Sergio Mantecón

Sergio Mantecón
Personal information
Full nameSergio Martínez Mantecón
Date of birth8 June 1980
Place of birthMadrid, Spain
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Cádiz
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2001Badajoz B
2001–2003Badajoz74(1)
2003–2006Alicante112(5)
2006–2008Hércules21(0)
2008Ponferradina20(4)
2008–2010Castellón68(5)
2010–2014Elche119(3)
2014–Cádiz12(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Mantecón.

Sergio Martínez Mantecón (born 8 June 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cádiz CF as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Mantecón finished his formation with local giants Real Madrid, but made his senior debuts with CD Badajoz's reserve team. On 3 January 2001 he played his first professional game with the latter's main squad, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–4 home loss against Racing de Santander for the season's Copa del Rey;[1] he finished the league campaign with eight Segunda División appearances.

In the following two years Mantecón was a regular starter for the Extremaduran side, being relegated in 2003. In August of that year he joined Alicante CF in Segunda División B,[2] appearing twice in the promotion playoffs but falling consecutively short.

On 29 June 2006 Mantecón moved to Hércules CF, in the second division.[3] After being regularly used in his first season he was left out of the squad in his second, and subsequently joined third level's SD Ponferradina in January 2008.[4]

Mantecón agreed to a two-year contract with CD Castellón on 24 June 2008.[5] After experiencing another team relegation in 2010, he joined fellow fellow league club Elche CF in the off-season;[6] after starting in 25 of his 39 matches in the 2012–13 season, as the team returned to La Liga after more than two decades, he signed a new one-year deal with the Franjiverdes.[7]

On 19 August 2013, 33-year-old Mantecón made his debut in the main category of Spanish football, replacing David Generelo midway through the second half of a 0–3 away loss against Rayo Vallecano.[8] After only 12 appearances and two starts during the campaign, he was released in June 2014[9] and moved to Cádiz CF in the third level.[10]

References

  1. ↑ El Racing aprovecha los regalos (Racing takes advantage of gifts); El Mundo Deportivo, 4 January 2001 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ El Badajoz pierde a Mantecón y casi a Rodri (Badajoz loses Mantecón and Rodri's almost gone); El Periódico de Extremadura, 11 August 2003 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Hércules ficha a Xisco Nadal, Sergio Mantecón y Piti de una tacada (Hércules signs Xisco Nadal, Sergio Mantecón and Piti in one go); Marca, 29 June 2006 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Mantecón firma con la Ponferradina hasta el final de la temporada (Mantecón signs for Ponferradina until the end of the season); La Verdad, 19 January 2008 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Mantecón ficha por el Castellón (Mantecón signs for Castellón); Marca, 24 June 2008 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Mantecón ficha por un año con el Elche (Mantecón signs for a year with Elche); La Verdad, 13 July 2010 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ El Elche renueva a Sergio Mantecón (Elche renews Sergio Mantecón); Marca, 13 June 2013 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Rayo up and running; ESPN FC, 19 August 2013
  9. ↑ Carta de despedida de Sergio Mantecón (Sergio Mantecón's farewell letter); Elche's official website, 5 June 2014 (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Mantecón rompe su compromiso con el Hércules para jugar en el Cádiz (Mantecón breaks agreement with Hércules to play for Cádiz); El Mundo Deportivo, 9 July 2014 (Spanish)

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