Carlos Merino

Carlos Merino
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Merino González
Date of birth15 March 1980
Place of birthBilbao, Spain
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Portugalete
Youth career
1996–1997University of Texas
1997–1999Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2000Nottingham Forest7(0)
2000–2003Athletic Bilbao8(0)
2001–2002→ Burgos (loan)20(0)
2004–2005Numancia43(6)
2005–2007Gimnàstic55(3)
2007–2008Las Palmas13(0)
2008–2010Albacete57(7)
2011–2013Wacker Innsbruck70(9)
2013–2014Panthrakikos2(0)
2014–Portugalete?(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Merino and the second or maternal family name is González.

Carlos Merino González (born 15 March 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Club Portugalete as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Merino started playing professionally with Nottingham Forest in the Football League Championship, and signed in March 2000 for hometown's Athletic Bilbao – the deal being effective as of the 2000–01 season[1]– where he struggled with first-team opportunities, also being loaned to lowly Burgos CF.

After being released in January 2004, Merino moved to CD Numancia: in 2004–05's La Liga he regularly appeared and scored, although the Soria side was relegated one year after promoting. He went on to have Segunda División stints with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, UD Las Palmas and Albacete Balompié.

In the 2011 January transfer window, aged nearly 31, Merino moved abroad again, signing for Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck in Austria and joining countryman Iñaki Bea. On 15 September 2013 he moved teams and countries again, joining Panthrakikos F.C. in the Superleague Greece[2] and being released on 7 January of the following year.[3]

In July 2014 Merino returned to both his homeland and native region, signing with Club Portugalete in Tercera División.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (1 March 2000). "El Athletic ficha a Merino, un vasco procedente del Nottingham Forest" [Athletic signs Merino, Basque from Nottingham Forest] (in Spanish). Madrid: El País. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Δελτίο τύπου της 15.09.2013 [Press release of 15.09.2013] (in Greek). Panthrakikos F.C. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Δελτίο τύπου της 07.01.2014 [Press release of 07.01.2014] (in Greek). Panthrakikos F.C. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "El ex del Athletic Carlos Merino, nuevo refuerzo del Club Portugalete" [Ex-Athletic Carlos Merino, new Club Portugalete addition] (in Spanish). Club Portugalete. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

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