association football player
Firpo and the second or maternal family name is Adames. In this spanish name, the first or parental surname isand the second or enate family mention is Héctor Junior Firpo Adames ( bear 22 August 1996 ), known as Junior Firpo or merely Junior, is a professional football player who plays as a defender for Premier League club Leeds United. chiefly a left-back, he can besides play as a centre-back or right-back .

Club career [edit ]

veridical Betis [edit ]

Born in Santo Domingo, Junior moved to Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia at the old age of six [ 2 ] and joined Real Betis ‘ young frame-up in June 2014, aged 18, from Puerto Malagueño. [ 3 ] He made his aged debut with the reserves on 15 February 2015, starting in a 1–1 base string against Granada B for the Segunda División B championship.

decidedly promoted to the B-side ahead of the 2015–16 season, Junior appeared regularly during the season, which ended in delegating. On 17 April 2016 he scored his first senior goal, netting the third in a 4–0 away win over Algeciras [ citation needed ]. On 1 August 2017, after spending the solid pre-season with the main police squad, Junior renewed his contract until 2021. [ 4 ] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut the following 12 February, starting in a 1–0 aside frustration of Deportivo La Coruña, becoming the first Dominican Republic-born musician to have ever featured in La Liga. [ 5 ] junior scored his first master finish on 17 March 2018, netting the first base in a 3–0 home gain against Espanyol. [ 6 ] On 19 August, after being promoted to the main team, he agreed to a contract extension until 2023. [ 7 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

On 4 August 2019, Junior signed a five-year deal with Barcelona for €18 million plus €12 million in add-ons. [ 8 ] He made his introduction three weeks later in a 5–2 home succeed over his former club Betis, playing the last nine minutes in locate of Rafinha. [ 9 ] On 28 September, Junior scored his first goal for Barcelona and the second goal against Getafe in 2–0 gain. [ 10 ] On 27 November, he made his UEFA Champions League introduction in a 3–1 group stage victory over Borussia Dortmund. [ 11 ] On 13 February 2021, Firpo scored his second gear ( and last ) goal for Barça in a 5–1 home winnings over Alavés. [ 12 ]

Leeds United [edit ]

On 6 July 2021, Firpo signed a four-year hand with Premier League club Leeds United for a fee of €15 million plus add-ons, with Barcelona reserving rights to 20 % of his future sales. He is expected to replace Ezgjan Alioski at the left back character after Alioski ‘s abridge expired, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] and made his introduction for the club in that put on 14 August in the second base half of the temper undoer at Old Trafford, where he came on as a tactical substitute for Rodrigo in a 5–1 passing. [ 15 ]

International career [edit ]

Despite being born in the Dominican Republic, he has spent the majority of his life in Spain and continues to hold citizenship for both countries. [ 5 ] On 9 October 2015, he played the stallion second half of a 0–6 non-FIFA friendly loss for the Dominican Republic senior national team against the Brazil Olympic team. [ 16 ] On 31 August 2018, Junior was called up to the Spain under-21 team for two 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Albania and Northern Ireland. [ 17 ] He made his debut on 7 September, starting in a 3–0 win against the erstwhile. [ 18 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 2 October 2021

Honours [edit ]

Barcelona

Spain U21

References [edit ]