Sito Riera

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox football biography Llorenç "Sito" Riera Ortega (born 5 January 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Manacor.

A youth and reserve player at Barcelona and Espanyol, he never featured professionally in his own country, going on to spend over a decade abroad. He played top-flight football in Greece, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland and Cyprus.

Club career

Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Riera represented both major clubs in Barcelona, FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol, but never made it past their reserve sides.[1] In the 2007–08 season he suffered relegation from the Segunda División B with the latter, failing to score any goals in the process.[2]

On 8 July 2009, after a loan experience with Panthrakikos FC,[3] Riera signed for Panionios F.C. also of the Super League Greece.[4] On 14 December 2011, he left by mutual consent.[5]

Riera left FC Chornomorets Odesa – where he spent one and a half years, earning a late red card in his last game for the team, a 1–0 away win against PSV Eindhoven in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League[6]– at the start of March 2014, due to the civil unrest caused by the Ukrainian revolution.[7] On 23 June he moved to Kazakhstan, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with FC Kairat.[8]

On 1 April 2016, after three seasons of irregular playing time, Riera left the Almaty Central Stadium.[9] He resumed his career that August with Śląsk Wrocław in the Polish Ekstraklasa, on a two-year deal.[10]

After his stint in Poland, Riera moved to the Cypriot First Division, where he represented Enosis Neon Paralimni FC and AEL Limassol.[11][12]

Personal life

Riera's older brother Albert was also a footballer. A winger, he represented, amongst others, Espanyol, Liverpool and the Spain national team.[1]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Panthrakikos (loan) 2008–09 Super League Greece 28 5 0 0 28 5
Panionios 2009–10 Super League Greece 25 4 1 1 26 5
2010–11 22 2 1 1 23 3
2011–12 6 1 0 0 6 1
Total 53 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 55 9
Chornomorets 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 9 0 1 0 10 0
2012–13 12 0 3 0 15 0
2013–14 16 3 0 0 13 1 29 4
Total 37 3 4 0 0 0 13 1 54 4
Kairat 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League 12 1 3 1 1 0 16 2
2015 27 3 3 1 7 0 37 4
2016 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total 41 4 6 2 0 0 9 0 56 6
Śląsk Wrocław 2016–17 Ekstraklasa 22 0 1 0 23 0
2017–18 23 0 0 0 23 0
Total 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
Enosis Neon 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 25 4 6 0 31 4
2019–20 19 1 2 1 21 2
Total 44 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 52 6
AEL Limassol 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 30 6 6 1 36 7
2021–22 25 0 4 0 4 0 33 0
Total 55 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 69 7
Career totals 303 30 31 1 0 0 26 1 360 37

Honours

Kairat

References

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