Júnior Firpo

Júnior Firpo
Personnel
Surname	Héctor Júnior Firpo Adamés
birthday	August 22, 1996
place of birth	Santo Domingo ,  Dominican Republic
size	184 cm
position	Left-back
Juniors
Years	station
2011–2012	Atlético Benamiel
2012-2013	Tiro Pichón
2013-2014	Puerto Malagueño
2014-2015	Betis Seville
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2015-2018	Betis Seville B	74 (8)
2018-2019	Betis Seville	38 (5)
2019–	FC Barcelona	17 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2018-2019	Spain U21	4 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 23, 2020 2 As of September 26, 2019

Héctor Júnior Firpo Adamés (born August 22, 1996 in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic ) is a Spanish- Dominican football player . The left-back has been playing for Spanish first division club FC Barcelona since 2019 and is a former Spanish U21 international .

Career

In the club

Born in the Dominican capital Santo Domingo , Firpo moved to Benalmádena in the province of Málaga in the Spanish community of Andalusia at the age of six . In 2014 he joined the youth team at Betis Sevilla , having previously played in youth teams for amateur clubs. In July 2015 he was promoted to the reserve team, which in the third-tier Segunda División B played. In his first season 2015/16 he already played regularly and at the end of the season with the B-Elf had to accept relegation to the fourth-rate Tercera División . On August 1, 2017, Junior extended his contract with the Béticos until 2021. On February 12, 2018, he made his debut with the professional team when he was allowed to start in the 1-0 away win against Deportivo La Coruña . Firpo became the first player born in the Dominican Republic who was used in the Primera División . He scored his first goal for Betis on March 17, 2018 in a 3-0 home win over Espanyol Barcelona . In his first 2017/18 season , he made 14 appearances in which he scored two goals and prepared two more.

On August 19, 2018, he was finally promoted to the pros and signed a contract extension until 2023, which included an exit clause of 50 million euros. In the 2018/19 season he became the undisputed regular player in defense. He played 24 league games (22 times from the start) in which he scored 3 goals. He was also used 4 times in the Europa League .

For the 2019/20 season, Firpo moved to FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of 18 million euros, which can be increased by 12 million euros through bonus payments . He signed a contract that runs until June 30, 2024, which includes an exit clause of 200 million euros. Firpo made his debut in the Blaugrana shirt on August 25, 2019 when he came on as a substitute for Rafinha in the closing stages of the 5-2 win against his former employer Betis Sevilla . On September 28 (7th matchday) he scored his first goal for his new club in a 2-0 away win against Getafe FC . He played 17 league games in the 2019/20 season.

National team

Firpo played for the first time in September 2018 as part of the qualification for the U21 European Championship 2019 for the Spanish U21 national team . At the finals in Italy and San Marino , he played in a group game, in the semifinals and in the final for the full season and was after a 2-1 victory over the German U21 European champion . After the tournament, Firpo passed the age limit after four appearances for the U21s.

successes

National team

• U21 European Champion : 2019

Web links

• Júnior Firpo in the database of weltfussball.de
• Júnior Firpo in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Júnior Firpo in the soccerway.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Juvenil | Junior Firpo, “Black Power” para el juvenil del Real Betis In: futbolcarrasco.com on September 3, 2014 (accessed on September 11, 2018)
2. ↑ El Betis cierra varios fichajes para su cantera ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: manquepierda.com from June 20, 2014 (accessed September 11, 2018) 
3. ↑ Junior: "Cuando llegué a España, no sabía ni qué era el fútbol" In: elcorreoweb.es of February 23, 2018 (accessed on September 11, 2018)
4. ↑ El Betis mira a Europa en la noche negra de Pau In: As of March 17, 2018 (accessed on September 11, 2018)
5. ↑ Júnior Firpo 2017/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on December 28, 2018)
6. ↑ Junior and Real Betis extend the existing contract between them until 2023 ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Betis Sevilla of August 19, 2018 (accessed September 11, 2018) 
7. ↑ Junior Firpo, el lateral en el que ya se fijan los más grandes de Europa In: goal.com from December 27, 2018 (accessed December 28, 2018)
8. ↑ Barça sign Junior Firpo , fcbarcelona.com, August 4, 2019, accessed on August 4, 2019.
9. ↑ Barça victory: Griezmann cheers causes a stir In: Eurosport from August 26, 2019 (accessed on August 26, 2019)
10. ↑ Getafe CF 0–2 FC Barcelona: A capital victory In: FC Barcelona from September 28, 2019 (accessed December 22, 2019)
11. ↑ Júnior Firpo - performance data 2019/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on July 23, 2020)
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Júnior Firpo - Spain U21 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on September 26, 2019)
13. ↑ Spain U21 2-1 Germany U21 In: BBC from June 30, 2019 (accessed September 22, 2019)