 Riera in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Riera Ortega[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1982[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Manacor, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celje (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Mallorca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Mallorca B | 54 | (12) |
| 2001–2003 | Mallorca | 46 | (6) |
| 2003–2005 | Bordeaux | 53 | (4) |
| 2005–2008 | Espanyol | 72 | (8) |
| 2006 | → Manchester City (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Liverpool | 40 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Olympiacos | 26 | (6) |
| 2011–2014 | Galatasaray | 60 | (3) |
| 2014 | Watford | 8 | (1) |
| 2014 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Mallorca | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | Zavrč | 12 | (1) |
| 2016 | Koper | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 393 | (45) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Spain U18 | 11 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Spain U21 | 15 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Spain | 16 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022–2023 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| 2023 | Celje | ||
| 2023–2024 | Bordeaux | ||
| 2024– | Celje | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Albert Riera Ortega (born 15 April 1982) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje.
He played as a left winger, and also as a left-back. He made a name for himself at Espanyol (with whom he won a Copa del Rey and reached the 2007 UEFA Cup final) and also played professionally in France, England, Greece, Turkey, Italy and Slovenia, notably spending three years with Galatasaray.
Riera won 16 caps for Spain, representing the nation at the 2009 Confederations Cup. He began managing in 2022, leading Olimpija Ljubljana to the Slovenian PrvaLiga title and cup for a double in his first season.
- ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 10 de mayo de 2015, en Palma de Mallorca" [Minutes of the match held on 10 May 2015, in Palma de Mallorca] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Albert RIERA Ortega". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2019.