 Tello playing for Porto in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Tello Herrera[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sabadell, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Orobah | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Can Rull | ||
| 2002–2008 | Barcelona | ||
| 2007–2008 | → Damm (loan) | ||
| 2008–2010 | Espanyol | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Espanyol B | 4 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Barcelona B | 39 | (9) |
| 2011–2017 | Barcelona | 59 | (11) |
| 2014–2016 | → Porto (loan) | 36 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 51 | (6) |
| 2017–2022 | Betis | 140 | (17) |
| 2022 | Los Angeles FC | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Al-Fateh | 44 | (15) |
| 2024– | Al-Orobah | 6 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | Spain U20 | 5 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Spain U21 | 12 | (2) |
| 2012 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| 2013– | Catalonia | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:20, 20 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2022 | |||
Cristian Tello Herrera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkɾistjan ˈteʎo eˈreɾa]; born 11 August 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Orobah.
He spent his youth at Espanyol and Barcelona, playing for both clubs' reserves before breaking through into the first team of the latter. He also spent one and a half seasons in Portugal with Porto and as many in Italy with Fiorentina. He returned Spain with Betis in 2017, where he made 172 total appearances and scored 24 goals, winning the Copa del Rey in 2022.
Tello represented Spain at the 2012 Olympics, and was part of the under-21 squad which won the European Championship in 2013. He won his only full cap in 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Cristian Tello Herrera". Real Betis. Retrieved 9 December 2021.