Francisco Liaño

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Francisco Liaño
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Liaño Fernández
Date of birth	(1964-11-16) November 16, 1964
Place of birth	Santander, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984–1990	Racing Santander	21	(0)
1990–1991	Sestao	38	(0)
1991–1996	Deportivo La Coruña	154	(0)
1996–1998	Sporting Gijón	2	(0)
Total		215	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Liaño and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Francisco Liaño Fernández (born 16 November 1964) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Although he represented four clubs during 14 years as a senior, his professional career was closely associated to Deportivo de La Coruña, during the club's rise to Super Depor in the early 1990s. He also won two Zamora Trophy awards, one with his main club.

Club career

Racing

Born in Santander, Cantabria, Liaño began his football career at hometown side Racing de Santander, where he made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 9 September 1984. He spent six seasons at the club, successively backing up two fellow youth products, Pedro Alba and José María Ceballos.

In his last season with Racing, 1989–90, with the team now in the second division, Liaño only played once in the league, with his team also being relegated. He then transferred to another outfit in the third level, Sestao Sport Club, where he won his first Ricardo Zamora Trophy, conceding only 28 goals in 38 games as the Basque finished in eighth position.

Deportivo

Liaño signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in the summer of 1991. Initially he was a backup to Juan Canales, but the latter suffered an injury prior to the start of the season and Liaño played the opening ten matches of the campaign. Both went down with injury later in the season, which prompted third-choice Yosu's promotion to starting duties for 11 contests.

Although Canales returned to finish the season as number one, he again suffered an injury prior to the 1992–93 season, which gave Liaño another chance in the first team. Now, the Cantabrian's performances were such that he never lost his status again, winning two consecutive Zamora, as Deportivo qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in its history, after finishing third. In the following year, he set a first division record by conceding only 18 goals in 38 games – the lowest goals-to-games ratio in the league's history – and won his second individual trophy,^[1] but the Galicians finished second behind free-scoring FC Barcelona on goal difference.

Liaño missed three months of the 1994–95 season through injury, but he was able to help Deportivo to win the Copa del Rey, the first trophy in the club's history. John Toshack was named as Deportivo's new manager for 1995–96, and he named Canales as his first-choice. After Canales conceded ten goals in the first seven matches, the Welsh coach decided to reinstate Liaño, who finished the campaign as Depor ranked ninth.

Later years

Following the arrivals of Petr Kouba and Jacques Songo'o in the summer of 1996, 31-year old Liaño joined Sporting de Gijón on a free transfer.^[1] He spent two seasons with the Asturias club before retiring, but he made only two league appearances, being barred by legendary Juan Carlos Ablanedo.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Liaño". Deportivo La Coruña. Retrieved 28 August 2010.

External links

BDFutbol profile
Biography at Riazor (Spanish)

La Liga Zamora Trophy

1928–29: Zamora
1929–30: Blasco
1930–31: Zarraonaindia
1931–32: Zamora
1932–33: Zamora
1933–34: Blasco
1934–35: Urquiaga
1935–36: Blasco
1939–40: Tabales
1940–41: Echevarría
1941–42: Acuña
1942–43: Acuña
1943–44: Eizaguirre
1944–45: Eizaguirre
1945–46: Bañón
1946–47: Lezama
1947–48: Velasco
1948–49: Domingo
1949–50: Acuña
1950–51: Acuña
1951–52: Ramallets
1952–53: Domingo
1953–54: Otero
1954–55: Alonso
1955–56: Ramallets
1956–57: Ramallets
1957–58: Goyo
1958–59: Ramallets
1959–60: Ramallets
1960–61: Vicente
1961–62: Araquistáin
1962–63: Vicente
1963–64: Vicente
1964–65: Betancort
1965–66: Pesudo
1966–67: Betancort
1967–68: Junquera
1968–69: Sadurní
1969–70: Iribar
1970–71: Abelardo
1971–72: Deusto
1972–73: Reina
1973–74: Sadurní
1974–75: Sadurní
1975–76: Miguel Ángel
1976–77: Reina
1977–78: Artola
1978–79: Manzanedo
1979–80: Arconada
1980–81: Arconada
1981–82: Arconada
1982–83: Agustín
1983–84: Urruti
1984–85: Ablanedo
1985–86: Ablanedo
1986–87: Zubizarreta
1987–88: Buyo
1988–89: Ochotorena
1989–90: Ablanedo
1990–91: Abel
1991–92: Buyo
1992–93: Liaño/Cañizares
1993–94: Liaño
1994–95: Jaro
1995–96: Molina
1996–97: Songo'o
1997–98: Toni
1998–99: Roa
1999–2000: Martín Herrera
2000–01: Cañizares
2001–02: Cañizares
2002–03: Cavallero
2003–04: Cañizares
2004–05: Valdés
2005–06: Pinto
2006–07: Abbondanzieri
2007–08: Casillas
2008–09: Valdés
2009–10: Valdés
2010–11: Valdés
2011–12: Valdés
2012–13: Courtois

Persondata
Name	Liano, Francisco
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	16 November 1964
Place of birth	Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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