2020–21 Deportivo Alavés Season
The 2020–21 season was the 100th season in the existence of Deportivo Alavés and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Alavés participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Players First-team squad Under contract Reserve team Out on loan Transfers In Out Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overview La Liga League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020. Copa del Rey Statistics Appearances and goals :''Last updated on 23 May 2021.'' , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, ''Goalkeepers'' , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:cent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deportivo Alavés
Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually known as Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 23 January 1921 as Sport Friend's Club, The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football league system, Spanish football. It is recognized as the third most successful team in the Basque Country following Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Club of Bilbao and Real Sociedad of San Sebastián. Its biggest success was in 2001 when, in the year of its debut in European competition, it reached the 2001 UEFA Cup Final, where it played against Liverpool F.C., Liverpool. It was defeated 5–4 by golden goal#Association football, golden goal. In 2017, the club reached the final of the 2017 Copa del Rey Final, Copa del Rey, losing out 3–1 to FC Barcelona, Barcelona. The team's home k ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Football In Spain
Football is the most popular sport in Spain, with 61% of the population interested in it. Spain has some of the most influential teams in Europe (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, and others) as well as many players (mostly unprofessional) and teams registered in all categories (1,063,090 players in 21,148 clubs). Moreover, football is the sport that interests the majority of Spanish people (48%) and a total of 67% of the population said they were fans of or had a liking for a particular club. In a survey of the sports habits of the Spanish population made in 2010, football was ranked as the second most popular recreational sport practiced by the population (17.9%). 75.9% said they had purchased tickets to a football match. In addition, 67.3% of the people said they saw all, almost all, many, or some of the football matches broadcast on television. In another survey undertaken in 2014, football practice decreased to 14% of the population, being ove ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luis Rioja
Luis Jesús Rioja González (born 16 October 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger and left back for Valencia CF. Career Rioja was born in Las Cabezas de San Juan, Seville, Andalusia, and was a CD Cabecense youth graduate. He made his senior debut on 2 September 2012, playing the last 22 minutes of a 2–0 Tercera División home win against Cádiz CF B. Rioja scored his first senior goal on 18 November 2012, in a 4–0 home routing of Arcos CF, and finished the campaign with four goals in 35 appearances. On 27 June of the following year, he signed a three-year deal with Real Madrid and was assigned to the C-team in Segunda División B. On 27 July 2014, Rioja joined another reserve team, Celta de Vigo B in the third division. On 4 January 2017, he moved to fellow league team Marbella FC. On 23 July 2018, Rioja agreed to a two-year contract with Segunda División side UD Almería. He made his professional debut on 17 August, starting in a 1� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Guidetti
John Alberto Guidetti (born 15 April 1992) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Allsvenskan club AIK Fotboll, AIK. Whilst growing up Guidetti played football in his native Sweden as well as Kenya. He returned to Sweden in 2008 and played with IF Brommapojkarna when at the age of 16 he earned a move to English club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City. He spent time out on loan back at Brommapojkarna and with Championship side Burnley F.C., Burnley in November 2010. He joined Dutch club Feyenoord on loan for the Eredivisie 2011-12, 2011–12 season where he scored 20 goals in 23 games before a virus ended his time in the Netherlands. In January 2014, Guidetti joined Stoke City F.C., Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2013–14 Stoke City F.C. season, 2013–14 season, and in September of that year he was loaned to Scottish champions Celtic F.C., Celtic for the following season, winning the Scott ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tomás Pina
Tomás Pina Isla (born 14 October 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He amassed La Liga totals of 301 matches and eight goals over 12 seasons, with Mallorca, Villarreal and Alavés. He also played in Belgium and China. Club career Mallorca Pina was born in Villarta de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha. After finishing his football development with amateurs CD Móstoles, he moved to RCD Mallorca in the summer of 2008. Pina made his professional – and La Liga – debut with the latter on 31 January 2010, playing the last ten minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Xerez CD after coming on as a substitute for Bruno China. He spent the vast majority of his first professional season with the reserve team, in the Segunda División B. Villarreal On 5 July 2013, after Mallorca's top-flight relegation, Pina signed a five-year deal with Villarreal CF, in turn promoted. He scored his first goal for his new team on 4 Octo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucas Pérez
Lucas Pérez Martínez (; born 10 September 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven. After spending the first years of his career in the lower leagues, only appearing sporadically for the first team of Rayo Vallecano in the Segunda División, he first made a name for himself with Karpaty Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League. In 2013, he signed with PAOK from Greece, and later returned to La Liga with Deportivo, where he scored 32 goals in 93 matches. Subsequently, he represented English clubs Arsenal and West Ham United in the Premier League, before rejoining Alavés where he had played as a youth. Club career Atlético and Rayo Pérez was born in A Coruña, Galicia. After appearing for five clubs as a youth he moved to Madrid and joined Atlético Madrid's C team, playing two seasons in the Tercera División. In summer 2009 he signed with Rayo Vallecano, helping the reserves promote from the same level in his ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,From Sporting Lisbon to Athletic Bilbao — why do we get foreign clubs' names wrong? , Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 March 2023 is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. Having various sports departments and sporting disciplines, it is best known for its men's professional association football, football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football. Founded on 1 July 1906, Sporting is one of the "Big Three (Portugal), Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rodrigo Battaglia
Rodrigo Andrés Battaglia (; ; born 12 July 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors. Club career Battaglia was born and raised in Argentina and is of Italian descent. He spent time in the youth divisions of Vélez Sársfield and Almagro before joining Huracán. He made his professional debut aged 19 in a 3–0 away defeat to Racing Club in the Primera División on 3 October 2010. His first goal for the club came on 26 March 2011 in a 2–0 win against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. In January 2014, Battaglia joined S.C. Braga in Portugal, playing 26 games for the club with loan spells in the middle at fellow Primeira Liga sides Moreirense and Chaves, and at his homeland club Rosario Central. On 15 May 2018, Battaglia and several of his teammates, including coaches, were injured following an attack by around 50 supporters of Sporting at the club's training ground after the team finished ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Víctor Laguardia
Víctor Laguardia Cisneros (born 5 November 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Zaragoza Laguardia was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After emerging through hometown Real Zaragoza's youth system he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 29 August 2009 in a 1–0 home win against CD Tenerife, but spent the vast majority of his first three seasons as a senior, however, registered with the B side in the Tercera División. In the summer of 2011, Laguardia was loaned to UD Las Palmas of Segunda División, in a season-long move. More of the same befell in the following campaign, with AD Alcorcón. Alavés Laguardia continued competing in division two the following years, with Zaragoza and Deportivo Alavés. He achieved promotion to the top flight with the latter in 2016, appearing in 39 matches and scoring once. Laguardia scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 1 October 2016, but in a 2–1 away loss to Sevi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rodrigo Ely
Rodrigo Ely (born 3 November 1993) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Grêmio. Club career Milan Rodrigo Ely is a youth product of Brazilian club, Grêmio, and joined Milan in 2012. He spent two years with the youth side before subsequent loan spells with several low tier Italian clubs. Reggina / Varese (loan) On 24 July 2012, Ely joined Reggina on a season-long loan. On 16 July 2013, AC Milan confirmed that they had reached an agreement for the season-long loan of Ely to Varese. Avellino On 21 July 2014, Ely joined Avellino on a free transfer. Return to Milan After impressive performances with Avellino in the 2014–15 season, Milan decided to bring him back to San Siro on 10 June 2015, where he signed new contract which will keep him at the club until 30 June 2019. Despite Ely being a free agent, Milan also paid an unknown party a €8 million fee. He made his first Serie A game of the 2015–16 season with Milan, in a 2–0 def ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rubén Duarte
Rubén Duarte Sánchez (born 18 October 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club UNAM. Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a central defender. He made his La Liga debut with Espanyol, and spent most of his career with Alavés, totalling 231 appearances in seven seasons. Club career Espanyol Born in Almería, Andalusia, Duarte joined RCD Espanyol's youth system in 2009, aged 13, after spells at Los Molinos CF and Polideportivo Ejido. In 2012, he was linked to Manchester City, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the Segunda División B. On 7 January 2015, Duarte made his first-team debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Valencia CF in that season's Copa del Rey. His maiden La Liga appearance occurred on 8 February, against the same opponent and with the same scoreline, but at the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat. Duarte renewed his contract with the Catalan club on 11 June 2015, signing until 2019 and being promo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tachi (footballer)
Alberto Rodríguez Baró (born 10 September 1997), commonly known as Tachi, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Real Zaragoza. Club career Born in Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Tachi joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2013, from Getafe CF. Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2016–17 season, he made his senior debut on 28 August 2016 by starting in a 1–0 Tercera División away win against Fútbol Alcobendas Sport. Tachi scored his senior goal on 7 May 2017, netting the opener in a 3–1 away defeat of AD Parla. He contributed with 33 appearances during his first campaign, as his side achieved promotion to Segunda División B. On 19 July 2019, after being a regular starter for ''Atleti's'' B-side, Tachi signed a four-year contract with La Liga side Deportivo Alavés. He made his professional debut on 18 August, coming on as a late substitute for fellow debutant Luis Rioja in a 1–0 home defeat of Levante UD. On 26 January 2022, after ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |