| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Merino González | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Wacker Innsbruck | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| University of Texas | |||
| 1997–1999 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2000 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Athletic Bilbao | 8 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Burgos (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Numancia | 43 | (6) |
| 2005–2007 | Gimnàstic | 55 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Las Palmas | 13 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Albacete | 57 | (7) |
| 2011– | Wacker Innsbruck | 20 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Carlos Merino González (born 15 March 1980 in Bilbao, Biscay) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck in Austria, as a midfielder.
Merino started playing professionally with Nottingham Forest, in the English second division, and moved in 2000–01 to hometown's Athletic de Bilbao, where he struggled with first-team opportunities, also being loaned to lowly Burgos CF.
After being released in January 2004, Merino moved to CD Numancia; in 2004–05's top level, he regularly appeared and scored, although the Soria side was relegated one year after promoting. He went on to have second division stints, with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, UD Las Palmas and Albacete Balompié.
In the 2011 January transfer window, aged nearly 31, Merino moved abroad again, signing for Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck in Austria, and joining countryman Iñaki Bea.
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