spanish association football player

Ceballos and the second or maternal family name is Fernández. In this spanish name, the first or paternal surname isand the second or enate kin name is Daniel Ceballos Fernández ( hold 7 August 1996 ) is a spanish professional football player who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spain national team.

Ceballos started his career at spanish golf club Real Betis where he helped them win the Segunda División. He was signed by Real Madrid in 2017, and two years later signed for English Premier League club Arsenal on loan. Ceballos won his beginning capital for Spain in September 2018, in 6–0 home acquire over Croatia for the UEFA Nations League .

Club career [edit ]

very Betis [edit ]

Ceballos was born in Utrera, Andalusia. [ 5 ] He joined Sevilla ‘s youth arrangement in 2004 at the age of eight, but was released in 2009 due to a chronic bronchitis trouble. [ 6 ] He subsequently played for hometown club Utrera, and completed his development with Real Betis after signing in 2011. [ 7 ] He signed a master narrow with Betis on 22 February 2014, while still a junior. [ 8 ] On 26 April 2014, without even appearing for the B team, Ceballos played his first bet on with the club ‘s independent police squad, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 La Liga home loss against Real Sociedad. [ 9 ] He scored his first goal on 21 December, with the first of a 2–0 home win over Racing Santander for the Segunda División championship. [ 10 ] He featured in 33 matches and scored 5 times during the 2014–15 Segunda División season, as Betis returned to La Liga at the first attempt. [ 11 ] On 15 October 2015, after drawn-out negotiations, Ceballos renewed his shrink until June 2020. [ 12 ] He scored his foremost goal in the spanish crown flight on 16 April 2017, with the last goal in a 2–0 home win against Eibar. [ 13 ]

real Madrid [edit ]

On 14 July 2017, Ceballos signed for La Liga club Real Madrid on a six-year contract, [ 14 ] for a transfer fee of around €18 million. [ 15 ] He made his debut on 16 August, replacing Toni Kroos on the eightieth minute of the second leg of the 2017 Supercopa de España, a 2–0 home victory over Barcelona. [ 16 ] On 23 September, in his inaugural start, he scored a two goals in a 2–1 away win over Deportivo Alavés. [ 17 ] Ceballos made four appearances during the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, [ 18 ] as Madrid won their third base back-to-back and 13th overall title in the tournament. [ 19 ] On 13 January 2019, after only 15 minutes on the pitch and having been constantly booed by his early cabaret ‘s supporters, he scored from a free bang in the last infinitesimal of a 2–1 victory against Betis at the Estadio Benito Villamarín. [ 20 ]

Arsenal ( loan ) [edit ]

On 25 July 2019, Ceballos joined English Premier League club Arsenal on a season-long loan. [ 21 ] He made his first begin for Arsenal on 17 August in a 2–1 victory over Burnley, providing two assists in a man-of-the-match operation. [ 22 ] On 3 October, Ceballos scored his first goal for Arsenal in a 4–0 home victory against Standard Liège in the group phase of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. [ 23 ] On 28 June 2020, he scored his second Arsenal finish against Sheffield United in arrest time to secure a 1–2 win in the quarter-final of the 2019–20 FA Cup. [ 24 ] He played the full 90 minutes in the final, in which Arsenal beat Chelsea 2–1 at Wembley Stadium. [ 25 ] On 4 September 2020, Ceballos was loaned to Arsenal for another season. [ 26 ] In one of the interviews, he stated that the director, Mikel Arteta, was the main reason why he decided to stay at Arsenal, and that since joining the golf club he had become a a lot more mature player, having improved a set. [ 27 ]

International career [edit ]

Ceballos playing for Spain 2019 On 5 November 2014, Ceballos was called up to the Spain under-19 side, [ 28 ] appearing against Germany, France [ 29 ] and Greece in a tournament play in the latter nation. [ 30 ] He made his debut for the under-21s on 26 March 2015, replacing Samu Castillejo at half-time of a 2–0 friendly win over Norway in Cartagena ; [ 31 ] four days late, in León, he made his first beginning, in a 4–0 gain over Belarus. [ 32 ] Despite beginning the competition in Poland on the bench, Ceballos ‘ performances at the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship led Spain to the second home. subsequently, he was named the actor of the tournament. [ 33 ] With the under-21 slope he besides took separate in the victorious 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship Spain team. He was named in the team of the tournament for the second base consecutive tournament. [ 34 ] Ceballos won his first cap for the aged team on 11 September 2018, playing the entire 6–0 home gain over Croatia in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. [ 35 ] He scored his first goal for his nation on 15 November, in a 3–2 passing in Zagreb against the lapp opponent and in the lapp rival. [ 36 ]

On 29 June 2021, Ceballos was included as one of three overaged players in Spain ‘s preliminary police squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics after having missed out on Euro 2020 due to injury. [ 37 ] In July 2021, he was included in the 22-player team of the under-23 team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 38 ]

Controversies [edit ]

In 2012, he labelled both Cesc Fàbregas and Gerard Piqué as “ shameless ”, when they celebrated Spain ‘s winnings at the UEFA Euro 2012 with the Senyera flag, in which he besides added : “ Get out of the state, Catalans ! ”. In 2015, he wished that a turkey be dropped “ on the stands and kill those Catalan and Basque dogs ” at Camp Nou during the 2015 Copa del Rey Final between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, as their supporters whistled the spanish national hymn. In addition, he had written a pro- Franco tweet, and derogative comments about Iker Casillas and his wife Sara Carbonero. On the final matchday in the 2015–16 La Liga season, he told Getafe ‘s actor Cala, “ I hope you go rot in the Segunda División and the clubhouse disappears ”. [ 39 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 9 May 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 13 October 2020[48]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2018 5 1
2019 4 0
2020 2 0
Total 11 1
As of match played 13 October 2020. Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ceballos goal.[48]
List of international goals scored by Dani Ceballos
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 15 November 2018 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia 4  Croatia 1–1 2–3 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A [49]

Honours [edit ]

Real Betis
Real Madrid
Arsenal
Spain U19
Spain U21
Spain Olympic
Individual

  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Player of the Tournament: 2017[33]
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017[58]

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