Óscar Luis Celada

Óscar
Personal information
Full name Óscar Luis Celada
Date of birth (1966-03-09) 9 March 1966
Place of birth Luarca, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Luarca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1985–1988 Sporting B
1988–1994 Sporting Gijón 129 (10)
1994–1997 Zaragoza 60 (1)
1997–1999 Las Palmas 60 (4)
1999–2001 Universidad LP 57 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Óscar Luis Celada (born 9 March 1966), known simply as Óscar, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Over the course of nine seasons he amassed La Liga totals of 189 games and 11 goals, mainly with Sporting de Gijón (six years).

Football career

Born in Luarca, Asturias, Óscar arrived at local Sporting de Gijón in 1985, but had to wait three years for his first opportunities with the main squad. His best year came in the 1993–94 season as he started in all his 26 appearances (21 complete games), while the club maintained its La Liga status.

In 1994 Óscar moved to Real Zaragoza, helping the Aragonese to the campaign's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup – he did not leave the bench in the final[1]– but he was mainly a fringe player during his three-year spell.

In his final four years, Óscar played two seasons apiece with UD Las Palmas and Universidad de Las Palmas CF, retiring in June 2001 at 35. After obtaining his degree in medicine, he returned to Zaragoza in 2008 as chief doctor;[2] in the following year, in the same capacity, he joined the Spanish national team.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1994/95: Nayim's bolt from the blue sinks Arsenal". UEFA.com. 1 June 1995. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ↑ El exjugador Óscar Luis Celada será el médico jefe de la primera plantilla (Former player Óscar Luis Celada will be chief doctor of first team); El Periódico de Aragón, 12 June 2008 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Spain midfielder Iniesta steps up fitness battle; Reuters, 12 June 2010

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