Paqui

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Paqui
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso
Date of birth	(1970-12-06) 6 December 1970
Place of birth	Alicante, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
	Hércules
	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–1990	Barcelona B	18	(1)
1990–1995	Tenerife	100	(0)
1995–1996	Zaragoza	26	(0)
1996–1997	Hércules	21	(0)
1997–2004	Las Palmas	180	(6)
2002–2003	→ Osasuna (loan)	5	(0)
National team
1988–1990	Spain U19	6	(0)
1989–1990	Spain U20	5	(0)
1990–1991	Spain U21	3	(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 Veza and the second or maternal family name is Fragoso.

Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso (born 6 December 1970), aka Paqui, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left defender.

He was part of Spain's gold medal-winning squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and played professionally for six clubs during 16 years, namely Tenerife and Las Palmas.

Football career

Paqui was born in Alicante, Valencia. An unsuccessful FC Barcelona youth graduate (only played for the Catalans' B-team) he went on to represent CD Tenerife, Real Zaragoza, Hércules CF and UD Las Palmas (being instrumental in the Canary Islands' 2000 return to the top flight, and also serving a loan to CA Osasuna).

Paqui retired from the game in June 2004 after Las Palmas' demotion into the third division, totalling 221 matches and two goals in La Liga.

v t e Spain football squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists

1 Cañizares 2 Ferrer 3 Lasa 4 Solozábal 5 López 6 Villabona 7 Amavisca 8 Luis Enrique 9 Guardiola 10 Abelardo 11 Manjarín 12 Paqui 13 Toni 14 Vidal 15 Soler 16 Miguel 17 Berges 18 Pinilla 19 Kiko 20 Alfonso Coach: Miera

Persondata
Name	Paqui
Alternative names	Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	6 December 1970
Place of birth	Alicante, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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