Raúl Albiol

Raúl Albiol (born 4 September 1985) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Villarreal and Spain national team.

Raúl Albiol

Albiol playing for Spain in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Albiol Tortajada[1]
Date of birth	(1985-09-04) 4 September 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth	Vilamarxant, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Villarreal
Number	3
Youth career
1994–1996	Ribarroja
1996–1997	Vilamarxant
1997–2003	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Valencia B	35	(2)
2004–2009	Valencia	131	(5)
2004–2005	→ Getafe (loan)	17	(1)
2009–2013	Real Madrid	81	(1)
2013–2019	Napoli	180	(6)
2019–	Villarreal	152	(1)
National team
2004	Spain U19	7	(0)
2003–2005	Spain U20	4	(0)
2005–2006	Spain U21	7	(0)
2007–2021	Spain	58	(0)
Honours Representing  Spain FIFA World Cup Winner 2010 South Africa UEFA European Championship Winner 2008 Austria–Switzerland Winner 2012 Poland–Ukraine
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:14, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 August 2024^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Valencia B	2003–04	Segunda División B	35	2	—		—		—		35	2
Valencia	2003–04	La Liga	0	0	—		2[a]	0	—		2	0
	2005–06	La Liga	29	1	4	0	3[b]	0	—		36	1
	2006–07	La Liga	36	1	4	2	12[c]	1	—		52	4
	2007–08	La Liga	32	1	6	0	7[c]	0	—		45	1
	2008–09	La Liga	34	2	2	0	6[a]	0	2[d]	0	44	2
	Total		131	5	16	2	30	1	2	0	179	8
Getafe (loan)	2004–05	La Liga	17	1	2	0	—		—		19	1
Real Madrid	2009–10	La Liga	33	0	2	0	8[c]	1	—		43	1
	2010–11	La Liga	20	0	6	0	6[c]	0	—		32	0
	2011–12	La Liga	10	0	2	0	5[c]	0	0	0	17	0
	2012–13	La Liga	18	1	5	0	3[c]	0	1[d]	0	27	1
	Total		81	1	15	0	22	1	1	0	119	2
Napoli	2013–14	Serie A	32	1	5	0	9[e]	0	—		46	1
	2014–15	Serie A	35	0	3	0	12[f]	0	1[g]	0	51	0
	2015–16	Serie A	36	1	0	0	3[h]	0	—		39	1
	2016–17	Serie A	26	0	3	0	6[c]	0	—		35	0
	2017–18	Serie A	31	3	0	0	8[i]	0	—		39	3
	2018–19	Serie A	20	1	0	0	6[c]	0	—		26	1
	Total		180	6	11	0	44	0	1	0	236	6
Villarreal	2019–20	La Liga	36	1	2	0	—		—		38	1
	2020–21	La Liga	35	0	1	0	11[h]	2	—		47	2
	2021–22	La Liga	28	0	2	1	12[c]	0	1[j]	0	43	1
	2022–23	La Liga	25	0	1	0	1[k]	0	—		27	0
	2023–24	La Liga	26	0	1	0	3[h]	0	—		30	0
	2024–25	La Liga	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		152	1	7	1	27	2	1	0	187	4
Career total			596	16	51	3	123	4	5	0	775	23

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in Supercopa de España
5. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
9. Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
10. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
11. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Spain	2007	2	0
	2008	8	0
	2009	11	0
	2010	2	0
	2011	8	0
	2012	7	0
	2013	6	0
	2014	6	0
	2015	1	0
	2018	1	0
	2019	4	0
	2021	2	0
Total		58	0

Honours

Valencia

• Copa del Rey: 2007–08^[4]
• UEFA Cup: 2003–04^[6]

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2011–12^[4]
• Copa del Rey: 2010–11; runner-up: 2012–13^[4]
• Supercopa de España: 2012^[4]

Napoli

• Coppa Italia: 2013–14^[7]
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2014^[4]

Villarreal

• UEFA Europa League: 2020–21^[8]

Albiol (number 2) celebrating Spain's win in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

Spain U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2004^[9]

Spain

• FIFA World Cup: 2010^[4]
• UEFA European Championship: 2008, 2012^[4]
• FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 2013;^[4] third place 2009^[10]

Individual

• La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2006^[11]
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2014–15,^[12] 2020–21^[13]

References

1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
2. "Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
3. "Raul Albiol". S.S.C. Napoli. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
4. "Raúl Albiol". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
5. "Raúl Albiol". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
6. "El Valencia toma la iniciativa" [Valencia take initiative] (in Spanish). UEFA. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
7. "Fiorentina 1–3 Napoli: Partenopei come out on top in Coppa Italia final". Goal. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
8. Stone, Simon (26 May 2021). "Villarreal 1–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
9. "FOTOS CON HISTORIA: 2004, cuando la Sub-19 abrió el camino a la Absoluta" [HISTORIC PHOTOS: 2004, when the Under-19s paved the way for the A-team] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
10. "España logra el tercer puesto en la Confederaciones" [Spain get third place in Confederations]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 28 June 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
11. "Los mejores de la Liga 2005–2006" [The League's best in 2005–2006]. El País (in Spanish). 22 May 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
12. "Experts' UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
13. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season 2020/21". UEFA. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.