Daniel Parejo

Dani Parejo
Parejo playing for Valencia in 2015
Personal information
Full name Daniel Parejo Muñoz
Date of birth (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989
Place of birth Coslada, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Valencia
Number 10
Youth career
1998–2000 Coslada
2000–2003 Espinilla
2003–2006 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Real Madrid B 37 (11)
2008–2009 Real Madrid 5 (0)
2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 14 (0)
2009–2011 Getafe 64 (9)
2011– Valencia 214 (38)
National team‡
2007–2008 Spain U19 13 (3)
2009 Spain U20 11 (1)
2008–2011 Spain U21 19 (5)
2018– Spain 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2018

Daniel "Dani" Parejo Muñoz (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈnjel paˈɾexo]; born 16 April 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a central midfielder.

After starting out at Real Madrid, he first made a name in La Liga with Getafe. Transferred to Valencia in 2011, he went on to appear in 280 official games for the latter club; he also competed in England, with Queens Park Rangers.

Across all youth levels, Parejo won 43 caps for Spain and scored nine goals. He made his full debut in 2018, at the age of 28.

Club career

Real Madrid

Born in Coslada, Community of Madrid, Parejo was a product of Real Madrid's youth academy, joining at the age of 14. He was called on several occasions by first-team coach Bernd Schuster to train with the seniors and, during the 2006–07 season, played four games for Real Madrid Castilla in Segunda División.

On 4 August 2008, Parejo signed a one-year loan deal with Football League Championship side Queens Park Rangers,[1][2] and made his debut five days later, coming off the bench in a 2–1 win over Barnsley at Loftus Road,[3] going on to total 18 official appearances. On 17 December, Real Madrid officially recalled the player from his loan effective 1 January 2009, after first-team midfielders Rubén de la Red and Mahamadou Diarra were both out for the campaign with various physical problems.[4]

Parejo was given the squad number 17, which had previously been assigned to Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was also out for several months due to a serious injury. He appeared little during the season, his first match being the 4–0 La Liga away success against Sporting de Gijón on 15 February as he replaced Sergio Ramos for the final ten minutes.[5]

Getafe

In late July 2009, as Esteban Granero was re-bought from Getafe CF, Parejo went in the opposite direction with Real, as in Granero's case, having a similar option.[6] On 25 March 2010, he scored against his former club after stealing the ball from goalkeeper Iker Casillas, but the hosts lost it 2–4;[7] having to compete for a starting berth in central midfield with coach Míchel's son, Adrián – a former teammate in Real Madrid B – he nevertheless contributed solidly during the campaign as Getafe qualified for the second time in its history for the UEFA Europa League.[8]

Parejo appeared more in 2010–11 (36 matches), but the Madrid outskirts club only narrowly avoided relegation.

Valencia

On 14 June 2011, Valencia CF officially announced the signing of Parejo for a reported €6 million, with out-of-favor goalkeeper Miguel Ángel Moyà going to Getafe on a year-long loan as part of the deal.[9][10] He made his league debut on 15 August, playing 80 minutes in a 1–1 away draw to RCD Mallorca.[11]

Parejo was quickly deemed surplus to requirements at his new club, his situation not improving even after the serious injury suffered by Sergio Canales, who played in his same position.[12] He bounced back, however, for 2012–13, scoring twice in 36 official games in an eventual fifth-place finish.

In the following years, Parejo was an undisputed starter for several managers. In 2014–15 he scored a career-best 12 goals, being one of the best scorers in the competition from the midfielder position.[13] In the process, he also became the first Valencia midfielder to score ten or more goals since Vicente in the 2003–04 season.[14]

Parejo and Paco Alcácer each scored twice in a 5–1 win away to third-place Celta de Vigo on 7 November 2015; his first came just before half-time, through a free kick to put the visitors ahead 2–1.[15] However, in January, after a poor run of form, the former was stripped of his captaincy in favour of the latter by manager Gary Neville.[16]

International career

Parejo was named in the Spanish under-19 squad for the 2007 UEFA European Championship. In the tournament held in Austria, he scored the final winner against Greece (1–0).[17]

Parejo was promoted to the under-21 side the following year, appearing in several qualification matches for the 2009 European Championship. He won his first cap for the senior team on 27 March 2018, replacing Thiago Alcântara late into the 6–1 friendly defeat of Argentina.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 August 2018[19]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Madrid B 2006–07 41———41
2007–08 3310———3310
Total 3711———3711
Real Madrid 2008–09 500000—50
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2008–09 14000—4[lower-alpha 1]0180
Total 190000040230
Getafe 2009–10 2868100—367
2010–11 3633051—444
Total 64911151008011
Valencia 2011–12 1606080—300
2012–13 2714150—362
2013–14 31440111—465
2014–15 341230——3712
2015–16 33861112—5111
2016–17 36531——396
2017–18 34771——418
2018–19 100000—10
Total 212373343530028044
Career total 332574454044042066
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Football League Cup

International

As of 21 August 2018[20]
Spain
YearAppsGoals
201810
Total10

Honours

International

Spain U19

Spain U20

Spain U21

References

  1. ↑ "Flavio Briatore insists QPR signing Daniel Parejo from Real Madrid is first of many". The Daily Telegraph. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "QPR sign Real's Parejo on loan". Sport 24. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "QPR 2–1 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Real Madrid recall Parejo from QPR loan deal". ESPN Soccernet. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Sporting Gijon 0–4 Real Madrid". ESPN Soccernet. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Getafe sign Parejo". FIFA. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Ruthless Real return to the summit". ESPN Soccernet. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Parejo allana el camino del Getafe hacia la fase de grupos en la Liga Europa" [Parejo clears Getafe path towards Europa League group stage] (in Spanish). RTVE. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Comunicado oficial" [Official announcement] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Acuerdo por Parejo" [Agreement for Parejo] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "Last-gasp Mallorca deny Valencia". ESPN Soccernet. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "Unai Emery margina a Parejo y Ricardo Costa" [Unai Emery ousts Parejo and Ricardo Costa]. Marca (in Spanish). 4 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Parejo iguala a James como centrocampista más goleador de la Liga" [Parejo joins James as top scoring midfielder in League]. Marca (in Spanish). 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "10 – Dani Parejo is the 1st Valencia midfielder to score 10 goals in a single La Liga season since Vicente in 03/04 (12). Star". Twitter. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Valencia's Paco Alcácer and Dani Parejo on the double to beat Celta Vigo". The Guardian. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  16. ↑ Maston, Tom (21 January 2016). "Neville replaces Valencia captain Parejo after poor results". Goal. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  17. 1 2 "'The greatest feeling I've experienced'". UEFA. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  18. ↑ Medrano, Teresa (27 March 2018). "Rested Messi watches Argentina get crushed 6–1 by Spain". The Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  19. ↑ "Dani Parejo". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "Dani Parejo". European Football. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  21. ↑ "ITA – ESP 1:2 (0:0)" (PDF). Pescara 2009. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  22. ↑ "Los valencianistas que fueron campeones de europa sub 21" [The Valencia players who were under-21 European champions] (in Spanish). Deporte Valenciano. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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