Jorge Larena
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorge Larena-Avellaneda Roig | ||
Date of birth | 29 September 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AEK Larnaca | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Las Palmas | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2000 | Las Palmas B | ||
2000–2002 | Las Palmas | 69 | (8) |
2002–2005 | Atlético Madrid | 83 | (4) |
2005–2008 | Celta | 78 | (9) |
2008–2011 | Las Palmas | 81 | (4) |
2012–2013 | Huesca | 55 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Recreativo | 29 | (1) |
2014– | AEK Larnaca | 44 | (7) |
International career | |||
2002–2003 | Spain U21 | 13 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 23 December 2015 (UTC) |
Jorge Larena-Avellaneda Roig (born 29 September 1981), known as Larena, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca F.C. usually as an attacking midfielder.
He played in 193 La Liga games over the course of seven seasons (15 goals), in representation of three teams, mainly Las Palmas for which he also appeared in Segunda División.
Club career
Larena was born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. A product of hometown club UD Las Palmas' youth ranks, he played one game for the first team in the 1999–2000 season as it returned to La Liga after an absence of 12 years, and was an automatic first-choice in the following two top flight campaigns, suffering relegation in the second after scoring seven goals in 36 games; he made his debut in the main competition on 23 September 2000, six days before his 19th birthday, in a 1–1 home draw against Real Valladolid.
In the 2002 summer, Larena signed for Atlético Madrid, being regularly played by the Colchoneros over the course of three seasons, but rarely as a starter (only 37 combined). Subsequently, he joined fellow top-divisioner Celta de Vigo, being relegated at the end of 2006–07 (only 16 appearances from the player, one goal); he netted six times in the following year, but the Galicians nearly dropped down another level.[1]
On 15 July 2008, Larena returned to his native region and Las Palmas, signing a three-year contract with the Segunda División club.[2] He made his official debut on 30 August, playing the full 0–1 loss at Real Sociedad.
Larena only appeared in 13 games (617 minutes of action) in 2010–11, and did not have his contract renewed.[3][4] After being released by Las Palmas, he went on trial at Football League One's Bournemouth[5] and Greenock Morton in the Scottish Football League First Division,[6] but nothing came of it, and he eventually signed for SD Huesca.[7]
Club statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Las Palmas | 1999–2000 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2000–01 | La Liga | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | ||
2001–02 | La Liga | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 7 | ||
Total | 69 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | 72 | 8 | |||
Atlético Madrid | 2002–03 | La Liga | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |
2003–04 | La Liga | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
2004–05 | La Liga | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
Total | 83 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 4 | ||
Celta | 2005–06 | La Liga | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |
2006–07 | Segunda División | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
2007–08 | Segunda División | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 6 | ||
Total | 77 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 9 | ||
Las Palmas | 2008–09 | Segunda División | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |
2009–10 | Segunda División | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
2010–11 | Segunda División | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 14 | 3 | ||
Total | 81 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 82 | 5 | |||
Huesca | 2011–12 | Segunda División | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
2012–13 | Segunda División | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
Total | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 55 | 1 | |||
Recreativo | 2013–14 | Segunda División | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |
AEK Larnaca | 2014–15 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 36 | 5 | |
2015–16 | Cypriot First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 35 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
Career total | 429 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 471 | 35 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ "Jorge Larena" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 28 December 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Jorge Larena: "Es uno de los días más felices de mi vida"" (in Spanish). Canarias 7. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
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- ^ "Morton take Spaniard and Finn on trial". Scottish Television. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ Puyuelo, Jorge (31 January 2012). "Jorge Larena, tercer refuerzo invernal" (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
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- ^ "Jorge". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
External links
- Jorge Larena at BDFutbol
- Stats at Footballdatabase
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Las Palmas
- Spanish footballers
- Canarian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Tercera División players
- UD Las Palmas Atlético players
- UD Las Palmas players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Celta de Vigo players
- SD Huesca footballers
- Recreativo de Huelva players
- Cypriot First Division players
- AEK Larnaca F.C. players
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Spanish expatriates in Cyprus