Francisco Cerro

Francisco Cerro (born 9 February 1988) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Defensa y Justicia as a midfielder.[1]

Francisco Cerro
Personal information
Full name Francisco Cerro
Date of birth (1988-02-09) 9 February 1988
Place of birth Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Defensa y Justicia
Number 18
Youth career
Quilmes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Quilmes 51 (2)
2011–2012 → Vélez Sársfield (loan) 24 (0)
2012–2014 Vélez Sársfield 34 (1)
2014–2017 Racing Club 70 (0)
2017–2018 Rayo Vallecano 13 (0)
2018– Defensa y Justicia 11 (0)
National team
2012 Argentina 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:18, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Cerro started his professional career in 2008 playing for Quilmes in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division). During the 2009–10 season, he helped Quilmes to obtain promotion to the Argentine Primera División. During his team's one-season stay in the Primera, Cerro played 23 games (9 in the 2010 Apertura[2] and 14 in the 2011 Clausura[3]), and scored two goals.

For the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season, Cerro was loaned to Vélez Sársfield with a US$750,000 option to buy.[4] He signed his contract with Vélez on August 4, 2011.[5] Initially a substitute for Héctor Canteros, Cerro became a regular starter for the team during the 2012 Clausura and Copa Libertadores, playing 21 games during the semester.[6][7]

The midfielder was eventually purchased by Vélez and started 13 games (scoring once) during Vélez's 2012 Inicial title-winning campaign.[8]

After tough negotiations, on 5 February 2014 is confirmed as the new reinforcement Racing Club, following the purchase of 90% of his passes. On February 15, makes its official debut with the albiceleste jersey in the 1-0 defeat against San Lorenzo in the New Gasometer, entering halftime replaces José Luis Gómez. Despite the defeat, Pancho performed well in his debut, since that party has won the title and is one of the leaders of the team, providing strength and good play with the ball under his breath.

In 2014 champion is crowned Racing Club having played two matches (against Banfield and Olimpo of Bahia Blanca) after 13 years of waiting. Currently he has 27 games played goalless in Racing Club . In 2015 their current statistics are in the Libertadores Cup and played 4 games in the First Division of Argentina, has 14 games played.

On 18 July 2017, Cerro moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for Segunda División club Rayo Vallecano.[9] After earning promotion to LaLiga and finishing as champions on his first season at Rayo, the club announced his departure from the club along with teammates Ernesto Galán and Diego Aguirre.[10]

International career

Cerro debuted for the Argentina national football team in 2012, playing a friendly against Brazil in a team formed exclusively with local league players.

Honours
Vélez Sársfield
Rayo Vallecano

References
  1. Francisco Cerro at Soccerway
  2. "Opening '10 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  3. "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  4. "Un ex mediocampista de Quilmes es el primer refuerzo de Vélez" (in Spanish). Télam. 2011-08-03. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  5. Diego Luis Guitian (2011-08-04). "Es un sueño llegar al campeón" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  6. "Clausura '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  7. "Libertadores '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  8. "Inicial '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  9. "Francisco Cerro nuevo jugador del Rayo" [Francisco Cerro new player of Rayo] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. "Oficial | El Rayo Vallecano anuncia 3 bajas" (in Spanish). Fichajes.com. 5 June 2018.
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