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Albert Celades

Albert Celades

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at Retired
Age50
CitizenshipSpain Andorra
Height1.77 m
FootN/A
BornSeptember 29, 1975
👕200+ Apps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 99/00 5.5 Solid
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0.06
goals / match
FC Barcelona
top club · 101 apps

Position rank · 99/00

#178
goals rank
#31
assists rank
24
season goals
12
season assists

Among 228 Midfield - Defensive Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€4.50m
peak value · 2007
€1.70m
top transfer fee · 99/00
6
best season · 03/04
4 / 0
int'l caps / goals
393Appearances
24Goals
12Assists
61Yellow cards
1Red cards
131Full matches (90′)
Full nameAlbert Celades
Name in home countryAlbert Celades López
Date of birth1975-09-29 (50 yrs)
Place of birthBarcelona, Spain, Spain
CitizenshipSpain Andorra
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
FootN/A
Height177.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2009-10-24
Contract expires
Oct 2009
Transfer: New York → Retired
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2009
09/10 — New York Red Bulls
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
2009 — New York Red Bulls
17 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Mar 2009
Transfer: Without Club → New York
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2008
Transfer: Real Zaragoza → Without Club
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — Real Zaragoza
27 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Real Zaragoza
24 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Real Zaragoza
34 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
Transfer: Real Madrid → Real Zaragoza
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2004
04/05 — Real Madrid
32 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2004
Transfer: G. Bordeaux → Real Madrid
03/04 · Return from loan
Jul 2003
03/04 — FC Girondins Bordeaux
39 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2003
Transfer: Real Madrid → G. Bordeaux
03/04 · Loan
Jul 2002
02/03 — Real Madrid
13 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — Real Madrid
28 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2000
00/01 — Real Madrid
28 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2000
Transfer: Celta de Vigo → Real Madrid
00/01 · Transfer
Jul 1999
99/00 — Celta de Vigo
34 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 1999
Transfer: Barcelona → Celta de Vigo
99/00 · Transfer · €1.70m
Jul 1998
98/99 — FC Barcelona
20 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 1997
97/98 — FC Barcelona
50 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 1996
96/97 — FC Barcelona
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 1996
Transfer: Barcelona B → Barcelona
96/97 · Transfer
Jul 1995
95/96 — FC Barcelona B, FC Barcelona
29 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 1994
94/95 — FC Barcelona B
9 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 1994
Transfer: Barça U19 → Barcelona B
94/95 · Transfer
Jul 1993
93/94 — FC Barcelona B
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 1991
Transfer: Barça U16 → Barça U19
91/92 · Transfer
Jul 1989
Transfer: Barça Youth → Barça U16
89/90 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €4.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 185 other Midfield - Defensive Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 99/00. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.05/90
18
Assists3 total · 0.15/90
82
G+A4 total · 0.20/90
47
Yellow cards6 total · 0.31/90
55
11,802 min
Minutes played by club
Celta de Vigo 15.0%
FC Barcelona 10.6%
FC Barcelona B 7.7%
New York Red Bulls 10.2%
Real Zaragoza 21.8%
Real Madrid 25.1%
FC Girondins Bordeaux 9.7%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Celta de Vigo 1 99/00 99/00 34 1 3 1,769
FC Barcelona 4 95/96 98/99 101 6 1 1,248
FC Barcelona B 3 93/94 95/96 14 3 0 905
New York Red Bulls 2 09/10 2009 19 1 2 1,203
Real Zaragoza 3 05/06 07/08 85 2 0 2,568
Real Madrid 4 00/01 04/05 101 5 5 2,962
FC Girondins Bordeaux 1 03/04 03/04 39 6 1 1,147

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€1.1M4€2.3M5€3.4M7€4.5M00/01 — 1 goals (Real Madrid)00/01 — 1 assists200/0101/02 — 2 goals (Real Madrid)01/02 — 2 assists401/0202/03 — 2 goals (Real Madrid)02/03 — 1 assists302/0303/04 — 6 goals (FC Girondins Bordeaux)03/04 — 1 assists703/0404/05 — 1 assists104/0506/07 — 1 goals (Real Zaragoza)106/0707/08 — 1 goals (Real Zaragoza)107/0809/102009 — 1 goals (New York Red Bulls)2009 — 2 assists3200994/95 — 1 goals (FC Barcelona B)194/9595/96 — 6 goals (FC Barcelona)95/96 — 1 assists795/9698/99 — 2 goals (FC Barcelona)298/9999/00 — 1 goals (Celta de Vigo)99/00 — 3 assists499/0004/05 — €3.5M07/08 — €4.5M09/10 — €500KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

00/01: 1100/0101/02: 2201/0202/03: 2202/0303/04: 6603/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 1106/0707/08: 1107/0809/10: 0009/102009: 11200993/94: 0093/9494/95: 1194/9595/96: 6695/9696/97: 0096/9797/98: 0097/9898/99: 2298/9999/00: 1199/00

Assists by season

00/01: 1100/0101/02: 2201/0202/03: 1102/0303/04: 1103/0404/05: 1104/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0809/10: 0009/102009: 22200993/94: 0093/9494/95: 0094/9595/96: 1195/9696/97: 0096/9797/98: 0097/9898/99: 0098/9999/00: 3399/00
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
99/00 Copa del Rey Celta de Vigo 3 0 0 0 0 0
99/00 LaLiga Celta de Vigo 24 1 3 6 0 1,769
99/00 UEFA Cup Celta de Vigo 7 0 0 0 0 0
98/99 Champions League FC Barcelona 3 0 0 1 0 0
98/99 LaLiga FC Barcelona 16 2 0 1 0 481
98/99 Supercopa FC Barcelona 1 0 0 1 0 0
97/98 Champions League FC Barcelona 5 0 0 1 0 0
97/98 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 7 0 0 1 0 0
97/98 LaLiga FC Barcelona 36 0 0 4 0 0
97/98 UEFA Super Cup FC Barcelona 2 0 0 0 0 0
96/97 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 1 0 0 0 0 0
96/97 Cup Winners' Cup FC Barcelona 1 0 0 0 0 0
96/97 LaLiga FC Barcelona 4 0 0 0 0 0
95/96 2ª División FC Barcelona B 4 2 0 0 0 180
95/96 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 1 0 0 0 0 0
95/96 LaLiga FC Barcelona 16 2 0 1 0 496
95/96 UEFA Cup FC Barcelona 8 2 1 0 0 271
94/95 2ª División FC Barcelona B 9 1 0 2 0 725
93/94 2ª División FC Barcelona B 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 MLS New York Red Bulls 17 1 2 2 0 1,203
09/10 CONCACAF CL New York Red Bulls 2 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 Copa del Rey Real Zaragoza 4 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 LaLiga Real Zaragoza 23 1 0 6 0 1,288
07/08 UEFA Cup Real Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Copa del Rey Real Zaragoza 3 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 LaLiga Real Zaragoza 21 1 0 2 0 1,280
05/06 Copa del Rey Real Zaragoza 8 0 0 2 0 0
05/06 LaLiga Real Zaragoza 26 0 0 7 1 0
04/05 Champions League Real Madrid 5 0 0 1 0 0
04/05 Champions League Qu. Real Madrid 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 4 0 0 1 0 0
04/05 LaLiga Real Madrid 22 0 1 3 0 0
03/04 Coupe de France FC Girondins Bordeaux 1 1 0 0 0 90
03/04 Coupe de la Ligue FC Girondins Bordeaux 2 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Ligue 1 FC Girondins Bordeaux 27 3 1 3 0 693
03/04 UEFA Cup FC Girondins Bordeaux 9 2 0 2 0 364
02/03 Champions League Real Madrid 4 1 0 0 0 360
02/03 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 6 1 1 0 0 540
02/03 LaLiga Real Madrid 3 0 0 1 0 0
01/02 Champions League Real Madrid 9 1 1 0 0 689
01/02 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 4 1 1 0 0 339
01/02 LaLiga Real Madrid 14 0 0 4 0 0
01/02 Supercopa Real Madrid 1 0 0 0 0 0
00/01 Champions League Real Madrid 9 0 1 0 0 0
00/01 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 1 0 0 1 0 0
00/01 LaLiga Real Madrid 17 1 0 5 0 1,034
00/01 UEFA Super Cup Real Madrid 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
89/90 1989-07-01 Barça Youth Barça U16 Transfer 0
91/92 1991-07-01 Barça U16 Barça U19 Transfer 0
94/95 1994-07-01 Barça U19 Barcelona B Transfer 0
96/97 1996-07-01 Barcelona B Barcelona Transfer 0
99/00 1999-07-01 Barcelona Celta de Vigo Transfer 0 €1.70m
00/01 2000-07-01 Celta de Vigo Real Madrid Transfer 0
03/04 2003-07-01 Real Madrid G. Bordeaux Loan 0
03/04 2004-06-30 G. Bordeaux Real Madrid Return from loan 0
05/06 2005-07-01 Real Madrid Real Zaragoza Transfer 3500000
08/09 2008-07-01 Real Zaragoza Without Club Transfer 4000000
08/09 2009-03-01 Without Club New York Transfer 4000000
09/10 2009-10-24 New York Retired Transfer 0

No recorded injuries.

Current
Peak€4.50m
Low
Δ since start−€3.50m
€1.13m€2.25m€3.38m€4.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #20947 0 0 former national player
Team #3375 4 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Alberto Zapater 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
03/04 Ligue 1 FC Girondins Bordeaux 3 27
03/04 UEFA Cup FC Girondins Bordeaux 2 9
95/96 LaLiga FC Barcelona 2 16

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
99/00 LaLiga Celta de Vigo 3 24
2009 MLS New York Red Bulls 2 17
01/02 Champions League Real Madrid 1 9

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
03/04 2004-06-30 G. Bordeaux Real Madrid Return from loan
03/04 2003-07-01 Real Madrid G. Bordeaux Loan

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
00/01 Senior debut season
00/01 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
99/00 34 1,769 6 0 0 0.31
98/99 20 481 3 0 0 0.56
97/98 50 0 6 0 0 0
95/96 29 947 1 0 0 0.1
94/95 9 725 2 0 0 0.25
2009 17 1,203 2 0 0 0.15
09/10 2 0 1 0 0 0
07/08 27 1,288 7 0 0 0.49
06/07 24 1,280 3 0 0 0.21
05/06 34 0 9 0 1 0
04/05 32 0 5 0 0 0
03/04 39 1,147 5 1 0 0.47
02/03 13 900 1 0 0 0.1
01/02 28 1,028 4 0 0 0.35
00/01 28 1,034 6 0 0 0.52

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

LaLiga
222 apps
8 G
4 A
UEFA Cup
24 apps
4 G
1 A
Ligue 1
27 apps
3 G
1 A
2ª División
14 apps
3 G
0 A
Copa del Rey
42 apps
2 G
2 A
Champions League
35 apps
2 G
2 A
MLS
17 apps
1 G
2 A
Coupe de France
1 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Albert Celades

Who is Albert Celades?

Albert Celades is a Spain professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for Retired.

How old is Albert Celades?

Albert Celades is 50 years old. He was born on September 29, 1975 in Barcelona, Spain.

What position does Albert Celades play?

Albert Celades plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does Albert Celades play for?

Albert Celades currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Albert Celades scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Albert Celades has scored 24 goals in 393 appearances.