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Adrián
Adrián with West Ham United in 2014
Personal information
Full name Adrián San Miguel del Castillo[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 13
Youth career
2004–2008 Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Betis B 62 (0)
2012–2013 Betis 32 (0)
2013– West Ham United 42 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:15, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Adrián San Miguel del Castillo, simply known as Adrián (born 3 January 1987), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for English club West Ham United as a goalkeeper.

He started playing for Betis, making his debut with the first team in 2012.

Club career

Betis

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Adrián was a product of hometown Real Betis' youth ranks, after having begun playing as a forward.[3] He spent his first five senior seasons with the reserves, four of those in Segunda División B, successively backing up René and Brimah Razak.[4] He was promoted to the first team for the 2011–12 season as third-choice – still continuing to appear for the B's – but suffered a severe knee injury in November that kept him out of action for several months.[5]

Adrián made his La Liga debut on 29 September 2012, in a 0–4 away loss against Málaga CF: after Casto was sent off in the early minutes, he replaced field player Salvador Agra.[6] Still in the 2012–13 campaign he became the starter, namely putting on a Man of the match performance in a 1–0 home win against Real Madrid on 24 November.[7] Following his debut he went on to start the next 31 games, keeping eleven clean sheets as the club finished in seventh place and qualified to the UEFA Europa League.[2][8]

West Ham United

On 5 June 2013, it was announced that Adrián would join West Ham United on 1 July, on a three-year contract.[9] The Premier League club had the option to extend this deal for a further two seasons.[2]

Adrián made his debut for the Hammers on 27 August 2013, in a 2–1 home win against Cheltenham Town for the season's League Cup: during the game he fouled Jermaine McGlashan to concede a penalty, which Matt Richards converted.[10] His first league appearance came on 21 December, a 1–3 loss at Manchester United.[11]

On 11 January 2014 Adrián kept his first Premier League clean sheet, in the 2–0 away win over Cardiff City.[12] On 6 May he attended the club's awards and won 'Save of the Season' for a fingertip save from Oscar against Chelsea in January. He also won 'Best Individual Performance' for the same game, in which he kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw, as well as 'Signing of the Season'; he was also named runner-up 'Hammer of the Year' to Mark Noble.[13]

In an FA Cup third-round replay penalty shootout against Everton on 13 January 2015, Adrián saved from Steven Naismith. The shootout went to sudden death, in which he scored the winner after his Everton counterpart, compatriot Joel, struck the crossbar.[14] Despite having never taken a competitive penalty before, he took it ahead of West Ham's last remaining outfield player, James Tomkins, and was so confident that he would score and win the game that he removed his goalkeeping gloves before taking it – his team won it 9–8.[15]

Statistics

As of 18 January 2015[16][17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Real Betis 2012–13 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
West Ham United 2013–14[18] 20 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 26 0
West Ham United 2014-15[19] 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Career total 74 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 82 0

References

  1. ^ "Barclays Premier League squad numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Hammers catch keeper Adrian". West Ham United. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. ^ "La historia de Adrián, el portero que empezó de delantero (vídeo)" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Con Adrián, el Betis está en buenas manos (With Adrián, Betis is in good hands); Estadio Deportivo, 24 October 2012 Template:Es icon
  5. ^ El portero Adrián estará de baja medio año por una lesión de rodilla (Goalkeeper Adrián will miss half a year due to knee injury); Diario de Sevilla, 10 November 2011 Template:Es icon
  6. ^ Malaga crush 10-man Betis; ESPN Soccernet, 29 September 2012
  7. ^ Betis stun Real Madrid; ESPN Soccernet, 24 November 2012
  8. ^ "Diego López se lo ha ganado" (in Spanish). El País. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "West Ham secure the signing of Spanish keeper Adrian". Sky Sports. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  10. ^ "West Ham 2–1 Cheltenham: Match report". Sport.co. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  11. ^ "United revival gathering pace". ESPN FC. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  12. ^ Websell, Paul (15 January 2014). "Jussi or Adrian: Who should be West Ham's number one?". FTB Pro. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Noble is Hammer of the Year". West Ham United. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  14. ^ Emons, Michael (13 January 2015). "West Ham 2–2 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Adrian: West Ham keeper knew he would score FA Cup penalty". BBC Sport. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  16. ^ Adrián at Soccerbase
  17. ^ "Adrián". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  18. ^ "Games played season 2013–14". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  19. ^ "Games played season 2014–15". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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