Sito Riera

Llorenç "Sito" Riera Ortega (born 5 January 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot club AEL Limassol.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Riera and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.
Sito Riera
Riera in 2013
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(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 AEL Limassol
Number 44
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 53 (7)
2012–2014 Chornomorets 37 (3)
2014–2016 Kairat 41 (4)
2016–2018 Śląsk Wrocław 45 (0)
2018–2020 Enosis Neon Paralimni 44 (5)
2020– AEL Limassol 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2020

Club 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 former footballer. A winger, he represented, amongst others, Espanyol, Liverpool and the Spanish national team.[8]

Career statistics
As of match played on 31 August 2019[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Panthrakikos (loan)2008–09Superleague 28500—285
Panionios2009–10Superleague 25411—265
2010–11 22211—233
2011–12 6100—61
Total 537220000559
Chornomorets2011–12Ukrainian Premier League 9010—100
2012–13 12030—150
2013–14 16300—131294
Total 3734000131544
Kairat2014Kazakhstan Premier League 12131—10162
2015 27331—70374
2016 2000—1030
Total 414620090566
Śląsk Wrocław2016–17Ekstraklasa 22010—230
2017–18 23000—230
Total 450100000460
Enosis Neon2018–19Cypriot First Division 25460—314
2019–20 19121—212
Total 445810000526
Career totals 248242150022129130

Honours

Kairat

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References
  1. Mercado fichajes – Pretemporada 2008/2009 (Transfer market – Preseason 2008/2009) Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at Webesport (in Spanish)
  2. Λύση συνεργασίας με Σίτο Ριέρα (Riera and Panionios part ways) Archived 5 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Panionios FC, 14 December 2011 (in Greek)
  3. "Dja Djedje has PSV heading for the exit". UEFA. 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 (in Spanish)
  9. Sito Riera at Soccerway
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