Albert Riera Biography and Wallpapers

Albert Riera Biography

Birthday:

1982/04/15

Full name:

Albert Riera Ortega

Place of Birth:

Manacor, Spain

Height:

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Club information

Current club:

Liverpool FC

Previous clubs:

Real Mallorca, Girondins Bordeaux, RCD Espanyol, → Manchester City (loan),

National team:

Spain

Youth clubs:

Mallorca B

About

Albert Riera Ortega (born 15 April 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Premier League side Liverpool as a left winger.

Background

Club Football

Riera started his career with hometown RCD Mallorca, winning a Spanish Cup medal in 2003, as he was already an undisputed starter. During his three years at the club as a professional he made a total of 46 appearances in La Liga, scoring 6 goals from the wing.

In the summer of 2003 Riera moved to FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he was a first team regular for two seasons. He made more than 50 Ligue 1 appearances for the French club and scored 4 goals.

Riera returned to Spain in 2005, when he signed for RCD Espanyol. In his first season at the club he played only 8 league matches, prompting a January 2006 move to Manchester City, where he was also unable to establish himself in the first team, returning to Catalonia prior to 2006-07.

During that season, which included an almost 100% successful run in the UEFA Cup (Espanyol lost on penalties to Sevilla FC, with Riera scoring in regulation time), Riera displayed a vast array of skills. Over his two spells at the club (the loan move notwithstanding) he made a total of 72 appearances and scored 8 goals.

Riera signed a four-year deal with Liverpool, after much speculation, on September 1, 2008 (transfer deadline day), for a fee of £8.0 million. He was given the number 11 jersey.[1][2]He made his league debut on September 13, 2008, playing 72 minutes of a 2-1 home win against Manchester United. He scored his first goal for Liverpool as they beat Wigan Athletic 3-2 on 18 October 2008, and scored his first Champions League goal on 9 December 2008 in a 3-1 away win over PSV Eindhoven. He also scored Liverpool's first goal in 2009 and his first FA Cup goal on 3 January 2009 against Preston North End.

International Football

Riera has won seven caps for the Spanish national team and scored one goal. In his debut, on October 13, 2007, he scored from outside the box against Denmark, in a 3-1 Euro 2008 qualifier away win.

However, Riera failed to make Spain's title-winning team at the 2008 European Championships held in Austria and Switzerland, but he was called up for the squad for the October qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, after Diego Capel withdrew through injury.

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