| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Gallardo León | ||
| Date of birth | January 13, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Seville, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Diósgyőr | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2000 | Sevilla B | 30 | (2) |
| 2000–2007 | Sevilla | 118 | (8) |
| 2004–2005 | → Getafe (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Murcia (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Murcia | 16 | (2) |
| 2009–2011 | Huesca | 35 | (0) |
| 2011– | Diósgyőr | 13 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Spain U18 | 9 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Francisco 'Paco' Gallardo León (born 13 January 1980 in Seville, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Diósgyőri VTK in Hungary, as a midfielder.
A product of Sevilla FC's prolific youth system, Gallardo made his first-team debuts aged 20, being instrumental in the Andalusians 2001 return to La Liga, then proceeding to have a further two solid campaigns with the main squad. Also in that year, he was fined and suspended by the Royal Spanish Football Federation for violating standards of "sporting dignity and decorum", after he congratulated teammate José Antonio Reyes, whom had just scored, by bending down and nibbling on his penis.[1][2]
After a relatively successful loan at Getafe CF, helping the Madrid outfit retain its newly acquired top division status, Gallardo's career would be very irregular: he served two unassuming loans in early 2006, starting in Portugal, then moved in 2006–07 to Real Murcia in Segunda División, still on contract to Sevilla.
In 2007–08, he could only appear in 10 league matches with Murcia, which was relegated from the top flight. In the following campaign, he was ousted from the squad alongside José María Movilla, by then manager Javier Clemente, and spent several months without a team, being reinstated in March 2009, after Clemente's sacking; he was finally released in June.
On 19 November 2009, Gallardo moved to another side in level two, SD Huesca, after a successful week's trial.[3]