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Personal information
Full name: Juan Manuel Mata García
Date of birth: 28 April 1988 (1988-04-28) (age 36)
Place of birth:    Ocón de Villafranca, Burgos, Flag of Spain Spain
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position: Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Number: TBA
Youth clubs
1998–2003
2003-2006
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Flag of Spain Real Madrid
Senior clubs
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2006–2007
2007–2011
2011–2014
2014–2022
2022–2023
2023–2024
2024–
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Flag of Spain Valencia
Flag of England Chelsea
Flag of England Manchester United
Flag of Turkey Galatasaray
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2007
2007–2011
2012
2009–2016
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Juan Manuel Mata García (born 28 April 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for A-League Men club Western Sydney Wanderers. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, but he can also play as a winger.

A graduate of Real Madrid's youth academy, Mata played for Real Madrid Castilla in 2006–07, before joining Valencia in the summer of 2007. He became an integral part of the club's midfield, making 174 appearances over the course of four seasons and winning the Copa del Rey. In 2011, Mata signed for English club Chelsea for a fee believed to be in the region of €28 million and established himself as the team's focal player. In his first two seasons, he won the UEFA Champions League, the FA Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.

Despite Mata's stature at the club, he fell out of favour at Chelsea under newly-appointed manager José Mourinho and was sold to Manchester United in January 2014, for a fee of £37.1 million. He made 285 appearances over nine seasons at United, winning the Europa League and FA Cup again as well as the EFL Cup and FA Community Shield. He joined Galatasaray after his contract with United expired in the summer of 2022, where he won the first league title of his career.

Mata debuted for Spain in 2009 and played at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, his first senior tournament. In September 2009, Mata scored his first goal for the senior team, against Estonia, securing the nation a place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and was part of Spain's World Cup-winning squad. In 2011, he resumed playing in the under-21 side, helping Spain win the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Denmark. He won the Golden Player award and was part of the Team of the Tournament. Mata returned to the senior squad for UEFA Euro 2012 and, after coming on as a substitute, scored Spain's fourth goal in the final as Spain defeated Italy 4–0 to retain their title as champions of Europe. also play on the wing. He is considered one of the Premier League's best ever attacking midfielders.

Honours[]

Club[]

Valencia

Chelsea

Manchester United

Galatasaray

International[]

Spain U19

Spain U21

Spain

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 2011
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011
  • Premier League Player of the Month: October 2012
  • PFA Team of the Year: 2012–13 Premier League
  • Chelsea Player of the Year: 2012, 2013
  • Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2013
  • Manchester United Goal of the Season: 2014–15 (vs. Liverpool, 22 March 2015)

External links[]

Western Sydney Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers FC squad - 2024–25

Nizic · Gallifuoco · Risdon · Hamill (c) · Grozos · Fitzgerald · O'Doherty · Riera · 10 Baumjohann · 11 Kamau · 12 Tongyik · 13 Mourdoukoutas · 14 Cordier · 16 Sotirio · 17 Baccus · 18 Tokich · 19 Bridge · 20 Janjetović · 21 Elrich · 23 Scott · 24 Llorente · 28 Bonevacia · 32 Roberts · 33 Russell · 34 Ziegler · 40 Suman · 41 Monge · 42 Agamemnonos · 43 Wilmering · 49 Majok ·

Manager:  Flag of Germany Markus Babbel
Western Sydney Wanderers
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Spain – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup - Runner-up

1. Casillas 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Martínez 5. Azpilicueta 6. Iniesta 7. Villa 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Pedro 12. Valdés 13. Mata 14. Soldado 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Arbeloa 18. Alba 19. Monreal 20. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Navas 23. Reina Manager:  Flag of Spain Vicente del Bosque

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Spain – 2014 FIFA World Cup - Group stage

1. I. Casillas (c) 2. R. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Javi Martínez 5. Juanfran 6. A. Iniesta 7. David Villa 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Pedro 12. De Gea 13. Mata 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Koke 18. Alba 19. Diego Costa 20. S. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Azpilicueta 23. Reina Manager:  Flag of Spain Vicente del Bosque

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