Adrián Dalmau Vaquer (born 23 March 1994) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a forward for AD Alcorcón.

Club career

Born in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorc ...

, Balearic Islands, Dalmau joined

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's youth setup in 2011 after starting out at CD San Francisco. The following year, he moved to neighbouring Rayo Vallecano, making his debut with the reserves on 25 November 2012 by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2

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home loss against CD Ourense. Dalmau was loaned to Zamora CF also of the third division on 2 September 2013. On 8 July of the following year, he signed a one-year deal at Racing de Ferrol in the same tier after terminating his contract with Rayo. A backup to Joselu, Dalmau still contributed eight goals as his team missed out on promotion in the play-offs. On 19 June 2015, he moved to another

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, RCD Espanyol B still in division three. On 29 February 2016, after scoring 12 times in 25 matches, Dalmau was loaned to

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Lo ...

until June. He made his Segunda División debut on 6 March, replacing Jon Gaztañaga in the 1–0 away defeat against SD Ponferradina. Dalmau was loaned to

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

in a

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-long deal, on 12 August 2016. The following 15 July, after suffering second-division relegation, he cut ties with Espanyol and joined Villarreal CF B. In June 2018, Dalmau moved abroad and agreed to a three-year contract at Dutch

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side Heracles Almelo with the option of a fourth. With 19 goals, he finished third in the scoring charts in his only season; this included four goals on 16 February 2019 in a 6–0 home win over

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, and a

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on the last day in a 5–4 loss to SBV Excelsior also at the Polman Stadion. In July 2019, after his club rejected an offer from Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, Dalmau signed a three-year deal with FC Utrecht of the same league for an undisclosed fee. He struggled heavily with injuries in his debut campaign, appearing in only eight competitive games. Dalmau joined Sparta Rotterdam on 24 December 2021, on a five-month contract to be made effective the following January. On 11 August 2022, he returned to Spain with AD Alcorcón of the Primera Federación.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalmau, Adrian 1994 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Palma de Mallorca Association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Primera Federación players Rayo Vallecano B players Zamora CF footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers RCD Espanyol B footballers CD Numancia players RCD Mallorca players Villarreal CF B players AD Alcorcón footballers Eredivisie players Heracles Almelo players FC Utrecht players Sparta Rotterdam players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands