Álvaro Negredo

spanish football player
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Álvaro Negredo Sánchez ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈalβaɾo neˈɣɾeðo ˈsantʃeθ ] ; born 20 August 1985 ) is a spanish professional football player who plays for Cádiz as a forward.

Reading: Álvaro Negredo

Nicknamed La fiera de Vallecas ( The animal of Vallecas ), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] he has played for Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid B, Almería, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Manchester City, Valencia, Middlesbrough, Beşiktaş, Al-Nasr and Cádiz. In nine seasons in La Liga, he amassed totals of 299 matches and 120 goals. Negredo earned 21 caps for Spain, scoring ten goals and being separate of the team that won Euro 2012 .

Club career [edit ]

real number Madrid [edit ]

Born in Madrid, Negredo started his career at Rayo Vallecano, making his professional debut in early on 2005 with the cabaret in Segunda División B. In the center of the year he moved to another side in the country ‘s capital, Real Madrid consort Real Madrid Castilla. Negredo developed as a hitter in his last season, scoring 18 league goals, although he could not prevent Castilla ‘s cliff from Segunda División. He did manage to impress first-team coach Fabio Capello and was called up for a few games in the Copa del Rey, but remained an idle substitute. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

Almería [edit ]

In July 2007, Negredo was sold to La Liga newcomers UD Almería, with Real Madrid having an choice to buy him spinal column. He made his top trajectory debut on 26 August in a 3–0 electric shock gain at Deportivo de La Coruña. [ 7 ] on 2 February 2008, he scored from the penalty spot in a 2–0 home win against his former team [ 8 ] and, on 19 April, he added two – after having missed a penalty bang – in a 4–1 off victory over UEFA Cup and spanish Cup holders Sevilla FC. [ 9 ] Negredo finished the crusade as Almería ‘s acme scorer with 13 goals, as the andalusian side finished one-eighth. [ 10 ] In 2008–09 he scored five in the team ‘s first six matches, including a 95th-minute winner against neighbor Recreativo de Huelva ( 1–0 ) on 28 September 2008. In February of the keep up year he scored twice against Valencia CF in a 3–2 away loss, which took his league count to ten, [ 11 ] and finished with 19. [ 10 ]

Return to Real Madrid [edit ]

real Madrid exercised their redemption choice of a reported € 5 million on Negredo in June 2009, [ 12 ] and the player returned to training with the club on 10 July. [ 13 ] In the pre-season he scored the one-fourth goal against LDU Quito in a 4–2 win for the Peace Cup. [ 14 ] Negredo had been tipped to join substantial Zaragoza or Hull City, but ultimately decided to sign a report five-year deal with Sevilla for €15 million, with Real Madrid having an choice to buy the player back in the first base two years. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] New director Manuel Pellegrini could not guarantee him first-team football with the likes of Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuaín, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Ruud vanguard Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo in the team, and subsequently advised him to leave and join Sevilla in order to fulfill his electric potential ; Negredo late revealed his wonder for Pellegrini ‘s honesty. [ 17 ]

sevilla [edit ]

Negredo in action for Sevilla in 2012 Negredo made his debut for Sevilla on 30 August 2009, coming as a substitute in the fifty-fifth infinitesimal of a 2–0 away loss to Valencia. [ 18 ] Two weeks late he scored his beginning finish, against CA Osasuna in a 2–0 away acquire. [ 19 ] A starter throughout most of 2009–10, with Luís Fabiano and Frédéric Kanouté fighting for the other striker moor, Negredo ‘s first base year was highly irregular. He suffered a score drought that lasted ( in the league alone ) 12 games, only ending on 2 May 2010 in a 3–1 home winnings against Atlético Madrid, his two goals coming from penalties ( he had already lost his starting placement at the time, but the Malian was suspended for that game ). [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He added another two in the follow match, a 5–1 aside rout of Racing de Santander for a sum of 11 in the league, [ 22 ] and scored one more in the UEFA Champions League. [ 23 ] He was besides sent off three times in the season, the last of which about prevented him from taking part in the domestic cup final against Atlético Madrid after insulting the adjunct reviewer in Sevilla ‘s 3–2 acquire at erstwhile golf club Almería ; the ban was later lifted and he was allowed to play – Fabiano was unavailable for the match through injury – in the 2–0 final succeed. [ 24 ] Negredo was a regular first option in the 2010–11 campaign, scoring 26 times across all competitions, 20 in the league ( Fabiano besides returned to São Paulo FC in March 2011 ). [ 25 ] Highlights included two goals each against Villarreal CF ( 3–3 aside draw in the cup, in an eventual semi-final run ), [ 26 ] Deportivo ( 3–3 aside draw ), [ 27 ] Real Madrid ( 6–2 home loss ), [ 28 ] Osasuna ( 3–2 loss, off ) [ 29 ] and RCD Espanyol ( 3–2 away win ). [ 30 ] Negredo took his 2012–13 league total to 13 on 4 March 2013, after scoring a hat-trick in a 4–1 home succeed over RC Celta de Vigo. [ 31 ] He scored all of his team ‘s goals on the last sidereal day of the season, a 4–3 frustration of Valencia CF besides at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, clinching the Zarra Trophy in the process. [ 32 ]

Manchester City [edit ]

On 19 July 2013, Manchester City announced the sign of Negredo. [ 33 ] The fee was reported as £ 16.4 million plus add-ons, [ 34 ] and he signed a four-year hand. [ 35 ] He moved to the Premier League club shortly after teammate Jesús Navas. Negredo made his league debut on 19 August 2013, coming on as a alternate for countryman David Silva in a 4–0 home win against Newcastle United. [ 36 ] He scored his first goal for the club the play along match on 25 August, a header in a 3–2 kill at newly promoted Cardiff City, [ 37 ] He scored his first goal at the City of Manchester Stadium in the future round, a 2–0 home victory over Hull City. [ 38 ]
On 5 November 2013, Negredo scored his first base hat-trick for City, contributing to a 5–2 group stagecoach home gain against PFC CSKA Moscow which qualified the former for the rung of 16. [ 39 ] This was the first base clock a Manchester City actor had scored a hat-trick in the Champions League. [ 40 ] He repeated the feat on 8 January of the keep up class, in a 6–0 home plate rout of West Ham United in the first leg of the Football League Cup semi-final. [ 41 ] Despite not scoring since January 2014, Negredo finished the season with 23 goals from 48 appearances in all competitions. [ 42 ]

valencia [edit ]

On 1 September 2014, Negredo signed a loanword manage with Valencia, which included an obligatory leverage article, requiring the club to buy his rights at the conclusion of the campaign for an measure believed to be around €27 million. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] He scored his first gear competitive goal in his first appearance on 7 December, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Granada CF which was besides his first appearance. [ 45 ] Negredo joined Valencia on a permanent basis on 1 July 2015. [ 46 ] On 25 August, he helped his team reach the Champions League group phase by scoring in the fourthly minute of an eventual 2–1 passing at AS Monaco FC ( 4–3 on aggregate ). [ 47 ] In October 2015, after criticising director Nuno Espírito Santo ‘s choice of tactics, Negredo was completely ostracised. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] He began to play again under newfangled boss Gary Neville, [ 50 ] notably scoring three goals in a 4–0 home plate gain over Granada in the domestic cup. [ 51 ] On 20 July 2016, Negredo joined Middlesbrough on lend. [ 52 ] He scored in his first appearance, putting the hosts ahead in a 1–1 home draw against Stoke City. [ 53 ]

Beşiktaş [edit ]

On 3 August 2017, Negredo signed for Süper Lig english Beşiktaş J.K. on a three-year deal. [ 54 ] He scored his first goal for his raw team on 28 October, helping them to a 2–1 away win over Alanyaspor. [ 55 ] During his first weeks, he failed to establish his rate in the begin eleven due to the good imprint of Cenk Tosun, who was sold to Everton in the winter remove window. [ 56 ]

Cádiz [edit ]

Negredo returned to his fatherland in July 2020, with the 34-year-old agree to a annual deal at Cádiz CF who had just returned to the top division. [ 62 ] He scored in his moment appearance, helping to a 2–0 aside win over SD Huesca. [ 63 ] He added a farther seven until the end of the season – team well – as the slope easily managed to avoid delegating, automatically renewing his contract until June 2022. [ 64 ] [ 65 ]

International career [edit ]

Negredo on the substitutes ‘ terrace for Spain in 2013 On 6 October 2009, Negredo received his first call to the Spain elder team, for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Armenia on the 10th, following the injuries of David Villa and Daniel Güiza. [ 66 ] He made his debut in that bet on, replacing Fernando Torres early on into the second half of an eventual 2–1 away win. [ 67 ] Four days late, Negredo started and scored twice – besides providing two assists – in another away repair, against Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 5–2 victory ), as Spain finally won all ten group matches. [ 68 ] He was, however, overlooked for the final stages in South Africa, with the home team winning the tournament. Negredo was chosen by director Vicente del Bosque for his UEFA Euro 2012 police squad. He played doubly in the tournament in Poland and Ukraine, including one begin against Portugal in the semi-finals ( 4–2 penalty gunfight win, 0–0 after 120 minutes ). [ 69 ] Negredo was one of seven players cut from Spain ‘s final squad for the 2014 World Cup, aboard City teammate Navas. [ 70 ]

style of play [edit ]

A grandiloquent hitter with an eye for goal, Negredo chiefly operated in a cardinal role. Although he was regarded as a static forward, he was besides known for his herculean strike ability with his impart animal foot and his potency in the air travel, and was besides adequate to of dropping into deep positions in order to link-up with the midfielders. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ]

personal animation [edit ]

Negredo ‘s older brothers, César and Rubén, were besides footballers, the former a defender and the latter a fore. Both played their entire careers in division three or lower. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] [ 76 ] His beget, José María, worked as a cab driver in Madrid. [ 77 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 2 December 2021

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[90]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Spain

2009
4
2

2010
0
0

2011
3
3

2012
5
1

2013
9
4

Total
21
10

Scores and results list Spain’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Negredo goal.[90]

Honours [edit ]

Sevilla
Manchester City
Al Nasr
Spain
Individual