Adán Gurdiel

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| name = Adán Gurdiel

| image =

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| fullname = Adán Gurdiel Mella

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|12|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fabero, Spain

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Right back / Winger

| currentclub = Badajoz

| clubnumber = 21

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = SD Fabero

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Ponferradina

| years1 = 2011–2013 | clubs1 = Ponferradina B | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2012–2017 | clubs2 = Ponferradina | caps2 = 65 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = → Cultural Leonesa (loan) | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = Lorca | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Racing Santander | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018–2021 | clubs6 = UCAM Murcia | caps6 = 62 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2021 | clubs7 = Real Murcia | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = El Ejido | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2022 | clubs9 = Linares Deportivo | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2022–2023 | clubs10 = Sabadell | caps10 = 20 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2023– | clubs11 = Badajoz | caps11 = 5 | goals11 = 0

| club-update = 6 October 2024

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Adán Gurdiel Mella (born 14 December 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Badajoz as a right back or a right winger.

Club career

Born in Fabero, Castile and León, Gurdiel finished his formation at SD Ponferradina's youth setup, and started playing as a senior with the reserve team in the 2011–12 season, in Tercera División. He made his first-team debut on 18 October of the following year, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 away draw against SD Huesca for the Copa del Rey.[http://www.marca.com/2012/10/18/futbol/copa_rey/1350511248.html Los penaltis sonríen a la Ponferradina (Penalties smile to Ponferradina)]; Marca, 18 October 2012 (in Spanish)

On 13 January 2013, Gurdiel played his first game in Segunda División, featuring the last 24 minutes in a 0–1 home loss to CD Lugo.[http://www.marca.com/2013/01/13/futbol/2adivision/1358109693.html El Lugo prolonga su buena racha y frena a la Ponferradina (Lugo extends good run and stops Ponferradina)]; Marca, 13 January 2013 (in Spanish) On 16 August, he was loaned to Segunda División B club Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[http://www.todomercadoweb.es/mercado-futbolistico/oficial-cultural-leonesa-llega-cedido-adan-54181 Oficial: Cultural Leonesa, llega cedido Adán (Official: Cultural Leonesa, Adán arrives on loan)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018034727/http://www.todomercadoweb.es/mercado-futbolistico/oficial-cultural-leonesa-llega-cedido-adan-54181 |date=18 October 2013 }}; Todo Mercado Web, 16 August 2013 (in Spanish)

Gurdiel signed a new two-year deal with Ponfe on 17 July 2014.[http://www.vavel.com/es/futbol/liga-adelante/ponferradina/370220-adan-gurdiel-renueva-hasta-2016.html Adán Gurdiel renueva hasta 2016 (Adán Gurdiel renews until 2016)]; Vavel, 17 July 2014 (in Spanish) He scored his first professional goal on 20 December, netting his team's second in a 3–1 home win against RCD Mallorca;[http://www.marca.com/2014/12/20/futbol/2adivision/1419102793.html La Ponferradina despide 2014 con las mejores expectativas (Ponferradina says goodbye to 2014 with the best expectations)]; Marca, 20 December 2014 (in Spanish) he was also converted to a right back during the campaign.[http://www.vavel.com/es/futbol/liga-adelante/ponferradina/525952-adan-gurdiel-lo-importante-es-jugar-sea-donde-sea.html Adán Gurdiel: "Lo importante es jugar, sea donde sea" (Adán Gurdiel: "The important thing is to play, wherever it may be")]; Vavel, 13 August 2015 (in Spanish)

On 17 November 2015, Gurdiel agreed to a new three-year contract until 2018.[http://www.sdponferradina.com/-/ra-1 Adán amplía su vinculación con la Deportiva hasta 2018 (Adán extends his link with Deportiva until 2018)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084652/http://www.sdponferradina.com/-/ra-1|date=4 March 2016}}; SD Ponferradina, 17 November 2015 (in Spanish) He featured in 23 matches during the season, suffering relegation.

On 17 July 2017, Gurdiel terminated his contract with Ponferradina[http://www.sdponferradina.com/noticias/noticia/adan-gurdiel-rescinde-su-contrato-con-la-sd-ponferradina Adán Gurdiel rescinde su contrato con la SD Ponferradina (Adán Gurdiel rescinds his contract with SD Ponferradina)]; SD Ponferradina, 17 July 2017 (in Spanish) and signed for Lorca FC in the second division the following day.[http://lorcafc.com/adan-gurdiel-cuarto-fichaje-del-lorca-fc/ Adán Gurdiel, cuarto fichaje del Lorca FC (Adán Gurdiel, fourth signing of Lorca FC)]; Lorca FC, 18 July 2017 (in Spanish) The following 31 January, after being sparingly used, he joined Racing de Santander after agreeing to a six-month contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.realracingclub.es/noticia/adan-gurdiel-tercer-refuerzo-invernal-del-racing-201718|title=Adán Gurdiel, tercer refuerzo invernal del Racing 2017/18|publisher=Racing de Santander|language=es|date=31 January 2018}}