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Aleix Vidal Parreu (born 21 August 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sevilla. Mainly a right-back and a player of great speed, he can also operate as a right winger.Having spent his early career at a string of lower-league and reserve teams, he became a regular at Almería, helping them to promotion to La Liga, and also won the Europa League with Sevilla before signing for Barcelona in 2015 for €17 million. Three seasons later, he returned to Sevilla. Vidal won one cap for Spain, in 2015. == Club career == === Early years === Born in Valls, Tarragona, Catalonia, and raised in neighbouring Puigpelat, Vidal started his career as a forward. He signed for Espanyol in 2007 to further his development after having already made his senior debut with Reus, but never appeared for the former's first team, finishing his only senior season with the club on loan to Panthrakikos from Greece. On 31 August 2009, Vidal moved to Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona, but spent the vast majority of the season with Pobla de Mafumet, the farm team. He joined Mallorca in the middle of 2010, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B. === Almería === In mid-June 2011, after suffering relegation, Vidal joined another reserve team also in that tier, Almería B. He made his debut for the Andalusians' main squad on 27 August 2011, against Córdoba. Shortly after, he was promoted to the first team and received the No. 8 jersey following the departure of Albert Crusat to Wigan Athletic.In his second season, Vidal scored four goals in 37 games – 30 starts, nearly 2,600 minutes of action – helping to a return to La Liga after two years. SOURCESWikipedia