Roberto Soldado: career, achievements

Roberto Soldado is an outstanding football player, a player of the Spanish national team. Throughout his career he managed to play in many leading clubs of the advanced European championships.

Starting a professional career

Roberto Soldado, whose photo is presented in the article, began his career in the amateur team "Don Bosco" of his native city of Valencia. Already at the age of 14 received an offer from the leadership of Madrid "Real". For a long time he played for the youth of the Royal Club. He went through all the stages of selection of young players at the team academy. Roberto was the leader of the youth team, when the team managed to rise from the third to the second Spanish division.

In the 2005/2006 season, Soldado made his debut in the adult team in the country's top division. Almost immediately was played in the Champions League. At the same time, Roberto Soldado succeeded in both tournaments.

Rental period

In 2007, the leadership of Madrid "Real" decided to send Roberto Soldado in rent due to the high competition on the position of the attacker in the team. To get the practice game young talent went to "Osasuna". Throughout the season in the new team Soldado scored 14 goals scored and was recognized by fans of the club the opening of the season.

Less successful for Roberto was the following year. Returning to the location of the "Real" in the 2007/2008 season, the striker was forced to compete for a place in the first team with Rud Van Nistelrooy himself, who at that time was at the peak of the form and was the most productive player of the highest Spanish division. So soon Roberto Soldado again went to rent. This time the club of young talent became Getafe.

Transfer to Valencia

In the winter offseason in 2009, the Spanish press increasingly began to appear information about the interest in Roberto Soldado from the club from his native city footballer. The management of "Valencia" considered the young striker as a substitute for the best scorer of the team David Villiers, who was going to continue his career in another championship.

The agreement with the player was signed on June 9, 2010. According to official information, the contract with the attacker cost Valencia 10 million euros.

Soon, about how successful the future expects a newcomer to the team, spoke for Roberto Soldado statistics. Already on the basis of the debut season in "Valencia" striker noted 17 goals. Thus, the player became the first Spanish player who managed to become the best scorer in the second and then the top division of the country.

A new achievement awaited Soldado in the confrontation of "Valencia" and the Belarusian BATE in the Champions League. In a duel that took place on October 23, 2012, Roberto designed the first in a hat-trick career, thrice striking the opponent's goal. Thanks to the high performance of the striker in the tournament, the Spanish club eventually managed to take the first position in the group.

Performances in England

In the summer offseason in 2013, London's "Tottenham" officially announced the signing of the contract with the Spanish striker. The amount indicated in the document amounted to a record 30 million euro for the club. It is worth noting that Roberto Soldado immediately began to justify the money invested in him, noting that the ball was scored already in the debut match for the new team in the game of the championship against the "Crystal Palace".

In the period from 2013 to 2015, the striker played 52 fights for the London club in all tournaments. However, during this time the player managed to sign at the gate of rivals only 7 times. Due to poor performance, Roberto often had to warm a bench in the English club. Therefore, in the summer off-season of 2015, Soldado decided to move to the Spanish "Villarreal", where he continues his career to this day.