Adrián López Álvarez
Adrián before a game with Spain under-21s
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Adrián López Álvarez | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Teverga, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Villarreal (on loan from Porto) |
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| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Covadonga | |||
| Oviedo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Oviedo | 30 | (4) |
| 2006–2011 | Deportivo La Coruña | 92 | (13) |
| 2008 | → Alavés (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | → Málaga (loan) | 28 | (3) |
| 2011–2014 | Atlético Madrid | 90 | (11) |
| 2014– | Porto | 14 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Villarreal (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2017– | → Villarreal (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Spain U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Spain U19 | 3 | (3) |
| 2007 | Spain U20 | 5 | (5) |
| 2007–2011 | Spain U21 | 19 | (9) |
| 2012 | Spain U23 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012– | Spain | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2012 |
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Adrián López Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðɾjan ˈlopeθ]; born 8 January 1988), known simply as Adrián, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villarreal CF on loan from Portuguese club FC Porto as a forward.
He amassed La Liga totals of 226 games and 30 goals over the course of nine seasons, representing in the competition Deportivo, Málaga and Atlético Madrid and winning four major titles with the latter, including the 2013–14 league championship.
Born in Teverga, Asturias, Adrián was a product of local Real Oviedo's youth system. He quickly made the transition into the first team, scoring three goals in 26 matches while playing in Segunda División B. However, he did not have a professional contract because he was a youth player, and the only way to acquire his services for free was to offer him a professional contract.
Deportivo de La Coruña obliged and, in October 2006, Oviedo were given a €331,000 compensation by the La Liga club. Adrián's finest moment of the 2006–07 season arrived when, on 31 March 2007, he entered Deportivo's league match at the Camp Nou in the 61st minute, and although FC Barcelona won it 2–1, he managed to score with a clever touch; it was his only league goal of the campaign, in 15 appearances (six starts).
After receiving few first team opportunities during 2007–08, Adrián was loaned to Segunda División strugglers Deportivo Alavés in April 2008. After helping the Basque team avoid relegation with three league goals, he returned to A Coruña to be loaned again on 14 August, this time to newly promoted Málaga CF on a season-long deal.
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