Fernando Usero
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fernando Usero Toledano | ||
Date of birth | 27 March 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Brazatortas, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Calvo Sotelo | ||
Youth career | |||
Málaga | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Atlético Madrid B | 3 | (1) |
2004–2006 | Málaga B | 72 | (11) |
2005–2006 | Málaga | 4 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Poli Ejido | 76 | (4) |
2008–2010 | Elche | 65 | (10) |
2010–2011 | Córdoba | 34 | (3) |
2011–2015 | Asteras Tripoli | 100 | (10) |
2015 | → Alcorcón (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Atromitos | 26 | (2) |
2017 | Mirandés | 6 | (0) |
2018 | Toledo | 14 | (0) |
2018– | Calvo Sotelo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2018 |
Fernando Usero Toledano (born 27 March 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Calvo Sotelo Puertollano CF as a central midfielder.
Football career
Usero was born in Brazatortas, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha. After emerging through Málaga CF's youth ranks, and a brief spell at Atlético Madrid's reserves, he returned to the Andalusians, playing two seasons for the B-team as they were in the second division; additionally, he managed to appear four times for the main squad in the same span, as both were relegated come June 2006 – his La Liga debut came on 9 January 2005, in a 1–2 away loss against Racing de Santander.[1]
Usero then played two years at Málaga neighbours Polideportivo Ejido, playing regularly and being relegated in his second year, after which he signed for another side in the second level, Elche CF.[2] In the summer of 2011, after 247 matches in Spain's division two, he moved abroad for the first time and joined a host of compatriots at Asteras Tripoli F.C. in Greece.
On 19 June 2015, after a four-month loan spell with AD Alcorcón back in his homeland, Usero returned to the Superleague Greece and signed a two-year contract with Atromitos FC.[3]
Club statistics
- As of 8 November 2015
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Atlético Madrid B | 2003–04[4] | Segunda División B | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
Málaga | 2004–05[4] | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2005–06[4] | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
Ejido | 2006–07[4] | Segunda División | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | |||
2007–08[4] | Segunda División | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | ||||
Total | 76 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 78 | 4 | |||||
Elche | 2008–09[4] | Segunda División | 41 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 45 | 5 | |||
2009–10[4] | Segunda División | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||||
Total | 65 | 10 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 69 | 10 | |||||
Córdoba | 2010–11[4] | Segunda División | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 40 | 3 | |||
Asteras Tripoli | 2011–12[5] | Superleague Greece | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
2012–13[5] | Superleague Greece | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | 4[a] | 1 | — | 37 | 7 | |||
2013–14[5] | Superleague Greece | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 40 | 4 | |||
2014–15[5] | Superleague Greece | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10[a] | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | |||
Total | 100 | 10 | 11 | 3 | — | 16 | 2 | — | 127 | 15 | ||||
Alcorcón (loan) | 2014–15[4] | Segunda División | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
Atromitos | 2015–16[5] | Superleague Greece | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
Career total | 306 | 28 | 24 | 3 | — | 20 | 2 | — | 350 | 33 |
- ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ "El Racing da el primer paso para superar su crisis" [Racing take first step towards overcoming crisis]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 9 January 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ "El Elche cierra los fichajes de Santos y Fernando Usero" [Elche close deals on Santos and Fernando Usero]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 16 July 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Fernando Usero ficha por el Atromitos griego" [Fernando Usero signs with Greece's Atromitos] (in Spanish). Futbolistas Emigrantes. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Usero: Fernando Usero Toledano". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Usero". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
External links
- Fernando Usero at BDFutbol
- Fernando Usero at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Fernando Usero at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Spanish footballers
- Castilian-Manchegan footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Atlético Madrid B players
- Atlético Malagueño players
- Málaga CF players
- Polideportivo Ejido footballers
- Elche CF players
- Córdoba CF footballers
- AD Alcorcón footballers
- CD Mirandés footballers
- CD Toledo players
- Superleague Greece players
- Asteras Tripoli F.C. players
- Atromitos F.C. players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece