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Daniel Parejo Muñoz ( spanish pronunciation : [ daˈnjel ˈdani paˈɾexo ] ; born 16 April 1989 ) is a spanish professional football player who plays as a cardinal midfielder for Villarreal and the Spain national team.

After starting out at Real Madrid, he foremost made a name in La Liga with Getafe. Transferring to Valencia in 2011, he went on to appear in 383 official matches for the latter club and win the 2019 Copa del Rey. He besides spent four months in England, with Queens Park Rangers. Across all youth levels, Parejo won 43 caps for Spain and scored nine goals. He made his wide debut in 2018, at the age of 28 .

Club career [edit ]

real Madrid [edit ]

Born in Coslada, Community of Madrid, [ 3 ] Parejo was a product of Real Madrid ‘s young person academy, joining at the age of 14. He was called on several occasions by first-team coach Bernd Schuster to train with the seniors and, during the 2006–07 season, played four games for Real Madrid Castilla in Segunda División. [ 5 ] On 4 August 2008, Parejo signed a annual loanword manage with Championship club Queens Park Rangers, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and made his debut five days late, coming off the bench in a 2–1 win against Barnsley at Loftus Road, [ 8 ] going on to full 18 official appearances. On 17 December, Real Madrid officially recalled the player from his lend effective 1 January 2009, after first-team midfielders Rubén de la Red and Mahamadou Diarra were both out for the campaign with diverse forcible problems. [ 9 ] Parejo was given the team count 17, which had previously been assigned to Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was besides out for several months due to a good wound. He appeared little during the season, his first match being the 4–0 La Liga away victory over Sporting de Gijón on 15 February as he replaced Sergio Ramos for the concluding ten-spot minutes. [ 10 ]

Getafe [edit ]

In late July 2009, as Esteban Granero was re-bought from Getafe CF, Parejo went in the opposite direction with Real, as in Granero ‘s font, having a similar option. [ 11 ] On 25 March 2010, he scored against his former club after stealing the ball from goalkeeper Iker Casillas, but the hosts lost it 4–2. [ 12 ] Having to compete for a starting berth in central midfield with coach Míchel ‘s son, Adrián – a former teammate in Real Madrid B – he however contributed solidly during the crusade as they qualified for the second time in their history for the UEFA Europa League. [ 13 ] Parejo appeared more in 2010–11 ( 36 matches ), but the Madrid outskirts side only narrowly invalidate delegating. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

valencia [edit ]

Parejo playing for Valencia in 2015 On 14 June 2011, Valencia CF signed Parejo for a reported €6 million, with out-of-favour goalkeeper Miguel Ángel Moyá going to Getafe on a year-long loanword as part of the batch. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] He made his league debut on 15 August, playing 80 minutes in a 1–1 away reap to RCD Mallorca. [ 19 ] Parejo was cursorily deemed excess to requirements at his new clubhouse, his situation not improving flush after the unplayful injury suffered by Sergio Canales, who played in his same status. [ 20 ] He bounced back, however, for 2012–13, scoring twice in 36 official games in an eventual fifth-place complete. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In the follow years, Parejo was an undisputed appetizer for several managers. In the 2014–15 season, his inaugural as master, he scored a career-best 12 goals, being one of the best scorers in the competition from the midfielder position. [ 24 ] In the action, he besides became the beginning Valencia midfielder to score ten or more goals since Vicente in 2003–04. [ 25 ]

Parejo and Paco Alcácer each scored doubly in a 5–1 win off to third-place RC Celta de Vigo on 7 November 2015 ; his beginning came just before half-time, through a free kick to put the visitors ahead 2–1. [ 26 ] however, in January, after a poor run of shape, the former was stripped of his captainship in privilege of the latter by coach Gary Neville. [ 27 ] He was reinstated in that status by Marcelino García Toral ahead of the 2017–18 crusade. [ 28 ] Parejo lifted the Copa del Rey on 25 May 2019, after a 2–1 frustration of FC Barcelona in the concluding. [ 29 ]

Villarreal [edit ]

On 12 August 2020, Parejo joined Villarreal CF on a unblock transplant and a four-year condense. [ 30 ] He moved to the local rivals alongside his teammate Francis Coquelin, a move which caused fury from Valencia ‘s fans towards their president Peter Lim. [ 31 ] Parejo won the Europa League in his first season at the Estadio de la Cerámica. In the final examination, he took the complimentary gripe that Gerard Moreno finished for Villarreal ‘s finish in a 1–1 draw against Manchester United, and besides scored in the 11–10 punishment gunfight victory. [ 32 ]

International career [edit ]

Parejo was named in the spanish under-19 team for the 2007 UEFA European Championship. In the tournament apply in Austria, he scored the final winner against Greece ( 1–0 ). [ 33 ] Parejo was promoted to the under-21 team the be year, appearing in several qualification matches for the 2009 european Championship. He won his first cap for the senior team on 27 March 2018, replacing Thiago Alcântara late into the 6–1 friendly frustration of Argentina. [ 34 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

As of 3 October 2021[35]

International [edit ]

As of 8 September 2019[36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2018 1 0
2019 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours [edit ]

Valencia
Villarreal
Spain U19
Spain U20
Spain U21

Individual

  • UEFA La Liga Team of The Season: 2017–18,[40] 2018–19[41]
  • UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2020–21[42]

References [edit ]