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Nino
Nino as a Tenerife player in 2010
Personal information
Full name Juan Francisco Martínez Modesto
Date of birth (1980-06-10) 10 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Vera, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Osasuna
Number 7
Youth career
CD Vera
1995–1997 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Elche B
1998–2006 Elche 273 (87)
2006–2008 Levante 19 (1)
2007–2008 → Tenerife (loan) 40 (18)
2008–2011 Tenerife 119 (60)
2011– Osasuna 135 (26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2016

Template:Spanish name Juan Francisco Martínez Modesto (born 10 June 1980), known as Nino, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a striker.

Over the course of 12 seasons he amassed Segunda División totals of 447 games and 167 goals, mainly with Elche. In La Liga he represented Levante, Tenerife and Osasuna.

Football career

An extremely prolific goalscorer in the second division, Nino was born in Vera, Almería, and first appeared professionally with Elche CF, helping the club achieve promotion from the third level in 1998–99. In the following campaign he made his debuts in division two, with 16 matches and two goals, and would go on to develop as an influential figure for the Alicante province team in the following years.

After having scored 20 goals during 2004–05, Nino made his La Liga debuts two seasons later, joining neighbours Levante UD. However, he would only find the net once throughout the entire campaign, in a 1–2 loss at CA Osasuna on 20 December 2006,[1] but the Valencians managed to avoid relegation after finishing in 15th position.

Nino returned to the second level in 2007–08, loaned to CD Tenerife, and finished the campaign with 18 goals, second best in the league behind Xerez CD's Yordi. The move was made permanent afterwards, on a three-year deal.

In 2008–09, Nino was finally crowned the second tier's top scorer at 29 goals, and Tenerife returned to the top flight after a seven-year hiatus.[2][3] In the next season, he was again the club's main offensive reference: on 18 April 2010 he scored a hat-trick at home against Getafe CF (3–2),[4] totalling 14 at the end of the season, but the Canary Islands side was eventually relegated;[5] he bettered to 17 the following campaign, but his team dropped down another division.

Nino rejoined the top level in early July 2011, with the 31-year-old signing a 2+1 contract with Osasuna.[6] He netted in only his second official game, a 2–1 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[7]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Osasuna 2–1 Levante; ESPN Soccernet, 20 December 2006
  2. ^ El Tenerife acaricia el ascenso al son de Nino (Tenerife caress promotion with the soundtrack of Nino); Diario AS, 31 May 2009 Template:Es icon
  3. ^ Nino, máximo goleador de la temporada (Nino, season top scorer); Marca, 21 June 2009 Template:Es icon
  4. ^ Nino treble inspires Tenerife; ESPN Soccernet, 18 April 2010
  5. ^ Nino agrandó su leyenda tras anotar catorce goles (Nino's legend grows larger as he scores fourteen goals); Diario AS, 24 May 2010 Template:Es icon
  6. ^ Osasuna ficha a Nino (Osasuna sign Nino); Osasuna's official website, 8 July 2011 Template:Es icon
  7. ^ Osasuna claim first win; ESPN Soccernet, 11 September 2011
Preceded by Segunda División Pichichi Trophy Winner
2008–09 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Segunda División Zarra Trophy Winner
2008–09 		Succeeded by
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