Antonio Barragán

Antonio Juan Barragán Fernández (born 12 June 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back for Elche CF.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barragán and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Antonio Barragán
Barragán being presented at Valladolid
Personal information
Full name Antonio Juan Barragán Fernández
Date of birth (1987-06-12) 12 June 1987
Place of birth Pontedeume, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Elche
Number 19
Youth career
2002–2005 Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Liverpool 0 (0)
2006–2009 Deportivo La Coruña 26 (2)
2009–2011 Valladolid 41 (0)
2011–2016 Valencia 110 (1)
2016–2018 Middlesbrough 26 (0)
2017–2018 → Betis (loan) 29 (0)
2018–2020 Betis 26 (0)
2020– Elche 0 (0)
National team
2005 Spain U17 4 (0)
2005–2006 Spain U19 11 (0)
2007 Spain U20 1 (0)
2007 Spain U21 5 (0)
2006 Galicia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2020

Having started out at Liverpool, he spent most of his career in the two highest divisions of Spanish football, playing for Deportivo, Valladolid, Valencia and Betis. In La Liga, he amassed totals of 208 games and three goals over 11 seasons.

Barragán earned 21 caps for Spain at youth level.

Club career

Liverpool

Born in Pontedeume, Galicia, Barragán signed for Liverpool in July 2005, as an 18-year-old who had yet to appear for Sevilla FC's first team.[2]

He would, however, spend the 2005–06 season with the club's reserves, managing one appearance for the first team, as a substitute for fellow Spaniard Fernando Morientes in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against PFC CSKA Sofia.[3] In doing so, he became the youngest foreigner to play for the Reds.[4]

Deportivo

On 4 August 2006, Barragán signed a five-year deal with Deportivo de La Coruña, in an operation that cost €1 million.[5] His time at his new team began well, as he was in the starting eleven for the first eight La Liga matches and scored against Real Sociedad in a 2–0 home win,[6] subsequently alternating in the right-back position with Manuel Pablo until he fractured his knee in April 2008,[7] being out of action for the rest of the campaign and not featuring at all in 2008–09.

In 2008, Deportivo released Barragán from his contract without his consent. He successfully sued the club for an indemnity of €400.000,[8] even though it later decided to reverse its previous decision and restore him to the squad.[9]

Valladolid

In early June 2009, Barragán moved to Real Valladolid on a three-year contract.[10] He played one season apiece in each of the two major levels of Spanish football, appearing in 17 league games in 2009–10 (14 starts) as the campaign ended in relegation.

Valencia

On 30 August 2011, Valladolid announced that Barragán would be leaving for Valencia CF in a deal worth €1.5 million.[11] During his first season, all three right-backs – himself, Bruno and Miguel[12]– appeared in roughly the same number of games as the Che finished third and once again qualified to the Champions League.

Barragán scored his first competitive goal for Valencia on 13 March 2014, his team's first in a 3–0 away victory over PFC Ludogorets Razgrad in the campaign's UEFA Europa League.[13] He continued battling for first-choice status with another Portuguese, João Pereira.[14]

On 5 January 2015, Barragán netted his first league goal for the side, equalising in an eventual 2–1 home defeat of Real Madrid which ended the visitors' record 22-match unbeaten run.[15]

Middlesbrough

Barragán returned to England after ten years on 15 July 2016, agreeing to a three-year deal with Middlesbrough.[16] He made his Premier League debut on 13 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Stoke City.[17]

Betis

On 6 July 2017, Barragán returned to Spain and its first division after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Real Betis.[18] Roughly one year later, the move was made permanent.[19]

Elche

On 4 October 2020, Barragán signed a one-year contract with Elche CF, newly-returned to the top tier.[20]

International career

Barragán was part of the Spain under-19 team that emerged victorious at the 2006 UEFA European Championship in Poland.[21] Just a few months later, following solid performances with Deportivo and former Sevilla teammate Antonio Puerta's call-up to the senior side, he was promoted to the under-21s.[22]

In December 2006, Barragán appeared for the Galicia unofficial team in a friendly match against Ecuador.[23]

Career statistics
As of match played 19 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2005–06[24] Premier League 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
Deportivo 2006–07[25] La Liga 16260——222
2007–08[25] La Liga 10020——120
2008–09[25] La Liga 0000——00
Total 26280——342
Valladolid 2009–10[25] La Liga 17020——190
2010–11[25] Segunda División 23041——271
2011–12[25] Segunda División 1000——10
Total 41061——471
Valencia 2011–12[25] La Liga 18030—5[lower-alpha 2]0260
2012–13[25] La Liga 14040—5[lower-alpha 1]0230
2013–14[25] La Liga 20020—9[lower-alpha 3]1311
2014–15[26] La Liga 34120——361
2015–16[26] La Liga 24050—6[lower-alpha 4]0350
Total 1101160—2511512
Middlesbrough 2016–17[27] Premier League 2601000—270
Betis (loan) 2017–18[26] La Liga 29020——310
Betis 2018–19[26] La Liga 14051—5[lower-alpha 3]0241
2019–20[26] La Liga 12020——140
Total 55091—50691
Career total 2583402003112296
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. One appearance in Champions League and four in Europa League
  3. Appearances in Europa League
  4. Three appearances in Champions League and three in Europa League

References
  1. "Antonio Juan Barragán Fernández" (in Spanish). Real Betis. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. Barragan set for Liverpool move; BBC Sport, 24 June 2005
  3. "Liverpool stay on course in Sofia". UEFA. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. Grech, Paul (20 November 2007). "The unfulfilled promise". A Liverpool Thing. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. Deportivo sign Liverpool defender; BBC Sport, 4 August 2006
  6. Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 Real Sociedad; ESPN Soccernet, 1 October 2006
  7. Barragán se rompe parcialmente la rodilla y encara ocho meses de baja (Barragán partially fractures knee and faces eight months out); La Voz de Galicia, 21 April 2008 (in Spanish)
  8. El Depor recurrirá la sentencia del 'Caso Barragán' (Depor to appeal decision on "Barragán Affair"); Marca, 27 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  9. Barragán ya tiene dorsal y ficha, pero no retirará su denuncia (Barragán has number and registration, but will not drop charges); El Depor, 3 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  10. "Empiezo un bonito ciclo" ("I start a beautiful cycle"); Real Valladolid, 9 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  11. Barragán traspasado al Valencia (Barragán sold to Valencia); Real Valladolid, 30 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  12. Fuster, P. (21 January 2012). "Es el lateral derecho que más partidos ha jugado" [He is the right-back that has played the most matches] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  13. Hart, Simon (13 March 2014). "Three-goal Valencia primed to see off Ludogorets". UEFA. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  14. "Barragán afirma que ante el Athletic fue su partido "más completo"" [Barragán says that his "most complete" match was against Athletic] (in Spanish). La Información. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  15. Oliver, Pete (4 January 2015). "Valencia 2–1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  16. "Antonio Barragán joins Boro from Valencia". Middlesbrough F.C. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  17. Jennings, Patrick (13 August 2016). "Middlesbrough 1–1 Stoke City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  18. Taylor, Jonathon (6 July 2017). "Middlesbrough defender Antonio Barragan joins Real Betis on loan – and is unlikely to return". Teesside Gazette. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  19. "El Betis ejecutó la opción de compra por Barragán" [Betis exercised buying clause on Barragán] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  20. "Antonio Barragán, noveno fichaje del Elche CF" [Antonio Barragán, ninth signing of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  21. Bueno double gives Spain glory; UEFA, 29 July 2006
  22. Barragán benefits from Puerta's rise; UEFA, 4 October 2006
  23. "Ecuador empató a 1 con Galicia" [Ecuador drew 1 all with Galicia] (in Spanish). El Universo. 29 December 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  24. "Games played by Antonio Barragán in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  25. "Barragán: Antonio Barragán Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  26. Antonio Barragán at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  27. "Games played by Antonio Barragán in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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