Sito Riera
 Riera in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Llorenç Riera Ortega | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Manacor, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AEL Limassol | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Barcelona | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Barcelona C | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Barcelona B | 64 | (16) |
| 2007–2008 | Espanyol B | 29 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Espanyol | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Panthrakikos (loan) | 28 | (5) |
| 2009–2011 | Panionios | 53 | (7) |
| 2012–2014 | Chornomorets | 37 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Kairat | 41 | (4) |
| 2016–2018 | Śląsk Wrocław | 45 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 44 | (5) |
| 2020– | AEL Limassol | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2020 | |||
Llorenç "Sito" Riera Ortega (born 5 January 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot club AEL Limassol.
Club career
Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Riera represented both major clubs in Barcelona, FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol, but never made it past its B-sides. In the 2007–08 season he suffered relegation from the third division with the latter, not managing to find the net in the process.
On 8 July 2009, after a loan experience with Panthrakikos FC,[1] Riera signed with fellow Superleague Greece team Panionios FC. On 14 December 2011, player and club mutually terminated the contract.[2]
At the start of March 2014, Riera left FC Chornomorets Odesa – which he represented for one and a half seasons, earning a late red card in his last game for the team, a 1–0 away win against PSV Eindhoven for the UEFA Europa League group stage[3]– due to the civil unrest caused by the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.[4] On 23 June 2014 he moved to Kazakhstan, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with FC Kairat.[5]
On 1 April 2016, after three seasons of irregular playing time, Riera left the Almaty Central Stadium,[6] and resumed his career that August with Śląsk Wrocław in the Polish Ekstraklasa.[7]
Personal life
Riera's older brother, Albert, is also a former footballer. A winger, he represented, amongst others, Espanyol, Liverpool and the Spanish national team.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 31 August 2019[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Panthrakikos (loan) | 2008–09 | Superleague | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 5 | |||
| Panionios | 2009–10 | Superleague | 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 | ||
| Career totals | 248 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 291 | 30 | ||
Honours
Kairat
References
- ^ Mercado fichajes – Pretemporada 2008/2009 (Transfer market – Preseason 2008/2009) Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at Webesport (in Spanish)
- ^ Λύση συνεργασίας με Σίτο Ριέρα (Riera and Panionios part ways) Archived 5 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Panionios FC, 14 December 2011 (in Greek)
- ^ "Dja Djedje has PSV heading for the exit". UEFA. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "Five foreign players leave Football Club Chornomorets because of situation in Ukraine". Kyiv Post. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ Риера, Жерар, Исаэль и Куат стали игроками «Кайрата» [Riera, Gerаrd, Isael and Kuat are «Кairat» players] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Риера – вне заявки" [Riera – Departure] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "Sito Riera zawodnikiem Śląska!" [Sito Riera a Śląsk player!] (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Sito Riera: “Me gustaría jugar en el Mallorca” (Sito Riera: “I would like to play with Mallorca”); Fútbol Balear, 11 August 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Sito Riera at Soccerway
External links
- Sito Riera at BDFutbol
- Sito Riera at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Manacor
- Spanish footballers
- Balearic footballers
- Association football forwards
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- FC Barcelona C players
- FC Barcelona B players
- RCD Espanyol B footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Super League Greece players
- Panthrakikos F.C. players
- Panionios F.C. players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- FC Chornomorets Odesa players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
- FC Kairat players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Śląsk Wrocław players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players
- AEL Limassol players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus