Showing posts with label Valencia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valencia. Show all posts

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Barcelona's Andres Iniesta To Miss Four Weeks With Hamstring Injury Champions League Group Game on Tuesday Evening.

The Catalan club have confirmed that the 27-year-old midfielder will miss 5 games including the Liga clashes against Valencia and Atletico Madrid and the barcelona have announced on their official website that Andres Iniesta will be sidelined for the next month with a torn hamstring.

The midfielder picked up the injury 5 minutes before half-time during the Catalan club's 2-2 draw against AC Milan in a Champions League group game on Tuesday evening and the iniesta will miss the upcoming fixtures against Osasuna, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, BATE Borisov and Sporting Gijon and the playmaker could return in time for Spain's Euro 2012 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Scotland to be played on October 7 and 11.

International career for a Iniesta burst on to the international scene in 2001 helping Spain win the UEFA European Under-16 Championship and was in squad that claimed the UEFA European Under-19 Championship the following year and he was called up to represent Spain at the World Cup 2006 on 15 May 2006 to the surprise of many and iniesta won his 1st cap for Spain when he was brought on at half-time in a friendly against Russia on 27 May 2006 and he scored his 1st goal for Spain in a friendly against England on 7 February 2007.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Juan Mata Move To Chelsea From Spanish Club Valencia For A Reported £23.5m.

Juan Mata has completed his move to Chelsea from Spanish club Valencia for a reported £23.5m and he had also been linked with Arsenal and Tottenham.

Mata has signed a 5 year contract and is available for Saturday's game against Norwich and the "Valencia was a big club anyway but I have left to join a bigger club," the 23-year-old winger said, it is all about the opportunity to win trophies and I have that here."

Full name is a Juan Manuel Mata García born 28 April 1988 in English footballer who plays for Chelsea and he is mainly a left winger can also play as an attacking midfielder.

International career for a Mata helped Spain win 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and he was a key player 'Juanín' finished the championship 2nd to his teammate Alberto Bueno (five goals) as top goal scorer of a competition for a four in five matches and On 1 February 2007 for under-21 coach Inaki Saez included on his squad in the friendly against England and On 14 November 2008 Vicente del Bosque called Mata for the senior team to play in a friendly against Chile and the 28 March 2009 Mata finally made his debut in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkey 1–0 win in Madrid.
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