Pablo Pinillos Caro

Pablo Pinillos
Personal information
Full namePablo Pinillos Caro
Date of birth9 July 1974
Place of birthMurillo de Río Leza, Spain
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionRight back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1995–1996Calahorra35(5)
1996–1997Pontevedra34(0)
1997–1999Deportivo B65(1)
1997–1998Deportivo La Coruña7(0)
1999–2000Toledo40(0)
2000–2003Compostela110(2)
2003–2005Levante65(0)
2005–2011Racing Santander172(3)
Total528(11)
* 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 Pinillos and the second or maternal family name is Caro.

Pablo Pinillos Caro (born 9 July 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back.

In a 15-year old professional career he appeared in 213 La Liga games over the course of eight seasons (three goals), mainly representing Racing de Santander.

Football career

Early years

Born in Murillo de Río Leza, La Rioja, Pinillos played professionally for modest teams in his early years, working as a bricklayer before arriving at third division club Pontevedra CF in 1996, eight hours a day.[1]

After an uneventful two-year stint with Deportivo de La Coruña, he moved to second level outfits CD Toledo, SD Compostela and Levante UD, achieving La Liga promotion at the end of the 2003–04 season with the latter.

Racing Santander

Upon Levante's 2005 relegation Pinillos joined Cantabria's Racing de Santander, where he coincided with former Levante coach Manuel Preciado. There, he was an undisputed defensive starter and one of the team's captains,[2] being instrumental in the side's 2007–08 historical qualification to the UEFA Cup – 32 matches, 2,716 minutes.[3]

In the following campaign 34-year-old Pinillos played 29 league games, plus three in the continental competition, as Racing finished in 12th position. On 26 April 2009 he scored his first goal in the top flight, but in a 1–2 away loss against Athletic Bilbao.[4]

In early July 2011, after 189 official contests with Racing (and 20 during the season as the club again retained its division status), Pinillos retired from football at the age of 37, having appeared in 354 matches both major levels of Spanish football combined. He immediately joined the club's coaching staff.[5]

However, after the dismissal of manager Juanjo González on 7 March 2012, Pinillos was promoted to caretaker manager along with Fede Castaños, until the end of the campaign.[6] The pair only lasted one game in that predicament however, after the appointment of Álvaro Cervera.

Honours

Calahorra
Levante

References

  1. ↑ El fútbol según Pinillos (Football according to Pinillos); La Voz de Galicia, 15 October 2008 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Munitis seguirá siendo el capitán del Racing" [Munitis to continue as Racing captain] (in Spanish). Marca. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0)" [Racing reaches UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)] (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Racing Santander; ESPN Soccernet, 26 April 2009
  5. ↑ Pinillos pasa a formar parte del staff técnico del Racing (Pinillos joins Racing's coaching staff); Racing's official website, 11 July 2011 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Juan José González deja de ser entrenador del Racing (Juanjo González is no longer the manager of Racing); Racing's official website, 7 March 2012 (Spanish)

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