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

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who plays as a

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. A youth product of

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

, 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 Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

for whom he signed in 2018. Abroad, he featured for

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, and won two

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titles with

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,

. All youth levels comprised, Adán won 39

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for

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Club career

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

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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

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Jordi Codina in

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, until the latter's promotion to the main squad. Adán made his debut in 2006–07's

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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

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, 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

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and

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. 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

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rested several starters. The following month, he featured the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 loss at

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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 sent off 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

in a 2–0 win. On 22 December 2012, Adán relegated longtime incumbent Casillas to the bench in a 3–2 away loss to

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; 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

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after giving away a penalty.

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 A.C. ChievoVerona.

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

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

. 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

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. Over the following two top-flight campaigns, 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

. 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 Jan Oblak for a 2–2 draw at

on 18 May 2019.

Sporting CP

On 20 August 2020, Adán moved to Portuguese club

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,

on a free transfer, for two years with the option of a third. He was a key player as they won their first

title in 19 years, keeping 20 clean sheets and conceding just 19 goals in 32 matches. In November 2021, his contract was extended to 2024. Adán claimed another league title at the end of the 2023–24 campaign. He was sidelined in the final two months after suffering an injury in training, but still contributed 22 appearances to the feat before being replaced by Uruguayan Franco Israel.

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:

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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 2–1 on aggregate. He made his 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: 2012–13 *

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

; runner-up:

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Betis *

: 2014–15 Atlético Madrid *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Sporting CP *

: 2020–21, 2023–24 *

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: 2020–21, 2021–22 *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Spain U19 *

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Individual *Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2020–21

References

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