Oriol Riera

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Oriol Riera
Personal information
Full name Oriol Riera Magem
Date of birth (1986-07-03) 3 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Vic, Spain
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Position(s) Striker
Team 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 22 (2)
International career‡
2013– Catalonia 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:00, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 2013

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Riera and the second or maternal family name is Magem.

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

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Overmars entra y decide (Overmars comes in and decides); Mundo Deportivo, 18 December 2003 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Oriol Riera, tercer refuerzo del Alcorcón (Oriol Riera, third Alcorcón addition); Marca, 11 July 2011 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Oriol Riera impulsa al Alcorcón en Las Palmas (Oriol Riera thrusts Alcorcón in Las Palmas); Marca, 8 September 2012 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ El Girona, por la vía rápida (Girona, through the fast lane); Marca, 16 June 2013 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Oriol Riera, tercer fichaje rojillo para la próxima campaña (Oriol Riera, third signing of Rojillos for next season); Diario AS, 5 July 2013 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Granada hold on for victory; ESPN FC, 18 August 2013
  10. ↑ Rojillos get first win; ESPN FC, 20 September 2013
  11. ↑ Latics sign Oriol Riera; Wigan's official website, 28 June 2014
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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