Sito Riera

Sito Riera
Personal information
Full name Llorenç Riera Ortega
Date of birth (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987
Place of birth Manacor, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Śląsk Wrocław
Number 22
Youth career
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Barcelona C 5 (0)
2005–2007 Barcelona B 64 (16)
2007–2008 Espanyol B 29 (0)
2008–2009 Espanyol 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Panthrakikos (loan) 28 (5)
2009–2011 Panionios 49 (7)
2012–2014 Chornomorets 37 (3)
2014–2016 Kairat 41 (4)
2016– Śląsk Wrocław 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Riera and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.

Llorenç "Sito" Riera Ortega (born 5 January 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Polish club Śląsk Wrocław.

Football career

Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Riera represented both major clubs in Barcelona, FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol, but never made it past its B-sides. In the 2007–08 season he suffered relegation from the third division with the latter, not managing to find the net in the process.

On 8 July 2009, after a loan experience with Panthrakikos FC,[1] Riera signed with fellow Superleague Greece team Panionios FC. On 14 December 2011, player and club mutually terminated the contract.[2]

At the start of March 2014, Riera left FC Chornomorets Odesa – which he represented for one and a half seasons, earning a late red card in his last game for the team, a 1–0 away win against PSV Eindhoven for the UEFA Europa League group stage[3]– due to the civil unrest caused by the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.[4] On 23 June 2014 he moved to Kazakhstan, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with FC Kairat.[5]

On 1 April 2016, after three seasons of irregular playing time, Riera left the Almaty Central Stadium,[6] and resumed his career that August with Śląsk Wrocław in the Polish Ekstraklasa.[7]

Personal life

Riera's older brother, Albert, is also a footballer. A winger, he represented, amongst others, Espanyol, Liverpool and the Spanish national team.[8]

Honours

Kairat

References

  1. ↑ Mercado fichajes – Pretemporada 2008/2009 (Transfer market – Preseason 2008/2009); Webesport (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Λύση συνεργασίας με Σίτο Ριέρα (Riera and Panionios part ways); Panionios FC, 14 December 2011 (Greek)
  3. ↑ "Dja Djedje has PSV heading for the exit". UEFA.com. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Five foreign players leave Football Club Chornomorets because of situation in Ukraine". Kyiv Post. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Риера, Жерар, Исаэль и Куат стали игроками «Кайрата» [Riera, Gerаrd, Isael and Kuat are «Кairat» players] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Риера – вне заявки" [Riera – Departure] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sito Riera zawodnikiem Śląska!" [Sito Riera a Śląsk player!] (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Sito Riera: “Me gustaría jugar en el Mallorca” (Sito Riera: “I would like to play with Mallorca”); Fútbol Balear, 11 August 2010 (Spanish)
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