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Adrián Colunga
	Adrián Colunga
Personal information
Full name	Adrián Colunga Pérez
Date of birth	November 17, 1984 (age 25)
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 71⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Recreativo
Number	11
Youth career
	Covadonga; Sporting Gijón
Senior career1
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 31 May 2009.; 2 National team caps and goals correct; as of 15 March 2009.; * Appearances (Goals)

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Colunga and the second is Pérez.

Adrián Colunga Pérez (born November 17, 1984 in Oviedo, Asturias) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Recreativo de Huelva, in the Spanish first division.

He operates mainly as a striker with pace and netting ability.

[edit] Football career

After unsuccessfully emerging through Sporting de Gijón's youth system, Adrián made his professional debuts, on loan, in the third level with Marino de Luanco, also in Asturias, going on to serve several others in the third and fourth divisions, while also appearing in 2004–05 for Sporting's B side.

In January 2006, he was definitely released by Gijón and, after a spell in the fourth division and another in the third, joined UD Las Palmas in the second division, netting 13 league goals (second best in the team) for a Canary Islands' side that was threatened with relegation until the last month of competition.

Colunga was then bought by Recreativo de Huelva in the top flight, in a four-year link worth €2.7 million.^[1] In his debut for the team, on August 31, 2008, he scored the game's only goal in an away win against neighbours Real Betis.

Alternating with starts and games from the bench during the season, he entered the club's history when he scored a penalty kick in a 1–4 loss at Deportivo de La Coruña on December 21, his fourth consecutive game netting.

Spanish football pundit Guillem Balague compared Colunga, in his weekly report of first division encounters, to Valencia CF's David Villa.^[2] Despite a first fruitful season individually, Recreativo ranked last.

[edit] References

^ Adrián Colunga, the second most expensive signing in Recre history, arrives willing to "not let anyone down" (Spanish)
^ One to watch; Sky Sports, 16 April 2009

[edit] External links

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[0] Adrián Colunga, the second most expensive signing in Recre history, arrives willing to "not let anyone down" (Spanish)

[1] One to watch; Sky Sports, 16 April 2009

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