Raúl Albiol

Raúl Albiol (born 4 September 1985) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Villarreal and Spain national team.

Raúl Albiol
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Albiol playing for Spain in 2019
Personal information
Full nameRaúl Albiol Tortajada[1]
Date of birth4 September 1985
     (aged 40)
[2]
Place of birthVilamarxant, Spain
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Playing positionCentre-back
Club information
Current team
Villarreal
Number3
Youth career
1994–1996Ribarroja
1996–1997Vilamarxant
1997–2003Valencia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004Valencia B35(2)
2004–2009Valencia131(5)
2004–2005Getafe (loan)17(1)
2009–2013Real Madrid81(1)
2013–2019Napoli180(6)
2019–Villarreal152(1)
National team
2004Spain U197(0)
2003–2005Spain U204(0)
2005–2006Spain U217(0)
2007–2021Spain58(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:14, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 August 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valencia B 2003–04 Segunda División B 35 2 35 2
Valencia 2003–04 La Liga 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
2005–06 La Liga 29 1 4 0 3[b] 0 36 1
2006–07 La Liga 36 1 4 2 12[c] 1 52 4
2007–08 La Liga 32 1 6 0 7[c] 0 45 1
2008–09 La Liga 34 2 2 0 6[a] 0 2[d] 0 44 2
Total 131 5 16 2 30 1 2 0 179 8
Getafe (loan) 2004–05 La Liga 17 1 2 0 19 1
Real Madrid 2009–10 La Liga 33 0 2 0 8[c] 1 43 1
2010–11 La Liga 20 0 6 0 6[c] 0 32 0
2011–12 La Liga 10 0 2 0 5[c] 0 0 0 17 0
2012–13 La Liga 18 1 5 0 3[c] 0 1[d] 0 27 1
Total 81 1 15 0 22 1 1 0 119 2
Napoli 2013–14 Serie A 32 1 5 0 9[e] 0 46 1
2014–15 Serie A 35 0 3 0 12[f] 0 1[g] 0 51 0
2015–16 Serie A 36 1 0 0 3[h] 0 39 1
2016–17 Serie A 26 0 3 0 6[c] 0 35 0
2017–18 Serie A 31 3 0 0 8[i] 0 39 3
2018–19 Serie A 20 1 0 0 6[c] 0 26 1
Total 180 6 11 0 44 0 1 0 236 6
Villarreal 2019–20 La Liga 36 1 2 0 38 1
2020–21 La Liga 35 0 1 0 11[h] 2 47 2
2021–22 La Liga 28 0 2 1 12[c] 0 1[j] 0 43 1
2022–23 La Liga 25 0 1 0 1[k] 0 27 0
2023–24 La Liga 26 0 1 0 3[h] 0 30 0
2024–25 La Liga 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 152 1 7 1 27 2 1 0 187 4
Career total 596 16 51 3 123 4 5 0 775 23
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 4.0 4.1 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  5. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  10. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  11. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2007 2 0
2008 8 0
2009 11 0
2010 2 0
2011 8 0
2012 7 0
2013 6 0
2014 6 0
2015 1 0
2018 1 0
2019 4 0
2021 2 0
Total 58 0

Honours

Valencia

Real Madrid

Napoli

Villarreal

Albiol (number 2) celebrating Spain's win in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

Spain U19

Spain

Individual

Raúl Albiol Media

References

  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. (in es) Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada. https://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/envivos/fichas/1/223/4063.html. Retrieved 23 August 2021. 
  3. "Raul Albiol". S.S.C. Napoli. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "Raúl Albiol". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. "Raúl Albiol". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. "El Valencia toma la iniciativa" [Valencia take initiative] (in español). UEFA. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  7. "Fiorentina 1–3 Napoli: Partenopei come out on top in Coppa Italia final". Goal. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. Stone, Simon (26 May 2021). "Villarreal 1–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  9. "FOTOS CON HISTORIA: 2004, cuando la Sub-19 abrió el camino a la Absoluta" [HISTORIC PHOTOS: 2004, when the Under-19s paved the way for the A-team] (in español). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. (in es) España logra el tercer puesto en la Confederaciones. 28 June 2009. https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/futbol/2009-06-28/espana-logra-el-tercer-puesto-en-la-confederaciones_348811/. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  11. (in es) Los mejores de la Liga 2005–2006. 22 May 2006. https://elpais.com/deportes/2006/05/22/album/1148282512_910215.html. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  12. "Experts' UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  13. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season 2020/21". UEFA. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.