Raúl Albiol

Spanish association football player

Raúl Albiol (born 4 September 1985) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Villarreal and Spain national team.

Raúl Albiol
Albiol playing for Spain in 2019
Personal information
Full name Raúl Albiol Tortajada[1]
Date of birth (1985-09-04) 4 September 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Vilamarxant, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Villarreal
Number 3
Youth career
1994–1996 Ribarroja
1996–1997 Vilamarxant
1997–2003 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Valencia B 35 (2)
2004–2009 Valencia 131 (5)
2004–2005Getafe (loan) 17 (1)
2009–2013 Real Madrid 81 (1)
2013–2019 Napoli 180 (6)
2019– Villarreal 152 (1)
National team
2004 Spain U19 7 (0)
2003–2005 Spain U20 4 (0)
2005–2006 Spain U21 7 (0)
2007–2021 Spain 58 (0)
Honours
Representing  Spain
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2010 South Africa
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2008 Austria–Switzerland
Winner 2012 Poland–Ukraine
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:14, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Career statistics

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As of match played 23 August 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valencia B 2003–04 Segunda División B 35 2 35 2
Valencia 2003–04 La Liga 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
2005–06 La Liga 29 1 4 0 3[b] 0 36 1
2006–07 La Liga 36 1 4 2 12[c] 1 52 4
2007–08 La Liga 32 1 6 0 7[c] 0 45 1
2008–09 La Liga 34 2 2 0 6[a] 0 2[d] 0 44 2
Total 131 5 16 2 30 1 2 0 179 8
Getafe (loan) 2004–05 La Liga 17 1 2 0 19 1
Real Madrid 2009–10 La Liga 33 0 2 0 8[c] 1 43 1
2010–11 La Liga 20 0 6 0 6[c] 0 32 0
2011–12 La Liga 10 0 2 0 5[c] 0 0 0 17 0
2012–13 La Liga 18 1 5 0 3[c] 0 1[d] 0 27 1
Total 81 1 15 0 22 1 1 0 119 2
Napoli 2013–14 Serie A 32 1 5 0 9[e] 0 46 1
2014–15 Serie A 35 0 3 0 12[f] 0 1[g] 0 51 0
2015–16 Serie A 36 1 0 0 3[h] 0 39 1
2016–17 Serie A 26 0 3 0 6[c] 0 35 0
2017–18 Serie A 31 3 0 0 8[i] 0 39 3
2018–19 Serie A 20 1 0 0 6[c] 0 26 1
Total 180 6 11 0 44 0 1 0 236 6
Villarreal 2019–20 La Liga 36 1 2 0 38 1
2020–21 La Liga 35 0 1 0 11[h] 2 47 2
2021–22 La Liga 28 0 2 1 12[c] 0 1[j] 0 43 1
2022–23 La Liga 25 0 1 0 1[k] 0 27 0
2023–24 La Liga 26 0 1 0 3[h] 0 30 0
2024–25 La Liga 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 152 1 7 1 27 2 1 0 187 4
Career total 596 16 51 3 123 4 5 0 775 23
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 4.0 4.1 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  5. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  10. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  11. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2007 2 0
2008 8 0
2009 11 0
2010 2 0
2011 8 0
2012 7 0
2013 6 0
2014 6 0
2015 1 0
2018 1 0
2019 4 0
2021 2 0
Total 58 0

Honours

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Valencia

Real Madrid

Napoli

Villarreal

 
Albiol (number 2) celebrating Spain's win in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

Spain U19

Spain

Individual

References

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  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. "Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. "Raul Albiol". S.S.C. Napoli. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "Raúl Albiol". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. "Raúl Albiol". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. "El Valencia toma la iniciativa" [Valencia take initiative] (in Spanish). UEFA. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  7. "Fiorentina 1–3 Napoli: Partenopei come out on top in Coppa Italia final". Goal. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. Stone, Simon (26 May 2021). "Villarreal 1–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  9. "FOTOS CON HISTORIA: 2004, cuando la Sub-19 abrió el camino a la Absoluta" [HISTORIC PHOTOS: 2004, when the Under-19s paved the way for the A-team] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. "España logra el tercer puesto en la Confederaciones" [Spain get third place in Confederations]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 28 June 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  11. "Los mejores de la Liga 2005–2006" [The League's best in 2005–2006]. El País (in Spanish). 22 May 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  12. "Experts' UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  13. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season 2020/21". UEFA. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.