spanish association football player

Deulofeu and the second or maternal family name is Lázaro. In this spanish appoint, the first or agnate surname isand the second or maternal family name is Gerard Deulofeu Lázaro ( spanish : [ ɟʝeˈɾaɾ ðewloˈfew ˈlaθaɾo ] ; [ A ] yield 13 March 1994 ) is a spanish professional football player who plays for Serie A club Udinese. chiefly a forward, he can besides play as a winger on both flanks.

He started his career with Barcelona, first appearing with the first base 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 loanword 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 external, 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 youth academy in 2003 at the senesce of nine. [ 4 ] In 2005, he was promoted to the U-13 team. [ 5 ] On 2 March 2011, still registered with the junior team, he made his elder 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 recently April 2011, Deulofeu was called up to the senior team for the foremost time, for a La Liga meet against Real Sociedad on 29 April, [ 7 ] but did not leave the bench in a 2–1 off loss. [ citation needed ] On 29 October, he made his professional debut with the main team, replacing Cesc Fàbregas in the 63rd moment of a 5–0 league home achiever against Mallorca. [ 8 ] On 16 September 2012, Deulofeu scored his first goal 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 grade rival. [ citation needed ] On 15 May 2013, he signed a professional contract with the Blaugrana first base team, running until June 2017. [ 10 ]

Everton ( loan ) [edit ]

On 10 July 2013, Premier League club Everton signed Deulofeu on a season -long loan. [ 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 club ‘s games. [ 13 ] He scored on his debut for his new clubhouse, a 2–1 home acquire over Stevenage in the second round off 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 achiever against Stoke City. [ 15 ] His second came eight days late, through an 85th-minute assume at Arsenal to earn a 1–1 guide. [ 16 ] On 14 December 2013, Deulofeu suffered a hamstring wound during Everton ‘s 4–1 victory over Fulham, which sidelined him for five weeks. [ citation needed ] He scored his third gear and last goal on 15 March of the adopt year, netting the opener in a 2–1 home winnings over Cardiff City. [ 17 ] He helped his team to record its best always Premier League points score of 72 to finish one-fifth [ 18 ] and, at the conclusion of the campaign, Barcelona confirmed that he would not be returning for a second loan spell as he had been promoted to their first-team police squad ; [ citation needed ] he wrote an open letter thanking the staff, players and fans for their support during his stay. [ 19 ]

Sevilla ( loanword ) [edit ]

In May 2014, Deulofeu was granted a first-team identify by new Barcelona director Luis Enrique. [ 20 ] however, on 14 August 2014, Sevilla reached an agreement with Barcelona for the loanword of Deulofeu for the coming season, [ 21 ] with the player admitting “ surprise ” at Enrique ‘s decision. [ 22 ] After being an idle substitute in a 1–1 home withdraw against Valencia, Deulofeu made his debut on 30 August replacing Vitolo in the 73rd moment 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 home victory against Feyenoord. [ 24 ] On 24 September Deulofeu scored his first goal for the Andalusians ( and besides his first ever in the top fledge in Spain ), netting the bet on ‘s winner in a home achiever over real Sociedad. [ 25 ] His lend was considered enormously unsuccessful, 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 beginning goal as a permanent wave Everton musician, a free bang at the Madejski Stadium, as they came from behind to win 2–1 against Reading in the third round of the League Cup. [ 28 ] His first base league goal since his remove came on 1 November, the unfold goal in a 6–2 rout of Sunderland. [ 29 ]

AC Milan ( lend ) [edit ]

On 23 January 2017, Deulofeu joined AC Milan on lend until the end of the 2016–17 season. [ 30 ] Two days former, 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 get the better of. [ 31 ] On 29 January, he made his league introduction as a substitute for the hurt Giacomo Bonaventura in a loss by the like score against Udinese. [ 32 ] On 8 February, Deulofeu made his first serve, a first gear authorize across the goalmouth towards Mario Pašalić, in a 0–1 away victory against Bologna, [ 33 ] and 11 days subsequently he scored his first goal for the Rossoneri in a 2–1 victory against Fiorentina at the San Siro. [ 34 ]

come back to Barcelona [edit ]

On 30 June 2017, Deulofeu returned to Barcelona, as the club activated their buy-back article for him. [ 35 ] On 21 October, he scored his first goal for the baseball club as he scored the opener in the 2nd infinitesimal in a 2–0 winnings against Málaga. [ 36 ]

Watford [edit ]

On 29 January 2018, it was announced that Deulofeu was to join Watford on a lend deal until the end of the temper. [ 37 ] On 5 February 2018, he scored his foremost goal with Watford in a Premier League 4–1 succeed against Chelsea. [ 38 ] On 11 June 2018, Watford signed Deulofeu on a permanent cope for a report fee of €13 million. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] He was sidelined from the last crippled of his loanword spell until being available for choice again in early October, owing to “ metrical foot and hip 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 win over Cardiff City. [ 42 ]

Udinese [edit ]

On 5 October 2020, Deulofeu joined Udinese on a season -long loan. [ 43 ] On 30 January 2021, Deulofeu completed a permanent wave transfer to Udinese, signing a three-and-a-half-year abridge. [ 44 ]

International career [edit ]

Deulofeu played for the spanish under-17 team from 2009 to 2011, helping them polish 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 player in the 2012 edition. [ 5 ] Deulofeu was selected for the senior 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 phone number 7. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] He played the last ten minutes of the 2–0 acquire in Seville as a substitute for Pedro, [ 47 ] but the comply day he was not included in the squad 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 acquire over Georgia in Almería, for 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualification. [ 49 ] Winning his irregular senior Spain cap, Deulofeu scored his first finish for Spain against France in a friendly on 28 March 2017, after coming off the bench. [ 50 ] however, the goal was initially ruled out for offside, but the reviewer consulted his video assistant, who after checking the television receiver replays decided the referee ‘s assistant had made the wrong call in the first place. [ 51 ] Deulofeu made two further appearances for Spain as a substitute in 2017, in a 2–2 friendly trace against Colombia and an 8–0 victory over Liechtenstein in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification : the latter match marked Deulofeu ‘s competitive international debut angstrom well as his latest hood for Spain. [ 50 ]

style of bet [edit ]

A immediate and nice player, gifted with pace, good proficiency and dribbling ability, Deulofeu is adequate to of playing as a winger or as a forth on either flank. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] He is besides capable of playing in a central character, apparently operating as a lone hitter, but acting rather as a false-9 ; [ 54 ] he has tied been deployed as an absolute striker on juncture, [ 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 inspiration, [ 59 ] Deulofeu ‘s style of play is comparable to that of Cristiano Ronaldo, due to a shared target approach. [ 60 ] Regarded as a promising unseasoned player, in 2012, he was included by Don Balón in their list of the 101 most excite prospects born after 1991, [ 61 ] while in January 2014, he was named by The Observer as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe. [ 62 ] Looking back in 2018, NBC Sports’ Daniel Karell said of Deulofeu : “ In his younger days, the now 24-year-old winger was a active and lightning-quick attacker with a central midfielder ‘s proficiency to boot ”. [ 41 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 18 December 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 16 6 1 0 17 6
Total 29 7 3 1 32 8
Career total 270 60 20 6 11 3 11 0 2 0 314 69

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 ]

  1. ^Deulofeu is pronounced [dewloˈfew] In isolation, is pronounced

References [edit ]

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