Adrián Dalmau


Adrián Dalmau Vaquer is a Spanish footballer who plays for Dutch club FC Utrecht as a forward.

Club career

Born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Dalmau joined Real Madrid'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 Segunda División B home loss against CD Ourense.
On 2 September 2013, Dalmau was loaned to Zamora CF also of the third division. On 8 July of the following year, he signed a one-year deal at fellow league club Racing de Ferrol after terminating his contract with Rayo.
A backup to Joselu, Dalmau still contributed with eight goals as his team missed out on promotion in the play-offs. On 19 June 2015 he moved to another reserve team, RCD Espanyol B still in the third level.
On 29 February 2016, after scoring 12 times in only 25 matches, Dalmau was loaned to CD Numancia until June. He made his Segunda División debut on 6 March, replacing Jon Gaztañaga in a 0–1 away defeat against SD Ponferradina.
Dalmau was loaned to RCD Mallorca in a season-long deal, on 12 August 2016. The following 15 July, after suffering second-tier 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 Eredivisie 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 Fortuna Sittard, and a hat-trick 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 Haifa FC, Dalmau signed a three-year deal with FC Utrecht of the same league for an undisclosed fee.