Antonio Adán Garrido (; born 13 May 1987) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Primeira Liga club

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. A youth product of Real Madrid, where he acted mainly as a backup, he spent most of his career with Betis. He totalled 129

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matches for those two clubs, as well as Atlético Madrid for whom he signed in 2018. Abroad, he featured for Cagliari in

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, and won a Primeira Liga title with

. All youth levels comprised, Adán won 39

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for

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Club career

Real Madrid

A Real Madrid youth graduate,

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-born Adán was the first-choice goalkeeper for its C side in the 2005–06 season, playing 36 games and conceding 29 goals. He also started three times for the ''Juvenil'' team which won the Champions Cup of the category, keeping a clean sheet in the tournament. The following campaign, Adán was selected for the first team's

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tour in August 2006. He served as backup to captain Jordi Codina in Real Madrid Castilla, until the latter's promotion to the main squad. Adán made his debut in 2006–07's Segunda División on 27 August 2006, in a 1–1 away draw with

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. He appeared in six league matches as Real's reserves were eventually relegated. After the sale of Codina to neighbours Getafe CF, Adán was promoted to the senior squad for pre-season training in the 2009–10 campaign. While still featuring mostly for the B's, he was third choice in the first team behind Iker Casillas and Jerzy Dudek. On 8 December 2010, Adán played his first competitive game for Real Madrid, coming on as a substitute for the injured Dudek in the 44th minute of the 4–0 home win against

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in the group stage of the

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; the ''Merengues'' had already won their group, and manager José Mourinho rested several starters. The following month, he featured the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 loss at Levante UD in the

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of the

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(8–2 on aggregate). Adán made his

debut on 13 February 2011, replacing

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Casillas in the second minute of a 1–0 away victory over

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. Starting in the following matchday, at home against Levante, he kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 win. On 22 December 2012, Adán relegated longtime incumbent Casillas to the bench in a 3–2 away loss to Málaga CF; Mourinho defended his controversial decision in his post-match comments by saying: "It's a technical decision. The coach analyses the situation, looks at the players at his disposal and chooses his team. At the moment, for me and my coaching staff, Adán is better than Iker". He retained his place for the next game, being sent off in the early minutes of an eventual 4–3 home defeat of Real Sociedad after giving away a

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Cagliari

On 2 September 2013, Adán left Real Madrid after his contract was terminated. On 19 November he signed with Italy's

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, making his

debut on 5 January of the following year in a 0–0 away draw against

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Betis

On 27 January 2014, Adán terminated his link to the

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ns and returned to his country and its top division, joining struggling

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. He contributed 40 appearances in his first full season, helping his team win the second-tier championship and subsequently promote. Adán was named team captain in August 2014, alongside Jorge Molina, Damien Perquis and Xavi Torres. The following two top-flight campaigns combined, he only missed three matches.

Atlético Madrid

Adán returned to the Spanish capital on 10 July 2018, with the 31-year-old signing a two-year contract with Atlético Madrid. Used only in domestic cup games, he did not debut in the league until the last game of the season when he stood in for the injured

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for a 2–2 draw at Levante UD on 18 May 2019.

Sporting CP

On 20 August 2020, Adán moved to Portuguese club

on a free transfer, for two years with the option of a third. He was a key player as they won their first Primeira Liga title for 19 years, keeping 20 clean sheets and conceding just 19 goals in 32 matches.

International career

In July 2006, Adán captained the Spain under-19 team all the way to winning the

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alongside four other Real Madrid products: Alberto Bueno,

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and

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. He was subsequently called up to the under-21 squad for the 2007 European Championship play-off against

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in October 2006, but was benched – Spain lost 1–2 on aggregate. He made his first and only appearance at that level on 6 February 2007, in a 2–2 friendly draw with

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held at

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Career statistics

Honours

Real Madrid *

: 2011–12 *

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; runner-up:

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* Supercopa de España:

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; runner-up: 2011 Betis * Segunda División: 2014–15 Atlético Madrid *

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Sporting CP * Primeira Liga: 2020–21 * Taça da Liga: 2020–21, 2021–22 *

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Spain U19 *

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: 2006 Individual *Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Month: December 2020, January 2021, February 2021, April 2021, August 2021, October/November 2021 *Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2020–21

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adan, Antonio 1987 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Madrid Association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Madrid C footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers Real Madrid CF players Real Betis players Atlético Madrid footballers Serie A players Cagliari Calcio players Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal