Vitolo (right) playing for Sevilla in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Víctor Machín Pérez | ||
Date of birth | 2 November 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sevilla | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
Las Palmas | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Las Palmas B | 61 | (11) |
2010–2013 | Las Palmas | 87 | (26) |
2013– | Sevilla | 101 | (15) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | Spain | 9 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2016. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2016.
Víctor Machín Pérez (born 2 November 1989), known as Vitolo, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sevilla FC. Despite being right-footed, he plays mainly as a left winger, and can also operate as a forward.
He began his career with Las Palmas before joining Sevilla in 2013, where he won the Europa League three times.
Vitolo was born in Las Palmas. He came through the youth ranks at hometown club UD Las Palmas, playing for two years with the B-team before making the breakthrough in the 2010–11 season, with the Canary Islands side in the second division; he made his debut on 28 August 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–2 home win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona, and scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 defeat of AD Alcorcón on 11 September, also at home.
On 27 November 2010, in another home fixture, against Rayo Vallecano, Vitolo sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury on his right knee that ruled him out for the rest of the campaign.
Vitolo joined Sevilla FC on 28 June 2013, after agreeing to a four-year contract. He made his debut in La Liga on 18 August by featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 home loss to Atlético Madrid, and scored his first goal in the competition on 10 November, contributing to a 3–1 success at RCD Espanyol.