Sito Riera

Llorenç "Sito" Riera Ortega (born 5 January 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Riera and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.
Sito Riera
Riera in 2013
Personal information
Full name Llorenç Riera Ortega[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987[1]
Place of birth Manacor, Spain[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Mallorca
1998–2005 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Barcelona C 5 (0)
2005–2007 Barcelona B 64 (16)
2007–2009 Espanyol B 29 (0)
2008–2009 → Panthrakikos (loan) 28 (5)
2009–2011 Panionios 53 (7)
2012–2014 Chornomorets 37 (3)
2014–2016 Kairat 41 (4)
2016–2018 Śląsk Wrocław 45 (0)
2018–2020 Enosis Neon 44 (5)
2020–2022 AEL Limassol 55 (6)
2022–2023 Anagennisi Karditsa 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:55, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

A youth and reserve player at Barcelona and Espanyol, he never featured professionally in his own country, going on to spend over a decade abroad. He played top-flight football in Greece, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland and Cyprus.

Club career

Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Riera represented both major clubs in Barcelona, FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol, but never made it past their reserve sides.[2] In the 2007–08 season he suffered relegation from the Segunda División B with the latter, failing to score any goals in the process.[3]

On 8 July 2009, after a loan experience with Panthrakikos FC,[4] Riera signed for Panionios F.C. also of the Super League Greece.[5] On 14 December 2011, he left by mutual consent.[6]

Riera left FC Chornomorets Odesa – where he spent one and a half years, earning a late red card in his last game for the team, a 1–0 away win against PSV Eindhoven in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League[7]– at the start of March 2014, due to the civil unrest caused by the Ukrainian revolution.[8] On 23 June he moved to Kazakhstan, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with FC Kairat.[9]

On 1 April 2016, after three seasons of irregular playing time, Riera left the Almaty Central Stadium.[10] He resumed his career that August with Śląsk Wrocław in the Polish Ekstraklasa, on a two-year deal.[11]

After his stint in Poland, Riera moved to the Cypriot First Division, where he represented Enosis Neon Paralimni FC and AEL Limassol.[12][13]

Personal life

Riera's older brother Albert was also a footballer. A winger, he represented, amongst others, Espanyol, Liverpool and the Spain national team.[2]

Career statistics
As of match played on 7 May 2022[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Panthrakikos (loan)2008–09Super League Greece 28500——285
Panionios2009–10Super League Greece 25411——265
2010–11 22211——233
2011–12 6100——61
Total 537220000559
Chornomorets2011–12Ukrainian Premier League 9010——100
2012–13 12030——150
2013–14 16300—131294
Total 3734000131544
Kairat2014Kazakhstan Premier League 12131—10162
2015 27331—70374
2016 2000—1030
Total 414620090566
Śląsk Wrocław2016–17Ekstraklasa 22010——230
2017–18 23000——230
Total 450100000460
Enosis Neon2018–19Cypriot First Division 25460——314
2019–20 19121——212
Total 445810000526
AEL Limassol2020–21Cypriot First Division 30661——367
2021–22 25040—40330
Total 5561010040697
Career totals 303303110026136037

Honours

Kairat

References
  1. Sito Riera at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Sito Riera: "Me gustaría jugar en el Mallorca"" [Sito Riera: "I would like to play with Mallorca"] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. "Palanca, un punto de apoyo por la derecha" [Palanca, supporting point on the right]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 14 December 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. "El mallorquín Sito Riera da el triunfo al Panthrakikos" [Mallorca-born Sito Riera gives win to Panthrakikos]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 26 January 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. "El delantero Sito Riera jugará en el Panionios" [Forward Sito Riera will play in Panionios]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 8 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. "Λύση συνεργασίας με Σίτο Ριέρα" [Riera and Panionios part ways] (in Greek). Panionios F.C. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  7. Brookman, Derek (12 December 2013). "Dja Djedje has PSV heading for the exit". UEFA. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  8. "Five foreign players leave Football Club Chornomorets because of situation in Ukraine". Kyiv Post. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  9. Риера, Жерар, Исаэль и Куат стали игроками «Кайрата» [Riera, Gerаrd, Isael and Kuat are Кairat players] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  10. "Риера – вне заявки" [Riera – Departure] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  11. "Sito Riera zawodnikiem Śląska!" [Sito Riera a Śląsk player!] (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  12. Jaume, Tommy M. (13 October 2019). "Mallorca exporta su fútbol al extranjero" [Mallorca exports its football abroad] (in Spanish). Mallorca Confidencial. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  13. Valens, Jaume (5 November 2020). "De Manacor a Chipre: Sito Riera" [From Manacor to Cyprus: Sito Riera] (in Spanish). Tribuna Sol. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  14. Sito Riera at Soccerway
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