Sito Riera

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Riera and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.
Sito Riera
Sito Riera 30.11.2013.jpg
Riera in 2013
Personal information
Full name Llorenç Riera Ortega
Date of birth (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth Manacor, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 AEL Limassol
Number 20
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 30 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2021

Llorenç "Sito" Riera Ortega (born 5 January 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Cypriot club AEL Limassol.

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

Honours[]

Kairat

References[]

  1. ^ Mercado fichajes – Pretemporada 2008/2009 (Transfer market – Preseason 2008/2009) Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at Webesport (in Spanish)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Dja Djedje has PSV heading for the exit". UEFA. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Five foreign players leave Football Club Chornomorets because of situation in Ukraine". Kyiv Post. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Риера – вне заявки" [Riera – Departure] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Sito Riera zawodnikiem Śląska!" [Sito Riera a Śląsk player!] (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. ^ Sito Riera: “Me gustaría jugar en el Mallorca” (Sito Riera: “I would like to play with Mallorca”); Fútbol Balear, 11 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Sito Riera at Soccerway

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