Adam Lallana is a football player from England who plays as an attacking midfielder at the Liverpool Club (English Premier League) and the UK national team.
Achievements
Of the sports achievements of a football player, the following can be distinguished:
- winner of the Football League Trophy Cup in 2010;
- silver medalist of the First Football League (season 2010/2011);
- silver medalist of the Championship 2011/2012.
All of these achievements are marked by appearances for the Southampton. Adam Lallana was part of the symbolic “team of the year” in the English Football League One (season 2010/2011), in the Football League Championship (season 2011/2012) and in the Premier League (season 2012/2013). In 2016, he received the title of “Player of the Year” in the English Football Premier League. The athlete is 172 centimeters tall and weighs 73 kg.
Biography
Adam Lallana was born May 10, 1988 in the city of St. Albans, England. He began his football career at the age of five at the Bournemouth Club Academy, after which he moved to Southampton in 2000, where he began playing for the youth club of the same name (he stayed in this team until 2006).
Adam's professional career began in July 2006, when the player signed a contract with Southampton. The debut for the “Saints” took place on August 23 of the same year against the Yeovil Town team in the League Cup. The match ended with a score of 5: 2 in favor of Southampton.
On October 9, 2007, Adam Lallana joined the Bournemouth club on loan. However, at the disposal of the “Cherry” he did not stay very long - he played in only three official matches.
Professional Career at Southampton
He scored his first goal in a professional career in a T-shirt “Saints” against West Bromwich on April 26, 2008. After that, the player gradually began to enter the trust of the head coach and began to go out more often at the base. On August 29, 2008, he signed a new three-year contract with Southampton. In the 2008/2009 season he became a regular major player (he spent 40 matches for the club and was marked by one goal).
The 2009/2010 season turned out to be more productive for Adam than the previous one: 56 matches played and 20 goals scored in all possible competitions. Lallana scored his 20th goal against Southend United. This result led to the fact that Adam Lallana became the first midfielder who managed to overcome this barrier at Southampton after a long break from the Matthew Le Tissier record in the 1994/1995 season. It is worth noting that the 2009/2010 season is still the most productive in his career.
On January 7, 2011, Adam Lallana (photo below) signs a new contract with Southampton, whose validity is calculated until June 2015. In the 2010/2011 season, the midfielder joined the symbolic team of the First Football League.
In 2012, Southampton began to play in the English Premier League, thanks to a taken second place in the lower division. On August 19, 2012, Adam Lallana entered the match against Manchester City as captain (debut in the Premier League). In this confrontation, the football player was noted for an assist, but his team lost with a score of 3: 2. He was able to draw his debut goal in the Premier League in a lost match against West Ham United (4: 1).
On April 11, 2013, Adam Lallana signed a new five-year contract with Southampton, but soon the contract was terminated by mutual agreement in connection with the transition to Liverpool. According to the results of the audience voting, he became the “player of the year” the Premier League in the 2013/2014 season. In general, the period from 2006 to 2014 as part of the “saints” played 265 matches and scored 60 goals.
Career at Liverpool
In the summer transfer window of 2014, Lallana moved to Liverpool, the amount of which amounted to 25 million pounds. As part of the Merseysiders, he received a T-shirt under the 20th number. At the same time, footballers such as Ricky Lambert and Dejan Lovren moved from Southampton to Liverpool .
On July 25, Liverpool officially confirmed that the midfielder received knee damage during the pre-season matches. Later it became known that the injury of Adam Lallana takes about six weeks to recover.
As part of the Reds, he made his debut on September 13 in a match against Aston Villa. Adam spent 61 minutes on the field, after which he was replaced by Rahim Sterling (defeat of Liverpool with a score of 0: 1). Lallana's debut goal for the new club took place on October 4 in a home match against West Bromwich (2: 1). In total, in the first season for Liverpool, he played in 41 matches and scored 6 goals (in all tournaments).
The season 2015/2016 was marked by a new debut - Adam Lallana first scored a goal in the Europa League. This happened on September 17 in a match with the Bordeaux team. In the next game against Sion, the midfielder also scored a goal. In the general score, in the season 2015/2016 he took part in 49 matches and scored 7 goals. In the same period, the midfielder became the best “player of the year” in the England team.