Albert Riera - Olympiakos (2010-2011) Goals and Assists

Albert Riera Ortega (born 15 April 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Olympiacos F.C. in Greece, as a left winger.

He made a name for himself at Espanyol (where he won one Copa del Rey and reached one UEFA Cup final, also making his debuts for the Spanish national team), and also played professionally in France, England and Greece, namely representing Liverpool.

Riera gained 16 caps for Spain, representing the nation at the 2009 Confederations Cup.

Mallorca
Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Riera started his professional career with hometown RCD Mallorca, but could only amass 11 La Liga appearances in his first two seasons combined.

In 2002--03, already an undisputed starter, he helped the Balearic Islands outfit to the Copa del Rey conquest, and scored four goals in the league, from 35 contests.

Bordeaux
In the summer of 2003, Riera moved to FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he was a first team regular for two seasons. He made more than fifty Ligue 1 appearances for the French club, and scored four goals.

Espanyol
Riera returned to Spain in 2005, when he signed for RCD Espanyol. In his first season, he played only eight league matches, prompting a January 2006 loan move to Manchester City, where he was also unable to establish himself in the first team, scoring against Newcastle United in a 3--0 home win, on February 1st.He returned to Catalonia prior to 2006--07.

During that season, Espanyol reached the final of the UEFA Cup at Hampden Park, Glasgow, where they played fellow Spanish first-divisioner Sevilla FC. Riera scored to level the game at 1--1 but Espanyol eventually lost 3--1 on penalties.At the end of the season, he extended his contract until 2011.

Liverpool
On 1 September 2008 (transfer deadline day), Riera signed a four-year deal with Liverpool for a fee of £8 million, being given the number 11 shirt.He made his Premier League debut on the 13th, playing 72 minutes of a 2--1 home win against Manchester United, and scored his first goal for the Reds as they beat Wigan Athletic 3--2 on 18 October, adding another in the season's UEFA Champions League at PSV Eindhoven, on December 9 in a 3--1 win.

Riera scored Liverpool's first goal in 2009, and also netted in the season's FA Cup on the 3rd, against Preston North End. Later during that season, he scored against Aston Villa in a 5--0 home win, on 22 March 2009. He found the net with a half-volley after goalkeeper's Pepe Reina long goal kick.

On 18 March 2010, Riera was suspended after comments made to the Spanish press regarding his first team opportunities and the approach of Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez. The player was quoted as saying: "He's never sorted out a situation with a player by talking with him." He was transfer listed following the comments, with Russian clubs PFC CSKA Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow thought to be interested in a permanent move. On the 23rd of that month it was announced that Liverpool had accepted a £6 million bid from CSKA for the player. However, it appeared to be solely rumours, as the Russian capital side officially denied the interest; additionally, the player's agent, Ángel Castells, confirmed that only Spartak had made a proposal.

Olympiacos
Riera joined Greek outfit Olympiacos F.C. on a four-year contract, on 23 July 2010. The deal was reported to be worth around €6 million (€4 million plus another potential €2 million in bonuses), with a salary of around €2.5 million per season; he became one of the most expensive transfers in the country's history, as he reunited with former Espanyol manager Ernesto Valverde.

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[yoldas79]

why all people so aggressive? this is just ordinary moving a footboller from A team to B team. And this kind of transfer is always done for money!Pls dont f.ck each other. Greek and Turkhis people can live like brother. have a nice day from Turkey...

[hidoretti]

what is that song called ?

[Magneticz0]

i want him back at liverpool :(

[anilo]

HE'S SHIT. STOP ARGUING. I REPEAT HE'S SHIT

[123idkuser]

@CoskunKoruk

Please Greece won it in 04 don't brag about third...

[CoskunKoruk]

@Vairous7 what are you talking about dude your team was judged by corrupting and your team has financial problems. Greece is just lucky that they have not big football countrys like germany in their group everytime. The last Euro 2008 we TURKS were the third of the tournament you idiot as if greece did something at the world cup you were the last of the group dude.

[Vairous7]

@CoskunKoruk if you are a Galatasaray fan then u souldnt speak...u are not even in Europa League TURK and 2nd frendly or not its still a match!U speak about 08-09 inside Turkey and it was 1-0 hmmm i remember theni remember Olympiakos - Galata 3-0 in athens dude? BTW at Football u are just some 0s...look euro and world cup last year...not even qualified

[CoskunKoruk]

@Vairous7 lol wtf you are talking about friendly match :S we have won 2-0 of olympiakos when we were in the same UEFA Cup group we have also won from panathinaikos 3-1 and panionios 3-0 what are you talking about. And if brazil lose against croatia and greece win from them does that mean that Greece is better than Brazil ? Go please learn something about football and history before i fuck your mind which is already fucked by a donkey

[Vairous7]

@CoskunKoruk we saw what is the shittest league at ..

17/8/2011 Olympiacos CFP - Galatasaray 1 - 0

26/8/2010 PAOK - Fenerbahce 1 - 0

19/8/2010 Fenerbahce - Paok 1 - 1 (in ur fcking home actually)

7/10/2011 Greece - Croatia 2 - 0

11/11/2011 Turkey - Crotia 0 - 3

Cya mongol!

[CoskunKoruk]

wtf greece league is so bad that even riera was a star player there. He haven't shown anything yet here in the turkish league i don't now if its the league thats difficult for him or he doesn't want to play

[CoskunKoruk]

@yoldas79 what do you mean by B team ? do you want to tell us that olympiakos is a better and more succesfully team than galatasaray is ?

[geover330]

@DAEndOFTime u mad bro?