Fernando Usero
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fernando Usero Toledano[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 27 March 1984||
Place of birth | Brazatortas, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Málaga | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Atlético Madrid B | 3 | (1) |
2004–2006 | Málaga B | 72 | (11) |
2005–2006 | Málaga | 4 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Poli Ejido | 76 | (4) |
2008–2010 | Elche | 65 | (10) |
2010–2011 | Córdoba | 34 | (3) |
2011–2015 | Asteras Tripolis | 100 | (10) |
2015 | → Alcorcón (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Atromitos | 26 | (2) |
2017 | Mirandés | 6 | (0) |
2018 | Toledo | 14 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Puertollano | 41 | (5) |
Total | 355 | (46) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Fernando Usero Toledano (born 27 March 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Usero was born in Brazatortas, Province of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha.[2] After emerging through Málaga CF's youth system, and a brief spell at Atlético Madrid's reserves, he returned to the Andalusians, playing two seasons with their B team in the Segunda División and scoring a career-best seven goals in 2005–06.[3] Additionally, he managed to appear four times for the main squad in the same timeframe,[4] as both were relegated come June 2006;[5] his La Liga debut came on 9 January 2005, in a 2–1 away loss against Racing de Santander.[6]
Usero then spent two years at Málaga neighbours Polideportivo Ejido, being an undisputed starter[7][8] and suffering relegation at the end of the 2007–08 campaign,[9] following which he signed for another club in the second division, Elche CF.[10] In summer 2011, having totalled 247 matches in Spain's second tier, he moved abroad for the first time and joined a host of compatriots at Asteras Tripolis F.C. in Greece, arriving from Córdoba CF.[11][12]
On 19 June 2015, after a four-month loan with AD Alcorcón back in his homeland, Usero returned to the Super League Greece and signed a two-year contract with Atromitos FC.[13] He went back to Spain afterwards, seeing out his career aged 35 by representing CD Mirandés (second division),[14] CD Toledo (Segunda División B)[2] and amateurs Calvo Sotelo Puertollano.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 17 April 2016
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Atlético Madrid B | 2003–04[16] | Segunda División B | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
Málaga | 2004–05[16] | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2005–06[16] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
Poli Ejido | 2006–07[16] | Segunda División | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | |||
2007–08[16] | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | |||||
Total | 76 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 78 | 4 | |||||
Elche | 2008–09[16] | Segunda División | 41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 44 | 5 | |||
2009–10[16] | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 5 | |||||
Total | 65 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 68 | 10 | |||||
Córdoba | 2010–11[16] | Segunda División | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 40 | 3 | |||
Asteras Tripolis | 2011–12[17] | Super League Greece | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
2012–13[17] | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | 4[a] | 1 | — | 37 | 7 | ||||
2013–14[17] | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 40 | 4 | ||||
2014–15[17] | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10[a] | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
Total | 100 | 10 | 11 | 3 | — | 16 | 2 | — | 127 | 15 | ||||
Alcorcón (loan) | 2014–15[16] | Segunda División | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
Atromitos | 2015–16[17] | Super League Greece | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||
Career total | 322 | 30 | 28 | 3 | — | 20 | 2 | — | 370 | 35 |
- ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Asteras Tripolis
- Greek Football Cup runner-up: 2012–13[18]
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Fernando Usero at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b "Fernando Usero se incorpora al CD Toledo" [Fernando Usero joins CD Toledo]. La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (in Spanish). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Memoria de La Liga de Fútbol Profesional | 2005/2006" [Memory of the Professional Football League | 2005/2006] (PDF) (in Spanish). La Liga. 17 December 2019. p. 116. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Carrero, Mario (21 August 2018). "El Calvo Sotelo ya tiene fichaje estrella para su regreso a tercera: Fernando Usero" [Calvo Sotelo already have a star signing for their return to tercera: Fernando Usero] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "2001–2006: Primera participación Europea" [2001–2006: First appearance in Europe] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "El Racing da el primer paso para superar su crisis" [Racing take first step towards overcoming crisis]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 9 January 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ Hernández Bru, Víctor J. (15 November 2007). "«No hemos hecho nada, sólo un partido»" ["We have done nothing, only a match"]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Hernández Bru, Víctor J. (3 April 2008). "«Sacando sólo los puntos de casa no nos salen las cuentas»" ["By getting points only at home we will not make ends meet"]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Acedo, Diego (3 December 2011). "Un Poli Ejido al mejor postor" [Poli Ejido goes to the highest bidder]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "El Elche cierra los fichajes de Santos y Fernando Usero" [Elche close deals on Santos and Fernando Usero]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 16 July 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Rincón, Jaime (8 October 2012). "Pichichi Soriano y la 'Spanish Premier'" [Top scorer Soriano and the 'Spanish Premier']. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ De la Cruz, C. (14 July 2015). "Usero, el 'griego'" [Usero, the 'Greek']. La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Fernando Usero ficha por el Atromitos griego" [Fernando Usero signs with Greece's Atromitos] (in Spanish). Futbolistas Emigrantes. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "El Mirandés ficha al centrocampista Fernando Usero" [Mirandés sign midfielder Fernando Usero]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 27 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Usero y Ribalta causan baja en el Calvo Sotelo Puertollano" [Usero and Ribalta released at Calvo Sotelo Puertollano] (in Spanish). Lanza Digital. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Fernando Usero at BDFutbol
- ^ a b c d e Fernando Usero at Soccerway
- ^ Rubio, Quique (11 May 2013). "El Olympiacos de Míchel logra el doblete tras ganar la Copa" [Míchel's Olympiacos get double after winning Cup]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Οι κορυφαίοι του ΠΣΑΠ" [PSAP top players] (in Greek). Rik News. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Fernando Usero at BDFutbol
- Fernando Usero at AS.com (in Spanish)
- Fernando Usero at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Fernando Usero at FBref.com
- 1984 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from the Province of Ciudad Real
- Men's association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Atlético Madrid B players
- Atlético Malagueño players
- Málaga CF players
- Polideportivo Ejido footballers
- Elche CF players
- Córdoba CF players
- AD Alcorcón footballers
- CD Mirandés footballers
- CD Toledo players
- Super League Greece players
- Asteras Tripolis F.C. players
- Atromitos F.C. players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece