Adrián (footballer)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is San Miguel and the second or maternal family name is Del Castillo.
Adrián

Adrián with West Ham United in 2014
Personal information
Full nameAdrián San Miguel del Castillo[1]
Date of birth3 January 1987
Place of birthSeville, Spain
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
West Ham United
Number13
Youth career
Altair
1998–2006Betis
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2008Betis C23(0)
2007–2012Betis B62(0)
2008→ Alcalá (loan)5(0)
2009→ Utrera (loan)13(0)
2012–2013Betis32(0)
2013–West Ham United52(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:19, 12 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Adrián San Miguel del Castillo, simply known as Adrián (born 3 January 1987), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for English club West Ham United as a goalkeeper.

He started playing for Betis, making his debut with the first team in 2012.

Club career

Betis

Adrián training with Betis in 2013

Born in Seville, Andalusia, he played as a striker and as a winger for his under-11 team, CD Altair, until the age of 10 when the previous goalkeeper left and Adrián changed position to that of goalkeeper.[3] He later played for Real Betis' in their youth ranks.[4] He spent his first two seasons with the C-team, and a further five with the reserves, four of those in Segunda División B, successively backing up René and Brimah Razak;[5] he was also loaned to CD Alcalá in 2008 and CD Utrera the following year.[6][7] He was promoted to the first team for the 2011–12 season as third-choice – still continuing to appear for the B's – but suffered a severe injury to his cruciate ligaments in November that kept him out of action for five-and-a-half months.[8][9]

Adrián made his La Liga debut on 29 September 2012, in a 0–4 away loss against Málaga CF: after Casto was sent off in the early minutes, he replaced out-field player Salvador Agra. He was named Man of the Match.[8][10] Still in the 2012–13 campaign he became the starter, namely putting on a Man of the match performance in a 1–0 home win against Real Madrid on 24 November.[11] Following his debut he went on to start the next 31 games, keeping eleven clean sheets as the club finished in seventh place and qualified to the UEFA Europa League.[12][13]

West Ham United

Having been watched playing for Real Betis by West Ham United manager, Sam Allardyce and goalkeeping coach, Martyn Margetson, Adrián was persuaded to join the club.[14] On 5 June 2013, it was announced that he would join West Ham United on 1 July, on a three-year contract.[15] The Premier League club had the option to extend this deal for a further two seasons.[12]

Adrián made his debut for the Hammers on 27 August 2013, in a 2–1 home win against Cheltenham Town for the season's League Cup: during the game he fouled Jermaine McGlashan to concede a penalty, which Matt Richards converted.[16] His first league appearance came on 21 December, a 1–3 loss at Manchester United.[17]

On 11 January 2014 Adrián kept his first Premier League clean sheet, in the 2–0 away win over Cardiff City.[18] On 6 May he attended the club's awards and won 'Save of the Season' for a fingertip save from Oscar against Chelsea in January. He also won 'Best Individual Performance' for the same game, in which he kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw, as well as 'Signing of the Season'; he was also named runner-up 'Hammer of the Year' to Mark Noble.[19] By the end of the 2013-14 season he had become West Ham's first-choice goalkeeper replacing previous incumbent, Jussi Jääskeläinen.[20]

In an FA Cup third-round replay penalty shootout against Everton on 13 January 2015, Adrián saved from Steven Naismith. The shootout went to sudden death, in which he scored the winner after his Everton counterpart, compatriot Joel, struck the crossbar.[21] Despite having never taken a competitive penalty before, he was so confident that he would score and win the game that he removed his goalkeeping gloves before taking it – his team won it 9–8.[22]

On 11 February 2015, Adrián was given a straight red card in a goalless draw at Southampton for handling the ball outside the penalty area while pressured by Sadio Mané.[23] His suspension for this dismissal was rescinded by the FA, although West Ham were charged with failing to control their players following the incident.[24] They were fined £30,000 by the FA for the offence.[25]

Statistics

As of 12 April 2015[26][27]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Betis C 2006–07[7] 130———130
2007–08[7] 100———100
Total 230———230
Betis B 2007–08 30———30
2008–09 140———140
2009–10 120———120
2010–11 220——20240
2011–12 110———110
Total 620——20640
Alcalá (loan) 2007–08[7] 5000——50
Utrera (loan) 2008–09[7] 13000——130
Betis 2012–13 32000——320
West Ham United 2013–14[28] 200105000260
2014–15[29] 320400000360
Total 520505000620
Career total 18705050201990

References

  1. ↑ "Barclays Premier League squad numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Player profile". Premier League. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Jeremy (14 January 2015). "West Ham United cult-hero Adrian in frame for Spain following FA Cup heroics against Everton at Upton Park". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "La historia de Adrián, el portero que empezó de delantero (vídeo)" [The story of Adrián, the goalkeeper who started as a forward (video)] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Con Adrián, el Betis está en buenas manos (With Adrián, Betis is in good hands); Estadio Deportivo, 24 October 2012 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ "Adrian". West Ham United. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Adrián se aleja del Betis" [Adrián moves away from Betis] (in Spanish). MercaFichajes. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Adrian: Allardyce is a great manager - but he only speaks 'holiday Spanish'!". www.fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  9. ↑ El portero Adrián estará de baja medio año por una lesión de rodilla (Goalkeeper Adrián will miss half a year due to knee injury); Diario de Sevilla, 10 November 2011 (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Malaga crush 10-man Betis; ESPN Soccernet, 29 September 2012
  11. ↑ Betis stun Real Madrid; ESPN Soccernet, 24 November 2012
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Hammers catch keeper Adrian". West Ham United. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Diego López se lo ha ganado" [Diego López has done very well for himself] (in Spanish). El País. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  14. ↑ Wright, Nick (22 February 2014). "Allardyce reveals how Spain trip convinced Adrian to join West Ham". www.london24.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "West Ham secure the signing of Spanish keeper Adrian". Sky Sports. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "West Ham 2–1 Cheltenham: Match report". Sport.co. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  17. ↑ "United revival gathering pace". ESPN FC. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  18. ↑ Websell, Paul (15 January 2014). "Jussi or Adrian: Who should be West Ham's number one?". FTB Pro. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  19. ↑ "Noble is Hammer of the Year". West Ham United. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  20. ↑ "Jussi Jaaskelainen: West Ham goalkeeper signs new contract". BBC Sport. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  21. ↑ Emons, Michael (13 January 2015). "West Ham 2–2 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "Adrian: West Ham keeper knew he would score FA Cup penalty". BBC Sport. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  23. ↑ Reddy, Luke (11 February 2015). "Southampton 0–0 West Ham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  24. ↑ "Adrian: West Ham keeper's red card overturned, but club charged". BBC Sport. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  25. ↑ "West Ham fined by the FA for failing to control players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  26. ↑ Adrián career statistics at Soccerbase
  27. ↑ "Adrián". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  28. ↑ "Games played season 2013–14". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  29. ↑ "Games played season 2014–15". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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