Sito Riera
Llorenç "Sito" Riera Ortega (born 5 January 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Cypriot club AEL Limassol.
 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) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AEL Limassol | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| 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 | 44 | (5) |
| 2020– | AEL Limassol | 15 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 January 2021 | |||
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 Super League 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 in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League[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, was also a 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 | 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 | ||
| Career totals | 248 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 291 | 30 | ||
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