Deulofeu and the second or maternal family name is Lázaro. In this spanish appoint, the first gear or parental surname isand the irregular or maternal family name is Gerard Deulofeu Lázaro ( spanish : [ ɟʝeˈɾaɾ ðewloˈfew ˈlaθaɾo ] ; [ A ] bear 13 March 1994 ) is a spanish professional football player who plays for Serie A club Udinese. chiefly a forth, he can besides play as a winger on both flanks.
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He started his career with Barcelona, first appearing with the first team at the age of 17, and was loaned to Everton and Sevilla before joining the former on a permanent deal in the summer of 2015. After a successful loan spell at italian side AC Milan, he was brought back to Barcelona in June 2017, before being loaned to Watford in January 2018 ; later that year, Watford signed him outright. Deulofeu was besides a spanish youth international, having represented the country over 80 times at under-16, under-17, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels, being named the UEFA Under-19 Championship Golden Player in 2012. In 2014, he made his aged debut for the Spain national football team .
Club career [edit ]
Barcelona [edit ]
Born in Riudarenes, Girona, Catalonia, Deulofeu joined Barcelona ‘s young academy in 2003 at the age of nine. [ 4 ] In 2005, he was promoted to the U-13 team. [ 5 ] On 2 March 2011, silent registered with the junior team, he made his aged debut, appearing for the B team in a 4–1 away win against Córdoba in Segunda División by coming on as a substitute for Edu Oriol in the 75th moment. [ 6 ] In late April 2011, Deulofeu was called up to the aged police squad for the foremost time, for a La Liga match against Real Sociedad on 29 April, [ 7 ] but did not leave the workbench in a 2–1 away loss. [ citation needed ] On 29 October, he made his professional introduction with the independent team, replacing Cesc Fàbregas in the 63rd infinitesimal of a 5–0 league home success against Mallorca. [ 8 ] On 16 September 2012, Deulofeu scored his beginning finish for the B team, in a 2–1 away loss at Hércules. [ 9 ] Deulofeu scored 18 goals for the B team in the 2012–13 season, joint-fourth in the second level competition. [ citation needed ] On 15 May 2013, he signed a professional contract with the Blaugrana first team, running until June 2017. [ 10 ]
Everton ( lend ) [edit ]
On 10 July 2013, Premier League club Everton signed Deulofeu on a season -long loanword. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The Liverpool Echo besides reported that any loanword fee would be waived if he made appearances in more than 50 % of his newfangled clubhouse ‘s games. [ 13 ] He scored on his debut for his new club, a 2–1 home winnings over Stevenage in the second round of the League Cup on 29 August. [ 14 ] On 30 November, Deulofeu scored his first league goal for the Toffees, netting the opener in a 4–0 home success against Stoke City. [ 15 ] His second base came eight days late, through an 85th-minute strike at Arsenal to earn a 1–1 draw. [ 16 ] On 14 December 2013, Deulofeu suffered a hamstring injury during Everton ‘s 4–1 victory over Fulham, which sidelined him for five weeks. [ citation needed ] He scored his third and last goal on 15 March of the pursuit year, netting the opener in a 2–1 family succeed over Cardiff City. [ 17 ] He helped his team to record its best ever Premier League points score of 72 to finish one-fifth [ 18 ] and, at the end of the political campaign, Barcelona confirmed that he would not be returning for a second lend spell as he had been promoted to their first-team team ; [ citation needed ] he wrote an open letter thanking the staff, players and fans for their defend during his stay. [ 19 ]
Sevilla ( lend ) [edit ]
In May 2014, Deulofeu was granted a first-team place by new Barcelona coach Luis Enrique. [ 20 ] however, on 14 August 2014, Sevilla reached an agreement with Barcelona for the lend of Deulofeu for the coming season, [ 21 ] with the actor admitting “ surprise ” at Enrique ‘s decision. [ 22 ] After being an fresh stand-in in a 1–1 home draw against Valencia, Deulofeu made his introduction on 30 August replacing Vitolo in the 73rd hour of a 2–1 away win against Espanyol. [ 23 ] He made his UEFA Europa League debut on 18 September, starting and providing assists for both goals in a 2–0 base victory against Feyenoord. [ 24 ] On 24 September Deulofeu scored his inaugural goal for the Andalusians ( and besides his beginning always in the top flight in Spain ), netting the game ‘s winner in a home success over real Sociedad. [ 25 ] His lend was considered enormously abortive, the spanish newspaper Marca selected him in their La Liga ‘Worst team of the season ‘. [ citation needed ]
Everton [edit ]
Deulofeu joined Everton permanently on 1 July 2015, [ 26 ] for a transfer tip reported to be £4.2 million. [ 27 ] He scored his first goal as a permanent Everton player, a free kick at the Madejski Stadium, as they came from behind to win 2–1 against Reading in the third base round of golf of the League Cup. [ 28 ] His first league finish since his transfer came on 1 November, the open goal in a 6–2 spread-eagle of Sunderland. [ 29 ]
AC Milan ( lend ) [edit ]
On 23 January 2017, Deulofeu joined AC Milan on loanword until the end of the 2016–17 season. [ 30 ] Two days late, he made his introduction with Milan in a Coppa Italia quarter-final match against Juventus, coming on as a substitute for Carlos Bacca in the 1–2 frustration. [ 31 ] On 29 January, he made his league debut as a alternate for the hurt Giacomo Bonaventura in a loss by the same score against Udinese. [ 32 ] On 8 February, Deulofeu made his first base assist, a low pass across the goalmouth towards Mario Pašalić, in a 0–1 away victory against Bologna, [ 33 ] and 11 days late he scored his first base goal for the Rossoneri in a 2–1 victory against Fiorentina at the San Siro. [ 34 ]
return to Barcelona [edit ]
On 30 June 2017, Deulofeu returned to Barcelona, as the club activated their buy-back clause for him. [ 35 ] On 21 October, he scored his first finish for the club as he scored the opener in the 2nd minute in a 2–0 acquire against Málaga. [ 36 ]
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Watford [edit ]
On 29 January 2018, it was announced that Deulofeu was to join Watford on a loan bargain until the end of the season. [ 37 ] On 5 February 2018, he scored his first goal with Watford in a Premier League 4–1 winnings against Chelsea. [ 38 ] On 11 June 2018, Watford signed Deulofeu on a permanent wave deal for a report tip of €13 million. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] He was sidelined from the end game of his loanword spell until being available for excerpt again in early on October, owing to “ foundation and hep problems ”. [ 41 ] On 22 February 2019, Deulofeu became the first Watford player to score a Premier League hat-trick, scoring three goals in a 5–1 succeed over Cardiff City. [ 42 ]
Udinese [edit ]
On 5 October 2020, Deulofeu joined Udinese on a season -long loanword. [ 43 ] On 30 January 2021, Deulofeu completed a permanent transfer to Udinese, signing a three-and-a-half-year condense. [ 44 ]
International career [edit ]
Deulofeu played for the spanish under-17 team from 2009 to 2011, helping them complete runner-up at the 2010 UEFA european Under-17 Championship. [ citation needed ] In the latter year he was selected to the under-19s, winning two straight european Championships and being selected best musician in the 2012 edition. [ 5 ] Deulofeu was selected for the elder side for the first time on 30 May 2014, as separate of a 19-man police squad to play a friendly against Bolivia, being given the numeral 7. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] He played the last ten-spot minutes of the 2–0 acquire in Seville as a ersatz for Pedro, [ 47 ] but the adopt day he was not included in the team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 48 ] On 12 November 2015, Deulofeu scored a hat-trick and captained the under-21 team in a 5–0 win over Georgia in Almería, for 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship reservation. [ 49 ] Winning his irregular senior Spain capital, Deulofeu scored his first goal for Spain against France in a friendly on 28 March 2017, after coming off the workbench. [ 50 ] however, the goal was initially ruled out for offside, but the referee consulted his video adjunct, who after checking the television receiver replays decided the referee ‘s adjunct had made the amiss call in the first plaza. [ 51 ] Deulofeu made two foster appearances for Spain as a alternate in 2017, in a 2–2 friendly draw against Colombia and an 8–0 victory over Liechtenstein in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification : the latter peer marked Deulofeu ‘s competitive external debut a well as his latest cap for Spain. [ 50 ]
style of looseness [edit ]
A agile and nice player, gifted with tempo, adept proficiency and dribbling ability, Deulofeu is capable of playing as a winger or as a advancing on either flank. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] He is besides capable of playing in a cardinal function, apparently operating as a lone hitter, but acting alternatively as a false-9 ; [ 54 ] he has even been deployed as an absolute striker on occasion, [ 55 ] or more frequently as a second striker, [ 56 ] [ 57 ] due to his ability to beat opponents in one on one situations and create chances for teammates, in summation to scoring goals himself. [ 58 ] Despite citing Ronaldinho as his main inhalation, [ 59 ] Deulofeu ‘s style of turn is comparable to that of Cristiano Ronaldo, due to a shared direct approach. [ 60 ] Regarded as a bright young actor, in 2012, he was included by Don Balón in their list of the 101 most stimulate prospects born after 1991, [ 61 ] while in January 2014, he was named by The Observer as one of the ten most promise young players in Europe. [ 62 ] Looking second in 2018, NBC Sports’ Daniel Karell said of Deulofeu : “ In his younger days, the now 24-year-old winger was a moral force and lightning-quick attacker with a central midfielder ‘s proficiency to bang ”. [ 41 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 7 November 2021[63][64]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup[a]
League Cup[b]
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Barcelona B
2010–11
Segunda División
1
0
—
—
—
—
1
0
2011–12
Segunda División
34
9
—
—
—
—
34
9
2012–13
Segunda División
33
18
—
—
—
—
33
18
Total
68
27
—
—
—
—
68
27
Barcelona
2011–12
La Liga
1
0
0
0
—
1[c]
0
—
2
0
2012–13
La Liga
1
0
1
0
—
2[c]
0
—
4
0
Total
2
0
1
0
—
3
0
—
6
0
Everton (loan)
2013–14
Premier League
25
3
2
0
2
1
—
—
29
4
Sevilla (loan)
2014–15
La Liga
17
1
6
2
—
5[d]
0
—
28
3
Everton
2015–16
Premier League
26
2
1
0
6
2
—
—
33
4
2016–17
Premier League
11
0
1
0
1
0
—
—
13
0
Total
62
5
4
0
9
3
—
—
75
8
AC Milan (loan)
2016–17
Serie A
17
4
1
0
—
—
—
18
4
Barcelona
2017–18
La Liga
10
1
2
1
—
3[c]
0
2[e]
0
17
2
Watford (loan)
2017–18
Premier League
7
1
0
0
0
0
—
—
7
1
Watford
2018–19
Premier League
30
10
3
2
0
0
—
—
33
12
2019–20
Premier League
28
4
0
0
2
0
—
—
30
4
Total
65
15
3
2
2
0
—
—
70
17
Udinese
2020–21
Serie A
13
1
2
1
—
15
2
2021–22
Serie A
10
3
1
0
—
11
3
Total
23
4
3
1
—
—
—
26
5
Career total
264
57
20
6
11
3
11
0
2
0
308
66
International [edit ]
- As of match played 5 September 2017[50]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Spain
2014
1
0
2017
3
1
Total
4
1
- As of match played 5 September 2017
- Scores and results list Spain’s goal tally first[50]
List of international goals scored by Gerard Deulofeu
No
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
1
28 March 2017
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
France
2–0
2–0
Friendly
Honours [edit ]
Barcelona B
Sevilla
Barcelona
Watford
Spain U17
Spain U19
Spain U21
Individual
Notes [edit ]
- ^Deulofeu is pronounced [dewloˈfew] In isolation, is pronounced
References [edit ]
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