing of Oriol Riera] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ Clements, Ashley (30 December 2013). "Fabregas and friends help Catalonia conquer Cape Verde as Barca stars take part in festive friendly match". Daily Mail. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
External links
- Oriol Riera profile at BDFutbol
- Oriol Riera profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Oriol Riera profile at Soccerway
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