Adalberto Peñaranda
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adalberto Peñaranda Maestre | ||
| Date of birth | 31 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | El Vigía, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Udinese (on loan from Watford) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportivo La Guaira | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Deportivo La Guaira | 37 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Granada (loan) | 9 | (4) |
| 2016– | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Granada (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2016– | → Udinese (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Venezuela U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014– | Venezuela U20 | 8 | (1) |
| 2016– | Venezuela | 11 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016. | |||
Adalberto Peñaranda Maestre (born 31 May 1997) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A side Udinese on loan from Watford.
Club career
Early career
Peñaranda was born in El Vigía, Alberto Adriani Municipality, Mérida. He is an academy graduate of Deportivo La Guaira and made his professional and Primera División debuts on 11 August 2013, starting in a 1–3 home loss against Deportivo Táchira.[1] Peñaranda scored his first goal as a senior on 23 February 2014, netting his team's only goal in a 1–4 loss at Caracas FC.[2] He finished the 2013–14 Venezuelan Primera División season with 18 appearances to his name, and one goal.
The Pozzo Triangle
Udinese, Granada & Watford
On 16 June 2015, Peñaranda signed for Serie A side Udinese, owned by Italian businessman Giampaolo Pozzo. He was then immediately loaned to Granada who at the time were also under the ownership of Pozzo.[3] He made his debut for the La Liga side on 22 November, starting in a 2–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao.[4] Upon making his debut he became the youngest ever player to ever represent the club.[5] On 12 December 2015, Peñaranda scored his first goals in the top flight of Spanish football, netting a brace in a 2–1 away win against Levante UD.[6] In doing so he became the youngest ever non-Spanish footballer to score in La Liga, breaking the record previously held by Barcelona's Argentine forward, Lionel Messi.[5]
On 1 February of the following year he signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Premier League side Watford, owned by Pozzo's son Gino, but remained on loan at Granada for the remainder of the season.[7] At the end of the season Granada were sold to Chinese firm Link International Sports, putting pay to the possibility of Peñaranda returning to the club on loan for another season.[8] Following his arrival at Watford in July, Peñaranda was shipped back to Udinese on a season long loan deal.[9]
He made his debut for the Udinese on 13 August 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ryder Matos in a 3-2 Coppa Italia loss to Spezia.[10] His Serie A debut came the following week in a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Roma, with Peñaranda coming on as a second-half substitute for Rodrigo De Paul.
Club statistics
- As of 25 September 2016[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Deportivo La Guaira | 2013–14 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2014–15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| Total | 37 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
| Granada (loan) | 2015–16 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Total | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
| Udinese (loan) | 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career totals | 63 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 9 | |
Personal life
On 18 April 2015 Peñaranda and fellow Deportivo La Guaira teammate Charlys Ortíz were both shot in an attempted robbery after attending a party. Peñaranda was struck in the left thigh with the bullet passing clean through. Ortiz, however, was struck in the rib area and had to undergo surgery the following day.[12]
Honours
Club
- Deportivo La Guaira
References
- ↑ Nuevo, Pablo (11 August 2013). "Deportivo Táchira hizo una "maestría" ante el Deportivo La Guaira" [Deportivo Táchira "masters" over Deportivo La Guaira] (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ "Caracas goleó al Deportivo La Guaira y comanda el Clausura" [Caracas thrashed Deportivo La Guaira and rules Clausura] (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ Deportes, Ovacion (16 June 2016). "Adalberto Peñaranda irá cedido al Granada de España" [Adalberto Peñaranda will be loaned to Granada in Spain]. El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ Liceras, Angel (22 November 2015). "El Granada encuentra su oficio" [Granada finds its role]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- 1 2 Slevison, Andrew (2 February 2016). "Watford loan Messi record-breaker Penaranda to Granada". Tribal Football. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ↑ Liceras, Angel (12 December 2015) (12 December 2015). "Peñaranda impulsa al Granada" [Peñaranda drives Granada] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ↑ "Official: Watford Sign Exciting Teenager Peñaranda". Watford's official website. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ Mail, Simon (15 June 2016). "Watford owner Gino Pozzo sells Granada to Chinese firm Link International Sports". Watford Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ufficiale: Penaranda e' dell'Udinese". Udinese. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Spezia rally to eliminate top-flight Udinese from Coppa Italia". ESPN. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ Adalberto Peñaranda profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ↑ "Fueron heridos de bala los futbolistas Adalberto Peñaranda y Charlys Ortíz, del Deportivo La Guaira" [The footballers Adalberto Peñaranda and Charlys Ortíz, from Deportivo La Guaira, wounded by gunfire] (in Spanish). Diario República. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
External links
- Adalberto Peñaranda profile at BDFutbol
- Adalberto Peñaranda profile at Soccerway
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