Carlo Adriano

Carlo Adriano
Personal information
Full name	Carlo Adriano García Prades
Date of birth	12 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Villarreal, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Villarreal B
Number	10
Youth career
	Benicasim
2010–2019	Villarreal
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2020	Villarreal C
2020–	Villarreal B
2020–	Villarreal
International career
2020	Spain U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Carlo Adriano García Prades (born 12 February 2001), known as Carlo Adriano, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Villarreal CF.

Club career[edit]

Born in Villarreal, Castellón, Valencian Community, Carlo Adriano joined Villarreal CF's youth setup in 2010, from CD Benicasim.^[1] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 24 August 2019, starting in a 3–0 Tercera División away win against CF Recambios Colón.^[2]

Carlo Adriano scored his first senior goal on 1 September 2019, netting the game's only in a home success over CD Olímpic de Xàtiva.^[3] On 26 October, he scored a brace in a 5–0 home routing of UD Benigànim.^[4]

Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Carlo Adriano was assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B, and made his debut for the side on 18 October 2020 by starting in a 0–1 loss at SCR Peña Deportiva.^[5] He made his first team debut on 16 December, coming on as a late substitute for Juan Foyth in a 6–0 away routing of SD Leioa, for the season's Copa del Rey;^[6] by doing so, he became the sixth player born in Villarreal to debut for the club.^[7]^[8]

Carlo Adriano made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 3 January 2022, replacing fellow youth graduate Manu Trigueros in a 5–0 home routing of Levante UD.^[9] He scored his first professional goal on 12 October, netting the B's first in a 2–2 Segunda División home draw against SD Ponferradina.

Personal life[edit]

Carlo Adriano's father and brother were also footballers: the former, Adriano was also a forward, while the latter, Cristian, was a midfielder. Both were also groomed at Villarreal.^[10]

References[edit]

^ "Carlo Adriano: otra gran saga continúa en el Villarreal" [Carlo Adriano: another great saga continues at Villarreal] (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ "El Villarreal CF C demostró sus hechuras y ganó bien en El Perdiguer" [Villarreal C show their size and win comfortably at the El Perdiguer] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "El Villarreal C confirma su buen arranque y sigue coliderando la tabla" [Villarreal C confirm their good start and remain in the second place] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ "El Villarreal rompió el maleficio ante el Benigánim y ganó un partido tras un mes de sinsabores (5–0)" [Villarreal break the curse against Benigánim and win a match after a bitersweet month (5–0)] (in Spanish). Castellón Información. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ "El Villarreal CF B sufre y cae ante un efectivo Peña Deportiva" [Villarreal CF B suffer and fall against an effective Peña Deportiva] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "El Villarreal cumple con un 'set' el trámite ante el Leioa" [Villarreal comply with the formality against Leioa with a 'set'] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ "Carlo Adriano, algo más que un debut en el Villarreal" [Carlo Adriano, something more than a debut at Villarreal] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ "Carlo Adriano's special debut". Villarreal CF. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ "El Villarreal abusa de un moribundo" [Villarreal take advantage of a dying team] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ "Carlo Adriano, un «10» de lujo" [Carlo Adriano, a luxury "10"] (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

External links[edit]

Carlo Adriano at BDFutbol
Carlo Adriano at Soccerway

[EPM-1] "Carlo Adriano: otra gran saga continúa en el Villarreal" [Carlo Adriano: another great saga continues at Villarreal] (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[2] "El Villarreal CF C demostró sus hechuras y ganó bien en El Perdiguer" [Villarreal C show their size and win comfortably at the El Perdiguer] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[3] "El Villarreal C confirma su buen arranque y sigue coliderando la tabla" [Villarreal C confirm their good start and remain in the second place] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[4] "El Villarreal rompió el maleficio ante el Benigánim y ganó un partido tras un mes de sinsabores (5–0)" [Villarreal break the curse against Benigánim and win a match after a bitersweet month (5–0)] (in Spanish). Castellón Información. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[5] "El Villarreal CF B sufre y cae ante un efectivo Peña Deportiva" [Villarreal CF B suffer and fall against an effective Peña Deportiva] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[6] "El Villarreal cumple con un 'set' el trámite ante el Leioa" [Villarreal comply with the formality against Leioa with a 'set'] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

[7] "Carlo Adriano, algo más que un debut en el Villarreal" [Carlo Adriano, something more than a debut at Villarreal] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[8] "Carlo Adriano's special debut". Villarreal CF. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[9] "El Villarreal abusa de un moribundo" [Villarreal take advantage of a dying team] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[10] "Carlo Adriano, un «10» de lujo" [Carlo Adriano, a luxury "10"] (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

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