🇪🇸 Asier del Horno

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In June 2005, del Horno moved to Chelsea for a fee of £8 million. He won the first league championship of his career with the Blues, as part of the squad that conquered the season's Premier League title.

Del Horno played 34 matches overall for Chelsea, scoring one goal against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

After Chelsea

On 21 June 2006 del Horno returned to Spain to sign for Valencia CF, on a six-year contract worth €8 million, seen as a natural replacement for Amedeo Carboni who had retired at 41. Athletic Bilbao had expressed interest, but withdrew from further negotiations, forfeiting any further financial advantage; following surgery on his injured Achilles heel, which kept him off the pitches for most of the season, he made his debut for his new club on 3 March 2007 in a 1–0 home win over Celta de Vigo.

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