| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iván Cuéllar Sacristán | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Mérida, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sporting Gijón | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mérida | |||
| 2002–2003 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2005 | Atlético B | 17 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Atlético Madrid | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Eibar (loan) | 38 | (0) |
| 2008– | Sporting Gijón | 32 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Iván Cuéllar Sacristán (born 27 May 1984 in Mérida, Extremadura) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón in the Spanish first division, as a goalkeeper.
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After emerging through the youth ranks of Atlético de Madrid, Cuéllar made his first main squad appearance in the last matchday of the 2004–05 season, in a 2–2 draw against neighbours Getafe CF. In 2006–07, benefitting from the forced absences of first-choice Leo Franco, he appeared a further seven times, conceding in a 0–6 home defeat to FC Barcelona, on 20 May 2007.
After a season-long loan at second division side SD Eibar, appearing in all the matches save four, Cuéllar was released by Atlético (as another youth graduate in the same position, Ismael Falcón) and joined Sporting de Gijón in August 2008, on a four-year contract. After Sergio Sánchez conceded 19 goals in the season's first four matches, he became first-choice but, after a collision with Athletic de Bilbao's Carlos Gurpegui, during a 0–3 away loss on 14 December, suffered a serious ankle injury which rendered him unavailable for three months.
In mid-November 2009, as he was second-choice to Juan Pablo, Cuéllar suffered another severe injury, damaging his knee in training, being again lost for the vast majority of the season. His first game after recovering would take place on 22 September 2010, as manager Manuel Preciado rested the vast majority of the starters for a Wednesday match at Barcelona - in a week where all the teams played three games - which ended in a 0–1 loss.
| Season | Club | Competition | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | Atlético Madrid | Spanish League | 1 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | Atlético Madrid | Spanish League | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | Atlético Madrid | Spanish League | 7 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | Eibar | Second division | 38 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | Sporting Gijón | Spanish League | 18 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Sporting Gijón | Spanish League | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 64 | 0 | ||
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