Andreu Guerao Mayoral (born 17 June 1983), known simply as Andreu, is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Born in
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
, Andreu made his professional debut with
FC Barcelona B
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in the
third division, and was not able to prevent
Atlético Malagueño
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's relegation to that level
the following season. In July 2006 he joined
Sporting de Gijón
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, appearing in only six games as the
Asturias
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club returned to
La Liga
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in
2007–08, and accomplishing the same in
the following campaign.
In late January 2010, after having only collected a few minutes in
the season's
Copa del Rey
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, Andreu was released by Sporting, joining
Polish
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side
Polonia Warsaw
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– managed by countryman
José Mari Bakero
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– and penning a one and a half year deal. On 14 May he scored in a
local derby
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against
Legia Warsaw
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, the match's only.
After not having his contract with the
Ekstraklasa
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Contested by 18 cl ...
team extended, Andreu signed with
New Zealand
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's
Auckland City FC
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. He subsequently had short spells with
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
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Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mo ...
and
Lechia Gdańsk
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, appearing rarely for both teams.
After three seasons back in Spain with
Racing de Santander
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, Andreu signed for the
Western Sydney Wanderers FC
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of the
A-League
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. On 5 May 2016, after having helped the latter reach the
Grand Final
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, he was released.
On 9 August 2017, after a brief spell in Greece, 34-year-old Andreu returned to the Australian top division when he joined
Perth Glory FC
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, reuniting with former Sporting teammate
Diego Castro
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He amassed La Liga totals of 226 games and 43 goals over eight seasons, mainly representing Getafe (four years) and Sporting de Gijón ...
in the process. After
the regular season, he left.
Personal life
Andreu's older brother,
Antonio
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, was also a professional footballer. He was also groomed at
FC Barcelona
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, but never appeared in higher than the third level as a professional, also playing one year in
Scotland
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.
In addition to his native
Spanish
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, Andreu can also speak
English
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.
Club statistics
References
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1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Barcelona
Spanish footballers
Association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
FC Barcelona C players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
Atlético Malagueño players
Sporting de Gijón players
Racing de Santander players
Ekstraklasa players
Polonia Warsaw players
Lechia Gdańsk players
New Zealand Football Championship players
Auckland City FC players
Erovnuli Liga players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
A-League Men players
Western Sydney Wanderers FC players
Perth Glory FC players
Football League (Greece) players
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Poland
Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand
Expatriate footballers in Georgia (country)
Expatriate soccer players in Australia
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece