Adán Adolfo Balbín Silva (born 13 October 1986) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre back. He made 15 appearances for the Peru national team.
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| Full name | Adán Adolfo Balbín Silva | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Huaral, Peru | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Unión Huaral | 51 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Coronel Bolognesi | 72 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Universidad San Martín | 74 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Sporting Cristal | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Unión Comercio | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Universitario | 56 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Real Garcilaso | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Sport Boys | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Alianza Atlético | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Alfonso Ugarte | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Comerciantes Unidos | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Juan Aurich | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2016 | Peru | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBalbín started his professional career with his hometown club Unión Huaral in 2005. Then in 2007 he joined first division club Coronel Bolognesi. There the manager of Bolognesi at the time, Juan Reynoso, decided to use him as a centre back. With Bolognesi he won his first professional title, which was the 2007 Torneo Clausura. Adan played in Tacna until the end of the 2008 season. In January 2009 Balbín joined Universidad San Martín.[1] In December 2013, he moved to play for Sporting Cristal.[2]
International career
editBalbín's impressive performances for his club convinced the new national team coach Sergio Markarian to give him his chance to play for the national team. On 17 November 2010, he made his national team debut in friendly against Colombia by substituting Josepmir Ballón late in the match. The friendly was played in Bogotá and finished in a 1–1 draw.[3]
Honours
editCoronel Bolognesi
Universidad San Martín
Peru
- Copa América bronze medal: 2011
References
edit- ^ "Un baluarte Santo" (in Spanish). clubdeportivo.usmp.edu.pe. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Sporting Cristal: Adán Balbín llega a La Florida y Yotún se despide" (in Spanish). Libero.pe. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ "Perú cerró el año con un empate 1-1 ante Colombia" (in Spanish). elcomercio.pe. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
External links
edit- Adan Balbín at National-Football-Teams.com
- Adán Balbín at WorldFootball.net
- Adán Balbín at Soccerway
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