Junior Firpo
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Full name | Héctor Junior Firpo Adames[1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 August 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
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Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Leeds United | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Atlético Benamiel | ||
2012–2013 | Tiro Pichón | ||
2013–2014 | Puerto Malagueño | ||
2014–2015 | Betis | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Betis B | 45 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Betis | 38 | (5) |
2019–2021 | Barcelona | 24 | (2) |
2021– | Leeds United | 43 | (1) |
International career | |||
2015 | Dominican Republic | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:42, 28 May 2023 (UTC) |
Héctor Junior Firpo Adames (born 22 August 1996), known as Junior Firpo or simply Junior, is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Leeds United. Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a centre-back or right-back.
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Club career
Real Betis
Firpo was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and moved to Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia at the age of six[3] and joined Real Betis' youth setup in June 2014, aged 18, from Puerto Malagueño.[4] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 15 February 2015, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Granada B in the Segunda División B.
Definitely promoted to the B-side ahead of the 2015–16 season, Junior appeared regularly during the season, which ended in relegation. On 17 April 2016 he scored his first senior goal, netting the third in a 4–0 away win over Algeciras.[citation needed].
On 1 August 2017, after spending the whole pre-season with the main squad, Junior renewed his contract until 2021.[5] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut the following 12 February, starting in a 1–0 away defeat of Deportivo La Coruña, becoming the first Dominican Republic-born player to have ever featured in La Liga.[6]
Junior scored his first professional goal on 17 March 2018, netting the first in a 3–0 home win against Espanyol.[7] On 19 August, after being promoted to the main squad, he agreed to a contract extension until 2023.[8]
Barcelona
On 4 August 2019, Junior signed a five-year deal with Barcelona for €18 million plus €12 million in add-ons.[9] He made his debut three weeks later in a 5–2 home win over his former club Betis, playing the last nine minutes in place of Rafinha.[10] On 28 September, Junior scored his first goal for Barcelona and the second goal against Getafe in a 2–0 win.[11] On 27 November, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 3–1 group stage victory over Borussia Dortmund.[12]
On 13 February 2021, Firpo scored his second (and last) goal for Barça in a 5–1 home win over Alavés.[13]
Leeds United
On 6 July 2021, Firpo signed a four-year deal with Premier League club Leeds United for a fee of €15 million plus add-ons, with Barcelona reserving rights to 20% of his future sales. He was expected to replace Ezgjan Alioski at the left back role after Alioski's contract expired,[14][15] and made his debut for the club in that position on 14 August in the second half of the season opener at Old Trafford, where he came on as a tactical substitute for Rodrigo in a 5–1 loss.[16]
He scored his first goal for the club in Leeds’ 3–1 win in the FA Cup fourth round at the Wham Stadium over Accrington Stanley on 28 January 2023.[17] On 25 February 2023, Firpo scored his first Premier League goal, and the first goal of new manager Javi Gracia’s reign in a 1–0 win against Southampton at Elland Road.[18]
International career
Despite being born in the Dominican Republic, he has spent the majority of his life in Spain and continues to hold citizenship for both countries.[6] On 9 October 2015, he played the entire second half of a 0–6 non-FIFA friendly loss for the Dominican Republic senior national team against the Brazil Olympic team.[19]
On 31 August 2018, Junior was called up to the Spain under-21 team for two 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Albania and Northern Ireland.[20] He made his debut on 7 September, starting in a 3–0 win against the former.[21]
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 May 2023
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Real Betis B | 2014–15 | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||||
2017–18[22] | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
Total | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 45 | 2 | |||||
Real Betis | 2017–18[22] | La Liga | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||
2018–19[23] | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||||
Total | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 43 | 5 | ||||
Barcelona | 2019–20[24] | La Liga | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
2020–21[25] | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
Total | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |||
Leeds United | 2021–22[26] | Premier League | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
2022–23[27] | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
Total | 43 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 51 | 2 | ||||
Career total | 150 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 11 |
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
Honours
Barcelona
Spain U21
References
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External links
- Profile at the Leeds United F.C. website
- Junior Firpo profile at BDFutbol
- Beticopedia profile Script error: No such module "In lang".
- Junior Firpo at SoccerwayLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santo Domingo
- Dominican Republic emigrants to Spain
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Dominican Republic men's footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Premier League players
- Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
- Real Betis players
- FC Barcelona players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Dominican Republic men's international footballers
- People from Torremolinos
- Footballers from the Province of Málaga
- Spanish expatriates in England
- Dominican Republic expatriates in England
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England