Germán Valera
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Germán Valera Karabinaite[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 March 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Murcia, Spain | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Real Sociedad B (on loan from Atlético Madrid) | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2018 | Villarreal | ||
2018–2019 | Atlético Madrid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Atlético Madrid B | 23 | (6) |
2020– | Atlético Madrid | 1 | (0) |
2021 | → Tenerife (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2021– | → Real Sociedad B (loan) | 1 | (0) |
National team | |||
2018 | Spain U16 | 6 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Spain U17 | 21 | (4) |
2019 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2021 |
Germán Valera Karabinaite (born 16 March 2002) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right winger for Real Sociedad B, on loan from Atlético Madrid.
Club career[]
Born in Murcia to a Lithuanian mother,[2] Valera joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2018, from Villarreal CF.[3] Promoted to the reserves for the 2019–20 season, he made his senior debut on 24 August 2019, coming on as second-half substitute in a 2–1 Segunda División B away win against Marino de Luanco.[4]
Valera scored his first senior goal on 13 October 2019, scoring his team's third in a 3–0 home defeat of Coruxo FC.[5] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut the following 4 January, replacing João Félix late into a 2–1 home success over Levante UD.[6]
On 1 February 2021, Valera moved to Segunda División side CD Tenerife on loan for the remainder of the season.[7]
International career[]
Eligible to play for Spain or Lithuania, Valera is a youth international footballer for the former.[2]
References[]
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b Zimmermann, Walter (5 April 2020). "Los canteranos de Simeone (VII): Valera, el capitán que provocó la ruptura entre Atlético y Villarreal". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "La guerra del Villarreal contra el Atlético por el robo del canterano German Valera" [The war of Villarreal against Atlético for the steal of youth prospect German Valera] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Un doblete de Sergio Camello bien vale tres puntos" [A Sergio Camello double worths the three points] (in Spanish). Grada 3. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Goleada al Coruxo" [Routing in Coruxo] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Correa el rey, Oblak el mago" [Correa the king, Oblak the wizard] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Skale, Alejandro (2021-02-01). "Germán Valera jugará en el Tenerife hasta junio" [Germán Valera will play for Tenerife until June] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
External links[]
- Germán Valera at BDFutbol
- Germán Valera at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Germán Valera at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Murcia
- Spanish footballers
- Spanish people of Lithuanian descent
- Association football wingers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Atlético Madrid B players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- CD Tenerife players
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- Spain youth international footballers