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Full name
  
Oriol Riera Magem

1998–2000
  
Weight
  
78 kg

Number
  
9

Height
  
1.84 m


Playing position
  
Striker

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Vic, Spain

Name
  
Oriol Riera

Career start
  
2004

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Date of birth
  
(1986-07-03) 3 July 1986 (age 29)

Current team
  
Deportivo de La Coruna (#9 / Forward)

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Profiles

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Oriol Riera Magem (born 3 July 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Australian club Western Sydney Wanderers FC as a striker.

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Club career

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Born in Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Riera played youth football with La Liga giants FC Barcelona, but spent the vast majority of his tenure with the club in representation of the C and B-teams. His official input with the main squad consisted of 13 minutes in a 4–0 away win against Ciudad de Murcia for the season's Copa del Rey – when he was still a junior – on 17 December 2003.

After leaving the Camp Nou, Riera resumed his career in Segunda División B, where he played with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa and Celta de Vigo B. He appeared in five Segunda División games with the latter's main squad, four as a starter.

From 2009 to 2013, Riera competed in the second level, with Córdoba CF and AD Alcorcón. He scored 18 goals in his second year with the latter side, (including a hat-trick in a 3–1 success at UD Las Palmas on 8 September 2012), helping them to the promotion play-offs.

On 5 July 2013, Riera signed for three seasons with CA Osasuna. He made his La Liga debut on 18 August, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 home loss to Granada CF; his first goal in the competition came on 20 September of the same year, in a 2–1 win against Elche CF also at the El Sadar Stadium.

On 28 June 2014, after Osasuna's relegation, Riera agreed to a three-year deal with Wigan Athletic of the Football League Championship, for a reported £2 million fee. He scored his first goal for his new team on 23 August, the only against Blackpool in a 1–0 victory at the DW Stadium.

Riera returned to his country's top division on 7 January 2015, signing on loan to Deportivo de La Coruña until the end of the season. On 30 June he agreed to a permanent deal at the Estadio Riazor, having narrowly avoided relegation.

On 12 August 2016, Riera returned to his former club Osasuna after agreeing to a one-year loan deal. Upon returning, he cut ties with Dépor and joined A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers FC on 5 July 2017.

International career

Riera played his first match for the representative Catalan national team on 30 December 2013, scoring the last goal in a 4–1 win over Cape Verde at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.

References

Oriol Riera Wikipedia


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