Junior Firpo
Dominican Republic association football player (born 1996)
Héctor Junior Firpo Adames (born 22 August 1996), known as Junior Firpo or Junior mononymously, is a Dominican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Real Betis and the Dominican Republic national team.
Club career
Real Betis
Firpo was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He moved to Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia at the age of six and joined Real Betis' youth setup in June 2014, aged 18, from Puerto Malagueño. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 15 February 2015, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Granada B in the Segunda División B.
Promoted to the B-side ahead of the 2015–16 season, Junior appeared regularly during the season, which ended in relegation. On 17 April 2016 he scored his first senior goal, netting the third in a 4–0 away win over Algeciras..
On 1 August 2017, after spending the whole pre-season with the main squad, Junior renewed his contract until 2021. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut the following 12 February, starting in a 1–0 away defeat of Deportivo La Coruña, becoming the first Dominican Republic-born player to have ever featured in La Liga.
Junior scored his first professional goal on 17 March 2018, netting the first in a 3–0 home win against Espanyol. On 19 August, after being promoted to the main squad, he agreed to a contract extension until 2023.
Barcelona
On 4 August 2019, Junior signed a five-year deal with Barcelona for €18 million
plus €12 million in add-ons.
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