Adrià Altimira Reynaldos (born 28 March 2001), sometimes known as Alti, is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...

. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

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Career

Born in

Cardedeu Cardedeu () is a small town in the comarca of Vallès Oriental in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It is near Granollers, the capital of Vallès Oriental, and it is placed between Serralada Litoral and Montse ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

, Altimira joined

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

La Masia La Masia de Can Planes, usually shortened to La Masia (; ), is FC Barcelona's youth academy. It includes more than 300 young players and has been an instrumental factor in Barcelona's European success, producing several world class players and ...

in 2008, from

EC Granollers Esport Club Granollers is a football team based in Granollers in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1913, it plays in the . Its stadium is Municipal Carrer Girona with a capacity of 2,500. Season to season ---- * 1 season in Se ...

. On 27 August 2020, after finishing his formation, he moved to Croatian side

NK Lokomotiva Zagreb Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb (), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the country's top division. Founded in 19 ...

, but terminated his contract shortly after and returned to his home country, signing for

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

side

UD Melilla Unión Deportiva Melilla is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro'', with an 8,000 capac ...

on 7 October. Altimira made his senior debut on 1 November 2020, playing the last 30 minutes in a 1–0 home win over

CF Villanovense Club de Fútbol Villanovense is a Spanish football team based in Villanueva de la Serena, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1992 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Romero Cuerda'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. ...

. He scored his first senior goal the following 16 May, netting his team's third in a 3–0 home win over

Atlético Madrid B Atlético de Madrid B is a Spanish football team based in Madrid. Founded on 17 September 1963, it is the reserve team of Atlético Madrid and currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 2. They play their home games at Cerro del Espin ...

. On 1 July 2021, Altimira joined

FC Andorra Futbol Club Andorra is a professional football club based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, that currently competes in , in the Spanish league system. The club was founded in 1942 and currently plays its home fixtures at Estadi Nacional. In spite ...

in the newly created

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. He featured regularly for the side during the campaign, appearing in 29 matches overall as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

. Altimira made his professional debut on 15 August 2022, starting in a 1–0 away win over

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

. He scored his first goal in the category five days later, but in a 4–1 away loss to

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

. On 14 June 2023, after rejecting a contract renewal from Andorra, Altimira signed for

and was assigned to the reserves also in the second division. He made his first team – and

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– debut on 22 October, replacing Aïssa Mandi in a 1–1 home draw against

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 ...

. On 17 June 2024, Altimira renewed his link with the ''Yellow Submarine'' until 2026, but was loaned to fellow top tier side

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

on 21 August.

Personal life

Altimira's uncle and cousin are also involved with football: his uncle Aureli was also a footballer who played as a

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and later became a coach, while his cousin Sergi is a

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; both were also Barcelona youth graduates.

Career statistics

References

External links

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at the Villarreal CF website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Altimira, Adria 2001 births Living people People from Vallès Oriental Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks La Liga players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players UD Melilla footballers FC Andorra players Villarreal CF B players Villarreal CF players CD Leganés players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia 21st-century Spanish sportsmen