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Albert Celades
Personal information
Full name	Albert Celades López
Date of birth	September 29, 1975 (age 34)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1990–1993	Barcelona
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Celades and the second is López.

Albert Celades López (born September 29, 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia^[1]) is a retired Spanish footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder.

A tactically astute player with a strong defensive mentality, he is best known for his stints with Barcelona and Real Madrid,^[2] and was part of the Spanish squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Club career

Celades, who left Barcelona at age seven with his family to live in Andorra,^[1] was a product of Barcelona's youth system. He made his first squad debuts during 1995–96, and finished his first professional season with 16 games and two goals, as the Catalonians finished third. Nonetheless, he would still spend another full season with the club's B team.

In 1997–98, Celades played in 36 matches, mostly as a sweeper, as the Louis van Gaal side conquered the national title after a three-year drought. He also started both legs of the 1997 UEFA Super Cup, helping Barça to a 3–1 aggregate victory over Borussia Dortmund, but appeared less significantly in the following season, with Barça renewing its domestic supremacy.

After a year with Celta de Vigo, Celades moved to Real Madrid, against which he scored the winner (1–0) on November 28, 1999, in the previous season. During four seasons, he was used sparingly, but added two league trophies and the 2002 Champions League to his résumé. He also played 2003–04 on loan, to Ligue 1 side FC Girondins de Bordeaux.^[3]

From 2005–08, Celades represented Real Zaragoza.^[4] In his first year, he helped the club reach the Spanish Cup final, and would be relatively used during three seasons, as the Aragon side was relegated at the end of 2007–08, and Celades was released. He then went on trial with Major League Soccer side Red Bull New York, in February 2009^[5] and, after impressing, signed with the club in March.^[6]

Celades retired from competitive football on 24 October 2009,^[7] immediately following the conclusion of the 2009 Major League Soccer season.^[8]

[edit] International career

Celades played four times for the Spanish national team, and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with two substitute appearances against Nigeria and Paraguay, in an eventual group stage exit.

His last match consisted of 30 minutes in an away win over Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1), for the 2002 World Cup qualifiers.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Barcelona:
- Spanish League: 1997–98, 1998–99
- Spanish Cup: 1996–97, 1997–98
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97
- UEFA Supercup: 1997
- Spanish Supercup: 1996

Real Madrid:
- Spanish League: 2000–01, 2002–03
- UEFA Champions League: 2001–02
- Intercontinental Cup: 2002
- UEFA Supercup: 2002
- Spanish Supercup: 2001, 2003

[edit] Club statistics

League	Appearances	Goals
Second Division	0 0 14	0 3
Spanish League	0 0 223	0 8
French League	0 0 27	0 3
UEFA Competitions	0 0 60	0 6
Major League Soccer	0 0 17	0 1

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[MEDIA-0] Media day with Albert Celades

[1] Salad days for Celades

[2] Celades bound for Bordeaux

[3] Celades to settle at Zaragoza

[4] Celades among the Red Bulls new trialists

[5] Celades jugará en los New York Red Bulls (Celades will play in New York Red Bulls) (Spanish)

[6] Celades beendet Karriere (Celades ends career) (German)

[7] Red Bulls MF Albert Celades to retire Saturday

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