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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Juan Manuel Mata
- Position: Striker
- Squad number: 13
- Date of birth: 28 April, 1988 (22 years old)
- Height: 5'7" (170cm)
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 1 Juan Manuel Mata | 0|1 Juan Manuel Mata |
| 1 As substitute | 52|57 Total Spain |
| 20 Most shots on target Diego Forlan | |
| 7 Total Spain | 12 Most shots off target Asamoah Gyan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wesley Sneijder |
| Goals | Assists |
|---|---|
| 0 Juan Manuel Mata | 0 Juan Manuel Mata |
| 8 Total Spain | 5 Total Spain |
| 6 Best Diego Forlan | 4 Best Leo Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 0|1 Juan Manuel Mata | 0|0 Juan Manuel Mata |
| 68|125 Total Spain | 8|0 Total Spain |
| 20 Most fouls by Mark Van Bommel | 3 Most yellow Victor Caceres, Nigel De Jong, Gregory Van Der Wiel |
| 25 Most fouls on Andres Iniesta |
Spain games played
- Spain 0-1 Switzerland
Wednesday, 16 June Match report - Spain 2-0 Honduras
Monday, 21 June Match report - Chile 1-2 Spain
Friday, 25 June Match report - Spain 1-0 Portugal
Tuesday, 29 June Match report - Paraguay 0-1 Spain
Saturday, 3 July Match report - Germany 0-1 Spain
Wednesday, 7 July Match report - Netherlands 0-1 Spain
Sunday, 11 July Match report
Player profile
The slightly-built left winger has enjoyed another superb season with Valencia and is reportedly one of the “clever players” wanted at Liverpool by his countryman Fernando Torres.
Mata, who only signed a new contract in November, has also been linked with Barcelona and Tottenham and it is anticipated that Valencia would sell him for the right price as they need to service massive debts.
He has been with Valencia since he left Real Madrid in 2007 without having made a first-team appearance for the club and was first named in Spain’s senior squad for a friendly against Chile in November 2008, but had to wait until the following March for his debut.
Mata can write his own headlines – he studied journalism at university in Madrid while on the books of Real.
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