Juan Larios

Juan Larios López (born 12 January 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Southampton as a left-back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Larios and the second or maternal family name is López.
Juan Larios
Personal information
Full name Juan Larios López[1]
Date of birth (2004-01-12) 12 January 2004
Place of birth Tomares, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 28
Youth career
2009–2011 Tomares
2011–2016 Sevilla
2016–2020 Barcelona
2020–2022 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Southampton 5 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Spain U15 6 (0)
2021 Spain U18 3 (0)
2022– Spain U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:58, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Club career

Early career

Larios came through youth academies of Tomares, Sevilla and La Masia academy at FC Barcelona.[2] He moved to England to join up with Manchester City in 2020, initially playing for their under-18 team.[3] He made 32 appearances for City’s age group sides, as well as playing in the Papa John’s Trophy[4] and had played every match for the City under-21 team from the beginning of the 2022–23 season up to the end of the August transfer window.

Southampton

On 31 August 2022, Manchester City accepted offers from fellow Premier League club Southampton for Larios and his teammate Sam Edozie.[5] They were the third and fourth players to move from the City youth team to Southampton in the summer of 2022, following in the footsteps of Gavin Bazunu and Romeo Lavia.[5] Southampton had that summer hired Joe Shields to be their head of recruitment, having previously held the position of head of youth recruitment at Manchester City.[6] It was reported that the fee for Larios that City received from Southampton was £6 million pounds and contains a 20% sell on clause, a buy-back clause, and an option to match any future offer received for Larios.[6][5] Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl praised Larios for his positional versatility, able to cover either flank, upon his announcement as a Southampton player.[7] Two days after the move, Larios was an unused substitute for Southampton during a 1–0 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.[8] He made his Premier League debut on 16 September 2022 for Southampton away at Aston Villa.[9]

International career

Larios is a youth international for Spain, having played for the Spain U15s, Spain U18s, and Spain U19s.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City U21 2021–22[11] ———2020
2022–23[12] ———1010
Total ———3030
Southampton 2022–23[13] Premier League 500000—50
2023–24[14] Championship 000000—00
Total 500000—50
Career total 5000003080

Notes
  1. Includes EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. "Southampton confident of signing Samuel Edozie and Juan Larios from Manchester City". The Athletic. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. "Player profile: Juan Larios". Manchester City FC. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. Simmonds, Kadeem (31 August 2022). "Who is Juan Larios? The ex-Barcelona defender who may be next to join Southampton from Man City". Hampshire Live. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. Bajkowski, Simon; Bray, Joe (1 September 2022). "Man City insert three clauses in deal as youngster Juan Larios joins Southampton in £6m deal". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  6. McBennett, Dylan (1 September 2022). "Report: Samuel Edozie And Juan Larios In Southampton To Complete Moves". City Xtra. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  7. "Saints complete deal for Larios". Southampton FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  8. "Podence earns Wolves first league win against Saints". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. Wyatt, Mark (17 September 2022). "Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl makes revealing Juan Larios point following Aston Villa debut". Hampshire Live. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  10. "Juan Larios, el tomareño que Pep Guardiola mira con lupa". sevilla (in Spanish). 28 September 2021.
  11. "Games played by Juan Larios in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  12. "Games played by Juan Larios in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  13. "Games played by Juan Larios in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  14. "Games played by Juan Larios in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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