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Antonio Adán
	Antonio Adán
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Adán Garrido
Date of birth	13 May 1987 (age 22)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Real Madrid
Number	26
Youth career
	Real Madrid
Senior career1
National team2
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 31 July 2009.; 2 National team caps and goals correct; as of 20 March 2009.; * Appearances (Goals)

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Adán and the second is Garrido.

Antonio Adán Garrido (born 13 May 1987 in Madrid) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid, as a goalkeeper.

[edit] Club career

A Real Madrid youth gradutate, Adán was the first-choice goalkeeper for its C side in 2005–06, playing 36 games and allowing 29 goals. He also started three games for the Juvenil team, which won the Champions Cup of the category, keeping a clean sheet in the tournament.

The following season, he was selected as a member of Real Madrid's U.S. tour in August 2006. He served as backup to captain Jordi Codina in Real Madrid Castilla, until Codina's promotion to the first squad.

Adán made his debut in 2006–07's second division, in an August 27, 2006 1–1 draw at CD Castellón.^[1]

After the sale of Jordi Codina to neighbours Getafe CF, Adán was promoted to the senior squad for pre-season training 2009–10.

[edit] International career

In the summer of 2006, Adán captained the U-19 Spanish squad all the way to winning the European Championship alongside four other Real Madrid products: Javi García, Esteban Granero, Juan Mata and Alberto Bueno.

He was subsequently called-up to the U-21 squad for the European Championship play-off against Italy in October 2006, but was benched. Spain lost 1–2 on aggregate.