Sito Riera
| 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) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kairat | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| 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 | 49 | (7) |
| 2012–2014 | Chornomorets | 37 | (3) |
| 2014– | Kairat | 12 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Llorenç "Sito" Riera Ortega (born 5 January 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Kairat in Kazakhstan as a forward.
Football 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 Greek side Panthrakikos FC,[1] Riera signed with fellow top level team Panionios GSS. On 14 December 2011, player and club mutually rescinded the contract.[2]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 for the UEFA Europa League group stage[3]– due to the civil unrest caused by the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.[4] On 23 June of that year he moved to neighbouring Kazakhstan, signing a three and a half-year contract with FC Kairat.[5]
Honours
Club
- FC Kairat
Personal life
Riera's older brother, Albert, is also a footballer. A winger, he represented, amongst others, Espanyol, Liverpool and the Spanish national team.[6]
References
- ↑ Mercado fichajes – Pretemporada 2008/2009 (Transfer market – Preseason 2008/2009); Webesport (Spanish)
- ↑ Λύση συνεργασίας με Σίτο Ριέρα (Riera and Panionios part ways); Panionios' official website, 14 December 2011 (Greek)
- ↑ "Dja Djedje has PSV heading for the exit". UEFA.com. 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» (in Russian). FC Kairat. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ Sito Riera: “Me gustaría jugar en el Mallorca” (Sito Riera: “I would like to play with Mallorca”); Fútbol Balear, 11 August 2010 (Spanish)