Place of birth El Vigía, Venezuela Number 16 Height 1.83 m | Playing position Years Team Weight 78 kg | |
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Full name Adalberto Peñaranda Maestre Date of birth (1997-05-31) 31 May 1997 (age 19) Current teams Venezuela national football team (Midfielder), Málaga CF (#16 / Midfielder, Forward) Parents Sandra Maestre, Adalberto Peñaranda Nominations Premio Juventud for Promising New Player - Sports Similar Tomás Rincón, Josef Martínez, Roberto Rosales, Salomón Rondón, Mikel Villanueva Profiles | ||
Adalberto Peñaranda Maestre (born 31 May 1997) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Málaga CF on loan from English club Watford, and the Venezuela national football team.
Contents
- Adalberto pe aranda granada goals skills assists 2015 16 hd
- Early career
- Udinese Granada Watford
- Loan to Mlaga
- Club statistics
- Personal life
- Club
- References
Adalberto pe aranda granada goals skills assists 2015 16 hd
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. 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. He finished the 2013–14 Venezuelan Primera División season with 18 appearances to his name, and one goal.
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. He made his debut for the La Liga side on 22 November, starting in a 2–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao. Upon making his debut he became the youngest ever player to ever represent the club. 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. 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.
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. 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. Following his arrival at Watford in July, Peñaranda was shipped back to Udinese on a season long loan deal. Watford had agreed to loan Peñaranda while they waited for him to qualify for a work permit to play in England.
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. 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.
Loan to Málaga
On 5 January 2017, it was announced that Peñaranda had been recalled from Udinese and would spend the remainder of the season on loan with La Liga side Málaga. The deal included an option for Málaga to extend the loan by a further season.
Club statistics
As of 22 January 2017Personal 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.