Junior Firpo
Junior Firpo was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on August 22nd, 1996 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 27, Junior Firpo biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 27 years old, Junior Firpo has this physical status:
Héctor Junior Firpo Adames (born 22 August 1996), simply known as Junior Firpo, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Barcelona.
Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a winger or a central defender.
Club career
Junior, born in Santo Domingo, moved to Benalmádena, Andalusia, at the age of six, and joined Real Betis' youth programme in June 2014, aged 18, from Puerto Malague. On February 15, 2015, he made his senior debut with the reserves, beginning in a 1–1 home draw against Granada B in the Segunda División B.
Junior was definitelly promoted to the B-side ahead of the 2015–16 season, but it culminated in relegation. He scored his first senior goal in a 4–0 away victory over Algeciras on Saturday, netting the third goal.
Junior resigned on August 1, 2017, after spending the entire pre-season with the main squad, until 2021. He made his debut in La Liga, the Dominican Republic's first player to play in La Liga, beginning in a 1–0 away loss to Deportivo La Corua.
In a 3–0 home win over Espanyol, Junior scored his first career goal on March 17, 2018, netting the first. After being promoted to the main squad in August, he agreed to a contract extension until 2023.
Junior signed a five-year contract with Barcelona for €18 million more in add-ons on August 4th. He made his home win over Betis five weeks earlier in a 5–2 victory, and he took the last nine minutes in place of Rafinha. Junior scored his first goal for Barcelona and his second goal over Getafe in a 2–0 victory on September 28th. He made his UEFA Champions League debut on Saturday in a 3–1 group stage victory over Borussia Dortmund.
In a 5–1 home victory over Alavés on February 13, 2021, Firpo scored his second (and last) goal for Barça.
Firpo agreed to a four-year contract with Leeds United in the Premier League, for a fee of €15 million more add-ons, with Barcelona reserving rights to 20% of his future sales until July 2021. Since Alioski's deal came to an end, he was expected to replace Ezgjan Alioski in the left back role and made his club debut in the second half of the season opener at Old Trafford on August 14th, where he appeared as a tactical substitute for Rodrigo in a 5–1 loss.
International career
Despite being born in the Dominican Republic, the majority of his life has been spent in Spain and continues to have citizenship for both countries. He was ineffective for the Dominican Republic senior national team against the Brazil Olympic team for the second half of a 0–6 non-FIFA friendly defeat on October 9, 2015.
Junior was named in two 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Albania and Northern Ireland on August 31. He made his debut on September 7th, beating the former 3–0 to open the season.