Jonathan Soriano

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Jonathan Soriano
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Soriano with Red Bull Salzburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Soriano Casas
Date of birth (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth El Pont de Vilomara, Spain
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number 26
Youth career
1995–2001 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Espanyol B 70 (32)
2002–2009 Espanyol 43 (3)
2006 Almería (loan) 17 (6)
2007 Poli Ejido (loan) 12 (2)
2009 Albacete (loan) 11 (3)
2009–2012 Barcelona B 79 (55)
2009 Barcelona 0 (0)
2012– Red Bull Salzburg 120 (105)
International career
2001–2003 Spain U17 15 (18)
2003 Spain U19 2 (0)
2005 Spain U20 4 (1)
2005 Spain U21 4 (8)
2003– Catalonia 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:43, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 December 2014

Jonathan Soriano Casas (born 24 September 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Austrian club FC Red Bull Salzburg as a striker.

He spent his early career with Espanyol and Barcelona, mostly with the respective reserve teams. In January 2012 he moved to Red Bull Salzburg, where he won league and cup doubles in 2012 and 2014, also finishing as the Austrian Football Bundesliga's top scorer in the latter season with 31 goals in 28 games.

Soriano gained 25 caps for Spain at youth level, scoring 27 times. He also played for Catalonia.

Club career

Espanyol

Born in El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, Barcelona, Catalonia, Soriano emerged through RCD Espanyol's youth ranks. He made his debut with the first team during the 2002–03 season, playing one minute in a 3–1 La Liga home win against Rayo Vallecano while still registered with the B-side; he was not admitted as a full-time member of the main squad until 2005–06.[1]

Soriano spent the second halves of that and the following campaigns serving second division loan stints, after which he returned to the Pericos, scoring twice in 24 appearances during the season, incidentally in both 1–0 wins over Getafe CF.[2][3]

In late January 2009 Soriano moved again on loan (and in the second level), joining Albacete Balompié until the end of the campaign and being released by Espanyol after this spell, his contract not having been renewed.[4]

Barcelona

On 30 July 2009, Soriano joined FC Barcelona's reserves, in division three.[5] He made his official first-team debut on 28 October 2009, playing the dying minutes of the 2–0 triumph at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa for the Copa del Rey (7–0 on aggregate);[6] in the league, he ranked amongst the season's top scorers – all four groups combined – as the club returned to the second division after an 11-year absence.

Soriano fared even better in 2010–11, surpassing the 30-goal mark as Barcelona B finished in the promotion play-offs zone, being however ineligible for contention.[7][8][9]

Red Bull Salzburg

On 19 January 2012, Soriano moved to the Austrian Football Bundesliga with FC Red Bull Salzburg.[10] In his first year, he helped his team win the double.[11]

In the summer of 2013, Soriano was appointed Red Bull's new captain.[12] He scored a hat-trick in their UEFA Europa League play-off first leg against VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius, a 5–0 win on 22 August.[13] In his team's first match in the group stage, on 19 September, he added another three to help to a 4–0 home success over IF Elfsborg;[14] in the round-of-32, he grabbed a brace in a 2–0 win at AFC Ajax.[15]

On 10 August 2014, Soriano scored five goals in an 8–0 home league win against SV Grödig.[16] On 6 November, he netted a hat-trick as Salzburg won 5–1 at GNK Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League group stage.[17] He extended his contract in January of the following year until June 2018 or 2019, and at the end of the season was voted the league's Player of the Year.[18] In the cup final, he scored an extra-time goal in a 2–0 triumph over FK Austria Wien.[19]

On 26 September 2015, Soriano scored four goals in a 4–2 home win against SV Mattersburg.[20] On 24 October he netted his 100th league goal, helping to a 2–1 success over SV Ried also at the Red Bull GmbH.[21]

Club statistics

As of 13 December 2015[22][23][24]
Club Season League Cup Europe[A] Other[B] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Espanyol B 2000–01 Segunda División B 1 0 1 0
2001–02 11 2 11 2
2002–03 25 9 25 9
2003–04 16 6 16 6
2004–05 17 15 17 15
Total 70 32 70 32
Espanyol 2002–03 La Liga 1 0 1 0
2004–05 7 1 7 1
2005–06 3 0 2 2 3 0 8 2
2006–07 1 0 1 0 2 0
2007–08 24 2 3 1 27 3
2008–09 7 0 5 0 12 0
Total 43 3 11 3 3 0 57 6
Almería (loan) 2005–06 Segunda División 17 6 17 6
Poli Ejido (loan) 2006–07 Segunda División 12 2 12 2
Albacete (loan) 2008–09 Segunda División 11 3 11 3
Barcelona B 2009–10 Segunda División B 32 18 5 4 37 22
2010–11 Segunda División 37 32 37 32
2011–12 10 5 10 5
Total 79 55 5 4 84 59
Barcelona 2009–10 La Liga 0 0 1 0 1 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2011–12 Austrian Bundesliga 11 3 2 2 2 0 15 5
2012–13 33 26 4 3 1 0 38 29
2013–14 28 31 4 5 11 12 43 48
2014–15 32 31 5 7 12 8 49 46
2015–16 16 14 3 6 1 1 20 21
Total 120 105 18 23 27 21 165 149
Career total 352 206 30 26 30 21 5 4 417 257
A. ^ Appearances and goals in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
B. ^ Appearances and goals in Segunda División B play-offs.

Honours

Club

Espanyol
Red Bull Salzburg

Individual

References

  1. Sendoa apunta al 'pichichi' (Sendoa aims for 'pichichi'); El Mundo Deportivo, 20 May 2005 (Spanish)
  2. Espanyol 1–0 Getafe; ESPN Soccernet, 16 September 2007
  3. Getafe 0–1 Espanyol; ESPN Soccernet, 3 February 2008
  4. El curioso caso de Jonathan Soriano (The curious case of Jonathan Soriano); Notas de Fútbol, 30 July 2009 (Spanish)
  5. Jonathan Soriano, ex delantero del Espanyol, ficha por Barcelona Atlètic (Jonathan Soriano, ex-Espanyol forward, signs for Barcelona Atlètic); Diario AS, 30 July 2009 (Spanish)
  6. Pedro turns tie in Barça's favour (0–2); Barcelona's official website, 28 October 2009
  7. Festival de goles en Soria (Goal festival in Soria); Diario AS, 26 February 2011 (Spanish)
  8. Jonathan Soriano se reivindica a ritmo de récord (Jonathan Soriano speaks out with goals galore); El Mundo, 2 March 2011 (Spanish)
  9. Jonathan Soriano ya tiene un hueco en la historia de Segunda (Jonathan Soriano carved niche in Segunda history); Marca, 2 June 2011 (Spanish)
  10. From Barcelona to Salzburg, and onto Belek; Red Bull Salzburg's official website, 19 January 2012
  11. Salzburg holt das Double (Salzburg gets double); UEFA.com, 20 May 2012 (German)
  12. Jonathan Soriano ist der neue Kapitän bei Red Bull Salzburg (Jonathan Soriano is Red Bull Salzburg's new captain); Sport Report, 18 July 2013 (German)
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