Nino (footballer)

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Nino
Personal information
Full name	Juan Francisco Martínez Modesto
Date of birth	(1980-06-10) 10 June 1980
Place of birth	Vera, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Osasuna
Number	6
Youth career
	CD Vera
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1997–1998	Elche B
1998–2006	Elche	256	(86)
2006–2008	Levante	19	(1)
2007–2008	→ Tenerife (loan)	40	(18)
2008–2011	Tenerife	119	(60)
2011–	Osasuna	61	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

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

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

Over the course of ten seasons he amassed Segunda División totals of 377 games and 150 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 side achieve promotion from the third level in the 1998–99 season. 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 Valencian managed to avoid relegation after finishing in 15th position.

Nino returned to the second level in the 2007–08 season, 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 season Nino was finally crowned the "silver category"'s topscorer (29 goals), and Tenerife returned to the top flight after a seven-year hiatus. In the following campaign 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),^[2] totalling 14 at the end of the season, but the Canary Islands side was eventually relegated; he bettered to 17 the following season, 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.^[3] He netted in only his second official game, a 2–1 home win against Sporting de Gijón.^[4]

Honours

Individual

Pichichi Trophy (Segunda División): 2008–09
Zarra Trophy (Segunda División): 2008–09

References

↑ Osasuna 2–1 Levante; ESPN Soccernet, 20 December 2006
↑ Nino treble inspires Tenerife; ESPN Soccernet, 18 April 2010
↑ Osasuna ficha a Nino (Osasuna signs Nino); Osasuna's official website, 8 July 2011 (Spanish)
↑ Osasuna claim first win; ESPN Soccernet, 11 September 2011

External links

v t e CA Osasuna – current squad

1 Riesgo 2 Bertrán 3 Oriol 4 M. Flaño 5 Lolo 6 Nino 7 Acuña 8 De las Cuevas 9 Armenteros 10 Puñal (c) 11 Sisi 12 Satrústegui 13 Andrés 14 Arribas 15 Oier 16 Cejudo 17 Lobato 18 Onwu 19 Riera 20 Silva 21 Torres 22 Lotiès 23 Loé 24 Damià Coach: Gracia

Preceded by Yordi *for Xerez*	Segunda División Pichichi Trophy Winner 2008–09	Succeeded by Molina *for Elche*
Preceded by Yordi for Xerez	Segunda División Zarra Trophy Winner 2008–09	Succeeded by Molina *for Elche*

Persondata
Name	Nino
Alternative names	Juan Francisco Martínez Modesto
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	10 June 1980
Place of birth	Vera, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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