Oriol Riera · Biography

The first award of Oriol Riera Magem's career (born in Vic, Barcelona, on 3 July 1986) came in 2018, in Australia, when Western Sydney Wanderers named him their A-League Player of the Year for the 2017-18 season. A centre-forward who came through FC Barcelona's academy, he played professionally between 2003 and 2020 in the Spanish third tier, the Spanish second division, La Liga, the English Championship and the Australian A-League. In 2020 he began a coaching career.

Youth football in Vic, at Espanyol and at Barcelona

He started out with clubs in his home town, EF Osona and UE Vic, and spent time in Espanyol's academy before moving to FC Barcelona. At Barça he played mostly for the C team and for Barcelona B in Segunda División B. His only first-team appearance came on 17 December 2003, while he was still a youth player: he played the last 13 minutes of a 4-0 away win over Ciudad de Murcia in the Copa del Rey round of 32. He left Barcelona in 2006 without making a league debut for the first team.

Cultural Leonesa and Celta

Between 2006 and 2008 he played for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, scoring 14 league goals in Segunda División B. In 2008 he joined Celta de Vigo's reserve side, also in the third tier, and scored 22 goals over two seasons. That spell earned him a chance with the first team: in 2009-10 he made his Celta debut in the Copa del Rey against Villarreal and played five Segunda División matches.

Goals in the second division with Córdoba and Alcorcón

In 2010 he moved to Córdoba CF, scoring six second-division goals in 2010-11. In 2011 he signed for AD Alcorcón, where he established himself as a goalscorer, with 24 league goals in two seasons, 18 of them in 2012-13. They included a hat-trick in a 3-1 away win at UD Las Palmas on 8 September 2012. That season the Madrid-area club reached the promotion play-offs for La Liga.

La Liga with Osasuna and a spell in England

On 5 July 2013 he signed a three-year deal with CA Osasuna. He made his La Liga debut on 18 August 2013, coming off the bench in a 2-1 home defeat to Granada, and scored his first top-flight goal on 20 September in a 2-1 win over Elche. He finished 2013-14 with 13 league goals, although Osasuna were relegated. On 30 December 2013 he had made his debut for Catalonia, scoring in a 4-1 win over Cape Verde; he played twice for the Catalan side between 2013 and 2016. On 28 June 2014 he agreed a three-year contract with Championship club Wigan Athletic for a reported fee of around £2 million. His only league goal for Wigan, on 23 August 2014, gave them a 1-0 home win over Blackpool.

Deportivo de La Coruña and a return to Pamplona

On 7 January 2015 he returned to Spain on loan at Deportivo de La Coruña. The Galician side narrowly avoided relegation and signed him permanently on 30 June 2015; he scored six league goals for Deportivo. On 12 August 2016 he went back to Osasuna on a season-long loan. His first goal of that second spell came on 10 September 2016 in a 5-2 defeat away to Real Madrid, and he also scored in a 3-3 draw with Valencia. He ended with four goals in a season that again finished in relegation for Osasuna. Across his time with Osasuna and Deportivo he made 102 La Liga appearances and scored 23 goals.

Australia and retirement at Fuenlabrada

In July 2017 he terminated his Deportivo contract and joined Western Sydney Wanderers as a marquee player. He scored 15 league goals in his first season, and at the club's 2018 awards night he won the Player of the Year award, the media Player of the Year award and the club's Golden Boot. He scored 25 league goals in Australia before the club confirmed in April 2019 that he would not be re-signed. On 25 July 2019 he signed a one-year deal with newly promoted second-division side CF Fuenlabrada, scoring once in 35 competitive appearances. On 10 August 2020 he announced his retirement after more than 500 competitive matches as a professional.

Coaching career

In October 2020 he became an assistant coach with AD Alcorcón's reserve team. On 2 July 2022 he took his first head coach job at CD Tudelano in Segunda Federación, the Spanish fourth tier, leading them in 54 matches until his dismissal on 19 December 2023. On 6 July 2024 he took charge of CD Estepona, in the same division, and was sacked on 31 December that year. On 19 June 2025 he signed for Primera Federación club Unionistas de Salamanca, whom he coached in seven matches. In September 2025 he moved to Croatian top-flight side NK Istra 1961, replacing Goran Tomić after the sixth round. The Pula club dismissed him on 19 April 2026, a day after a 2-1 home defeat to Vukovar 1991, after 25 matches in charge.