page_title: Juan Mata
section_title: Honours
hierarchical_section_title: Juan Mata / Honours
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Juan Mata, 2012
context_page_description: Juan Manuel Mata García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Spain national team. He mostly plays as a central attacking midfielder, but he can also play on the wing. Mata is considered by pundits to be one of the best attacking midfielders of his generation.
  A graduate of Real Madrid's youth academy, Mata played for Real Madrid Castilla in 2006–07, before joining Valencia in the summer of 2007. He became an integral part of the club's midfield, making 174 appearances over the course of four seasons. In August 2011, Mata signed for English club Chelsea of the Premier League for a fee believed to be in the region of €28 million, and in his debut season was part of the team that won the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup. The following year, Chelsea won the UEFA Europa League, making Mata and teammate Fernando Torres the first players to hold the Champions League, Europa League, World Cup, and the European Championships simultaneously. After falling out of favour at Chelsea under José Mourinho, Mata was sold to Manchester United in January 2014, for a fee of £37.1 million.
context_section_description: Valencia
  Copa del Rey: 2007–08
  Chelsea
  FA Cup: 2011–12
  UEFA Champions League: 2011–12
  UEFA Europa League: 2012–13
  FIFA Club World Cup runner-up: 2012
  Manchester United
  FA Cup: 2015–16
  EFL Cup: 2016–17
  FA Community Shield: 2016
  UEFA Europa League: 2016–17
  Spain U19
  UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2006
  Spain U21
  UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2011
  Spain
  FIFA World Cup: 2010
  UEFA European Championship: 2012
  FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up 2013; third place: 2009
  Individual
  UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 2011
  UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011
  Chelsea Player of the Year: 2011–12, 2012–13
  Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2012–13
  Premier League Player of the Month: October 2012
  PFA Team of the Year: 2012–13 Premier League
caption: Mata in a Chelsea suit wearing his Champions League winners' medal
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