Vitolo (footballer, born 1989)

Víctor Machín Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiktoɾ maˈtʃim ˈpeɾeθ];[lower-alpha 1] born 2 November 1989), known as Vitolo ([biˈtolo]), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid mainly as a left winger but also as a forward.

For another Spanish footballer, see Vitolo (footballer, born 1983).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Machín and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Vitolo
Vitolo playing for Sevilla in 2016
Personal information
Full name Víctor Machín Pérez[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989
Place of birth Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Number 20
Youth career
Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Las Palmas B 61 (11)
2010–2013 Las Palmas 85 (26)
2013–2017 Sevilla 115 (18)
2017– Atlético Madrid 68 (4)
2017 → Las Palmas (loan) 9 (1)
National team‡
2015– Spain 12 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2017

He began his career with Las Palmas before joining Sevilla in 2013, where he won the Europa League three times. He signed with Atlético Madrid in 2017, conquering the same competition in his first season and adding the subsequent Super Cup.

Vitolo won his first cap for Spain in 2015.

Club career

Las Palmas

Vitolo was born in Las Palmas. He came through the youth ranks at hometown club UD Las Palmas, playing for two years with the B team before making the breakthrough in the 2010–11 season, with the Canary Islands side in the second division. He made his debut on 28 August 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–2 home win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona,[3] and scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 defeat of AD Alcorcón on 11 September, also at home.[4]

On 27 November 2010, in another home fixture, against Rayo Vallecano, Vitolo sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury on his right knee that ruled him out for the rest of the campaign.[5] He scored a squad-best ten times in 2011–12,[6] repeating the feat the following season with 15.[7]

Sevilla

Vitolo joined Sevilla FC on 28 June 2013, after agreeing to a four-year contract.[8] He made his debut in La Liga on 18 August by featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 home loss to Atlético Madrid,[9] and scored his first goal in the competition on 10 November, contributing to a 3–1 away victory over RCD Espanyol.[10]

In his first season in Andalusia, Vitolo played 45 games all competitions comprised and scored eight times; this included four in 16 matches in the club's victorious run in the UEFA Europa League.[11] On 12 March 2015 he scored the fastest-ever goal in the continental competition, finding the net after just 13 seconds to help to a 3–1 away win against fellow Spaniards Villarreal CF;[12] he was surpassed on 15 September 2016 by Jan Sýkora from FC Slovan Liberec, who netted against Qarabağ FK at 10,69.[13][14]

With three league goals in March 2015 – half of his total for the season up to then – Vitolo was voted La Liga Player of the Month.[15][12] On 27 May, he assisted Carlos Bacca's winning goal as Sevilla retained their Europa League crown with a 3–2 defeat of FC Dnipro in Warsaw.[16]

Atlético Madrid

On 12 July 2017, Vitolo signed for Atlético Madrid on a five-year deal.[17] However, due to the club's transfer ban which did not allow it to register any new players, he was sent on loan to Las Palmas until December.[18]

Vitolo made his competitive debut for Atlético on 3 January 2018, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Yannick Carrasco in the 4–0 away win over Lleida Esportiu for the Copa del Rey.[19] He scored his first goal in the second leg, a 3–0 victory.[20]

International career

On 20 March 2015, former Spanish under-19 international Vitolo was called up for the first time to the senior squad by coach Vicente del Bosque, ahead of a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Ukraine.[21] He did not take part in the match, a 1–0 win at his club ground, the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium,[22] but made his debut in the following fixture, a 0–2 friendly loss at the Amsterdam Arena to the Netherlands on the 31st, replacing Pedro at half time.[23]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 16 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Las Palmas 2010–11[24] Segunda División 10100——101
2011–12[24] Segunda División 361000——3610
2012–13[24] Segunda División 391530—2[lower-alpha 2]04415
Total 852630—209026
Sevilla 2013–14[24] La Liga 2940016[lower-alpha 3]4—458
2014–15[25] La Liga 2862011[lower-alpha 3]31[lower-alpha 4]0429
2015–16[24] La Liga 2826112[lower-alpha 5]21[lower-alpha 4]0475
2016–17[24] La Liga 306208[lower-alpha 6]03[lower-alpha 7]0436
Total 115181014795017728
Atlético Madrid 2017–18[24] La Liga 141316[lower-alpha 3]1—233
2018–19[24] La Liga 200314[lower-alpha 6]01[lower-alpha 4]0281
2019–20[24] La Liga 283104[lower-alpha 6]02[lower-alpha 8]0353
2020–21[24] La Liga 60102[lower-alpha 6]0—90
Total 6848216130957
Las Palmas (loan) 2017–18[24] La Liga 9120——111
Career total 27749233621010037362
  1. In isolation, Machín is pronounced [maˈtʃin].
  2. Appearance(s) in La Liga play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  5. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  7. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España
  8. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

International
As of 14 November 2017[26]
National TeamYearAppsGoals
Spain
201530
201663
201731
Total124

International goals
As of 24 March 2017 (Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Vitolo goal)[26]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2016Reino de León, León, Spain5 Liechtenstein4–08–02018 World Cup qualification
2 6 October 2016Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy6 Italy1–01–1
3 12 November 2016Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain8 Macedonia2–04–0
4 24 March 2017El Molinón, Gijón, Spain9 Israel2–04–1

Honours

Club

Sevilla

Atlético Madrid

Individual

Notes

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