Jordi César
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordi César López Delgado | ||
Date of birth | 27 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Alicante, Spain | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nea Salamina | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2002 | Club Atlético Montemar | ||
2002–2004 | Hércules | ||
2004–2006 | Alicante | ||
2006–2008 | Hércules | ||
2008–2009 | Real Madrid | ||
2009–2011 | Valladolid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Valladolid B | 24 | (4) |
2011 | Valladolid | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Hércules B | 13 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Hércules | 5 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Levante B | 72 | (2) |
2014 | Levante | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Cultural Leonesa | 10 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Gavà | 30 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Winterthur | 29 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Unión Adarve | 26 | (0) |
2019– | Nea Salamina | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020 |
Jordi César López Delgado (born 27 March 1992), known as Jordi César, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cypriot club Nea Salamis Famagusta FC as a centre back or a left back.
Club career
Jordi César was born in Alicante from Uruguayan ancestors, his great-grandfather Juan Delgado having played for Peñarol.[1] He played youth football for five clubs including Hércules CF, Real Madrid and Real Valladolid, making his senior debut with the latter's B-team in the 2011–12 season in Tercera División; on 8 September 2011 he made he appeared in his first official game with the main squad courtesy of manager Miroslav Đukić, coming on as a late substitute in a 6–0 home win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona for the second round of the Copa del Rey.[2][3]
Jordi César returned to Hércules in the summer of 2012, initially being assigned to the reserves in the regional championships. On 2 December 2012 he played his first match in Segunda División, at SD Huesca (45 minutes, 1–1 draw, providing the assist for Javier Portillo's late equaliser),[4] as coach Quique Hernández had lost both left backs – Paco Peña and Pepe Sellés – to injury.[5]
Jordi César all but competed in Segunda División B in the following years, with Atlético Levante UD,[6] Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,[7] CF Gavà[8] and AD Unión Adarve.[9] Abroad, he had spells at FC Winterthur in the Swiss Challenge League[10] and Nea Salamis Famagusta FC of the Cypriot First Division.[11]
Honours
Valladolid B
References
- ^ "Tenía ganas de volver a Alicante y ganarme una oportunidad" [I wanted to return to Alicante and earn myself a chance»]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 4 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ Otero, Pablo M. (8 September 2011). "El Valladolid puede presumir de puntería" [Valladolid can boast aim]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ Bécares, César (12 January 2012). "Jordi: polivalencia y afán de progresión" [Jordi: versatility and will to improve] (in Spanish). Blanquivioletas. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Huesca 1–1 Hércules: Portillo consigue un punto de oro" [Huesca 1–1 Hércules: Portillo gets golden point] (in Spanish). Goal. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ Blanes, Gonzalo (4 December 2012). "Jordi César, la nueva irrupción de la cantera herculana" [Jordi César, new Hércules youth system irruption]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ "El Barcelona, con todo a su favor ante el Levante" [Barcelona, all in their favour against Levante]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ Fraguas, Ángel (5 February 2016). "Jordi César acuerda con la Cultural rescindir su contrato" [Jordi César agrees with Cultural after terminating his contract]. Diario de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "El Gavá se hace con Jordi César" [Gavá get Jordi César] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Álvarez López, Iván (27 July 2018). "El Adarve arrancará la liga ante el Atlético de Madrid B" [Adarve to start league against Atlético de Madrid B] (in Spanish). Pobla FM. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "FC Winterthur holt Verteidiger mit Real-Vergangenheit" [FC Winterthur acquire defender with Real past] (in German). Fussball Infos. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ/Πήρε τον Ουρουγουανό Delgado" [ΑΝNOUNCEMENT/Uruguayan Delgado acquired] (in Greek). Protathlima. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
External links
- Jordi César at BDFutbol
- Jordi César at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Jordi César at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Spanish people of Uruguayan descent
- Footballers from Alicante (city)
- Spanish footballers
- Valencian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
- Real Valladolid Promesas players
- Real Valladolid players
- Hércules CF B players
- Hércules CF players
- Levante UD B players
- Levante UD footballers
- Cultural Leonesa footballers
- CF Gavà players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- FC Winterthur players
- Cypriot First Division
- Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus