 Soldado lining up for Spain in 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Roberto Soldado Rillo[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1985[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–2000 | Don Bosco | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Real Madrid B | 120 | (64) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Real Madrid | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | → Osasuna (loan) | 30 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Getafe | 60 | (29) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Valencia | 101 | (59) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 52 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Villarreal | 38 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Fenerbahçe | 47 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Granada | 62 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Levante | 43 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 569 | (217) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Spain U15 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Spain U17 | 18 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Spain U18 | 3 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Spain U19 | 9 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Spain U21 | 9 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2013 | Spain | 12 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Roberto Soldado Rillo (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈβeɾto solˈdaðo ˈriʎo]; born 27 May 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
After emerging through Real Madrid's youth system, he went on to appear in only 27 official matches for the first team (four goals). However, he became a more regular La Liga player and scorer for Osasuna, Getafe and Valencia, and secured a £26 million move to Tottenham Hotspur. After two unsuccessful seasons in England, he returned to the Spanish top division with Villarreal;[3] over 13 seasons in the latter competition, he recorded figures of 325 games and 129 goals.[4]
An international since 2007, Soldado represented Spain at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
- ^ "Barclays Premier League squad numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Roberto SOLDADO Rillo". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (27 April 2016). "Roberto Soldado: 'What let me down at Tottenham was my head wasn't right'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Los 83 jugadores que han marcado al menos 100 goles en LaLiga" [The 83 players who have scored at least 100 goals in LaLiga]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 May 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.