Adán Balbín

Adán Balbín
Personal information
Full name	Adán Adolfo Balbín Silva
Date of birth	13 October 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Huaral, Peru
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, Centre back
Team information
Current team	Universitario
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Unión Huaral
2007–2008	Coronel Bolognesi
2009–2013	Universidad San Martín
2014–2015	Sporting Cristal
2015	Unión Comercio
2016–	Universitario
International career‡
2010–	Peru
Medal record
Representing Peru
Association football
Copa América
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 25, 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 25, 2016

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Adán Adolfo Balbín Silva (born 13 October 1986) is a Peruvian footballer. He currently plays for Universitario and the Peru national team, as a defensive midfielder or centre back.

Club career

Balbín started his professional career with his hometown club Unión Huaral in 2005. Then in 2007 he joined first division club Coronel Bolognesi. There the manager of Bolognesi at the time, Juan Reynoso, decided to use him as a centre back. With Bolognesi he won his first professional title, which was the 2007 Torneo Clausura. Adan played in Tacna until the end of the 2008 season. In January 2009 Balbín joined Universidad San Martín.^[1] In December 2013, he moved to play for Sporting Cristal.^[2]

International career

His impressive performances for his club convinced the new national team coach Sergio Markarian to give him his chance to play for the national team. On November 17, 2010 Balbín made his national team debut in friendly against Colombia by substituting Josepmir Ballón late in the match. The friendly was played in bogota and finished in a 1-1 draw.^[3]

Honours

Club

Coronel Bolognesi FC

Apertura: 2007

Universidad San Martín

Torneo Descentralizado: 2010

Country

Peru national team

Copa América: Bronze medal 2011

References

^ "Un baluarte Santo" (in Spanish). clubdeportivo.usmp.edu.pe. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
^ "Sporting Cristal: Adán Balbín llega a La Florida y Yotún se despide" (in Spanish). Libero.pe. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
^ "Perú cerró el año con un empate 1-1 ante Colombia" (in Spanish). elcomercio.pe. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

External links

Adan Balbín at National-Football-Teams.com
Adán Balbín at FootballDatabase.eu

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[1] "Un baluarte Santo" (in Spanish). clubdeportivo.usmp.edu.pe. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

[2] "Sporting Cristal: Adán Balbín llega a La Florida y Yotún se despide" (in Spanish). Libero.pe. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

[3] "Perú cerró el año con un empate 1-1 ante Colombia" (in Spanish). elcomercio.pe. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

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