Pedro Chirivella
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro Chirivella Burgos[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 23 May 1997||
Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
Number | 68 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2013 | Valencia | ||
2013–2015 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
2017 | → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2017–2018 | → Willem II (loan) | 31 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–2014 | Spain U17 | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 September 2015 |
Pedro Chirivella Burgos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo tʃiɾiˈβeʎa]; born 23 May 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liverpool.
Club career
Liverpool
Born in Valencia, Spain, Chirivella developed his trade at the academy of local club Valencia where he captained the club at various youth levels.[3] During his time with Valencia, Chirivella was scouted by a number of European clubs but it was Liverpool who signed him in 2013 along with fellow Spaniard Sergi Canós from Barcelona.[4] In order to aid Chirivella's transition to England, Liverpool moved his family north from Spain and provided them with work and accommodation.[5] He joined up with Liverpool's academy and on 7 July 2014 was one of seven youngsters to be handed a professional contract by the club.[6]
2015–16 season
Chirivella received his first taste of senior football when he was included in club manager Brendan Rodgers' squad for Liverpool's pre-season tour of Asia and Australia.[7] During the tour he made his non-competitive debut for Liverpool, coming on as a second-half substitute against HJK Helsinki.[5] He received his first competitive call up later in the season for Liverpool's UEFA Europa League group stage match against Bordeaux on 17 September 2015. In the 28th-minute, following an injury to centre-back Kolo Touré, Chirivella was brought on to make his debut and played out the remainder of a 1–1 draw at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux.[8][9] His next appearance for the club saw him make his FA Cup debut under new manager Jürgen Klopp on 8 January 2016 when he came on as a substitute in a third round match against Exeter City.[10] Liverpool ultimately progressed in the Cup which afforded Chirivella the opportunity to make his first start for the club on 9 February 2016 in a 2–1 defeat against West Ham United in the fourth round replay.[11] Chirivella then signed a new contract with Liverpool on 9 March before making his Premier League debut towards the back end of the season, starting in a 3–1 loss against Swansea City on 1 May.[12][13]
2016–17 season: Loan to Go Ahead Eagles
On 6 January 2017, Liverpool announced that Chirivella, who had spent the first half of the season playing for the club's U23 side, would spend the remainder of the season on loan at Eredivisie club, Go Ahead Eagles in order to gain more first team experience.[14] He made his debut for the club on 13 January 2017, playing the full match in a 3–1 defeat to AZ Alkmaar.[15] The following week, Chirivella scored his first professional goal, heading in the opener from Jarchinio Antonia's cross in a 1–1 draw with Excelsior.[16] He ultimately made 17 appearances for the campaign and scored twice but could not help prevent the club avoid relegation at the end of the season.[17]
2017–18 season: Loan to Willem II
On 26 July 2017, Chirivella return to Netherlands after being loaned to Willem II for the season.[18] He made his debut for the club on 13 August, starting in a 2–1 defeat to Excelsior.[19]
International career
Chirivella represented Spain at under-17 level and scored twice for them in 15 appearances.
Career statistics
- As of match played 6 May 2018 [20]
Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup | Continental2 | Other | Total | |||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 2015–16 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |
Willem II (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |
Career total | 49 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 |
1 Includes FA Cup and KNVB Cup matches.
2 Includes UEFA Europa League matches.
References
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Premier League Player Profile Pedro Chirivella". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Who is Pedro Chirivella?". The Liverpool FC Academy Football Blog. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Lusby, Jack (16 August 2016). "Sergi Canos: Liverpool's former Barcelona academy forward in profile". This is Anfield. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ a b Lusby, Jack (14 August 2015). "Pedro Chirivella: The lowdown on Liverpool's Spanish academy star". This is Anfield. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Seven young Reds sign pro contracts". Liverpool F.C. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Killen, Stephen (13 July 2015). "Youngsters on Pre-season Tour". Read Liverpool. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Nakrani, Sachin (14 September 2015). "Liverpool denied by Bordeaux's Ferreira Jussiê in Europa League draw". Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Chowdhury, Saj. "Bordeaux 1–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Rose, Gary (8 January 2016). "Exeter City – Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ Jurejko, Jonathan (9 February 2016). "West Ham United – Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Shaw, Chris (9 March 2016). "Pedro Chirivella signs new Liverpool contract". Liverpool Football Club. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Bassam, Tom (1 May 2016). "Liverpool's Pedro Chirivella is the latest teenage starlet to make his Premier League debut ... But who is he?". Daily Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Lynch, David (6 January 2017). "Pedro Chirivella joins Go Ahead Eagles on loan". Liverpool Football Club. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Chirivella en Manu in basis Go Ahead tegen AZ". Eredivisie (in Dutch). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Twelves, Ben (23 January 2017). "Kent & Chirivella score, Ward & Fulton keep clean sheets – Liverpool FC Loan Watch". This is Anfield. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ Byrne, Harvey (15 May 2017). "I'll Never Forget the Support - Liverpool Midfielder Sends Farewell to Fans on Twitter". Football Insider. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Chirivella joins Willem II on season-long loan". Liverpool FC.
- ^ Whitlock, Dominic (14 August 2017). "The Loan Report: Awoniyi makes big impression on debut". Friends of Liverpool. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Pedro Chirivella at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
External links
- Profile at liverpoolfc.com
- Pedro Chirivella at BDFutbol
- Pedro Chirivella at Soccerbase
- Pedro Chirivella at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Spanish footballers
- Valencian footballers
- Footballers from Valencia (city)
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Spanish expatriates in England
- Premier League players
- Association football midfielders
- Go Ahead Eagles players
- Willem II Tilburg players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Spanish expatriates in the Netherlands