Carlos Javier Delgado Rodríguez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Delgado and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Carlos Delgado
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Javier Delgado Rodríguez
Date of birth22 April 1990
Place of birthPuerto Real, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Leganés
Number22
Youth career
La Salle
2005–2007Málaga
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007–2009Málaga B15(1)
2009Sparta Rotterdam0(0)
2009–2010Valladolid B31(2)
2010–2011Almería B5(0)
2011→ Sparta Rotterdam (loan)11(1)
2011–2012Orihuela31(1)
2012–2014Valencia B35(1)
2014–Leganés5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Carlos Javier Delgado Rodríguez (born 22 April 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Leganés as a central defender.

Football career

Early years / Sparta

Born in Puerto Real, Cádiz, Andalusia, Delgado joined Málaga CF's youth system at the age of 15. In early 2008 he rejected a new contract and went on trial with Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam,[1] finally signing in January 2009[2] but failed to make a single appearance, subsequently returning to his country and joining Real Valladolid, who assigned the player to its B-side.[3]

In the 2010 summer Delgado signed with another reserve team, UD Almería B. However, in January of the following year, after only playing five games in Segunda División B, he returned to the Netherlands and Sparta, on loan.[4] He made his debut for the club – who now competed in Eerste Divisie – on 28 January, against RBC Roosendaal; on 11 February, he scored against FC Dordrecht.

In July 2011 Delgado returned to Spain, joining Orihuela CF also in the third level.[5]

Valencia

On 12 June 2012 Delgado signed a two-year deal with La Liga club Valencia CF, being initially a part of the B-team setup in division three.[6] He made his debut for Mestalla on 26 August against Gimnàstic de Tarragona and, the following month, was called up to train with the main squad by manager Mauricio Pellegrino due to Ricardo Costa's injury;[7] on the 29th he sat on the bench for a game against Real Zaragoza, but remained an unused substitute.[8]

On 2 October Delgado made his official debut for the Che, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home win against Lille OSC for the season's UEFA Champions League.[9] He continued to appear regularly with the reserves, however.

Leganés

On 8 August 2014 Delgado joined CD Leganés, newly promoted to Segunda División.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Sparta Rotterdam trials for top Malaga prospect Carlos Delgado; Tribal Football, 12 February 2008
  2. ↑ Carlos Delgado, un gaditano en Holanda. (Carlos Delgado, Cádiz-born man in the Netherlands); Air Futbol, 8 January 2009 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Valladolid B ficha a Carlos Delgado que vuelve del filial del Sparta de Rotterdam (Valladolid B signs Carlos Delgado who returns from Sparta Rotterdam's reserves); Join Futbol, 7 July 2009 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Sparta Rotterdam huurt Carlos Delgado (Sparta Rotterdam signs Carlos Delgado); Sparta's official website, 19 January 2011 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ El central Carlos Delgado completa la defensa (Centre-back Carlos Delgado completes defence); La Verdad, 30 July 2011 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Valencia Mestalla: llega Carlos Delgado. (Valencia Mestalla: Carlos Delgado arrives); esFutbol, 12 June 2012 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Valencia Mestalla, Carlos Delgado con el primer equipo (Valencia Mestalla, Carlos Delgado with the first team); esFutbol, 28 September 2012 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Ten-man Valencia ease to victory; ESPN FC, 29 September 2012
  9. ↑ Jonas delivers as Valencia see off LOSC; UEFA.com, 2 October 2012
  10. ↑ Carlos Delgado, refuerzo para el centro de la defensa procedente del Valencia (Carlos Delgado, reinforcement for the center of the defence from Valencia); Leganés' official website, 8 August 2014 (Spanish)

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