Luciano González Groba

Luciano González Groba (born 23 April 1981), known simply as Luciano, is a Spanish footballer who plays for USD de O Grove as a right back or a central defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Groba.
Luciano
Luciano being presented by Alavés
Personal information
Full name Luciano González Groba
Date of birth (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981
Place of birth Budiño, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 O Grove
Youth career
Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Celta B 102 (6)
2004–2007 Pontevedra 72 (0)
2007–2009 Salamanca 15 (0)
2008 → Pontevedra (loan) 7 (0)
2009–2010 Poli Ejido 27 (0)
2010–2012 Murcia 30 (0)
2012–2014 Alavés 48 (1)
2014–2016 Coruxo 13 (0)
2016–2017 Xuventú Sanxenxo 28 (3)
2018– O Grove 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 September 2018

He spent the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues. His Segunda División input consisted of 68 matches during four seasons, in representation of four clubs.

Football career

Born in Budiño, Pontevedra, Luciano grew in local RC Celta de Vigo's youth academy, but could only appear as a senior for their reserves. In 2004, he left and joined Galician neighbours Pontevedra CF, playing 28 second division games in his first season, which ended in relegation; his debut in the competition for the latter took place on 28 August 2004, when he started and ended a 0–1 home loss against Polideportivo Ejido.[1]

In the summer of 2007, Luciano signed for another team in the second level, UD Salamanca, appearing rarely in his first year and returning to his previous club on loan. In the 2008–09 campaign he featured more for the Castile and León team, but still took part in less than one and a half of the league matches.

In the following years, Luciano competed in division three. In July 2009 he moved to Poli Ejido and, in 2011, helped Real Murcia[2] achieve promotion,[3] following which he was deemed surplus to requirements by manager Iñaki Alonso.[4]

Another promotion to the second tier befell Luciano in 2012–13, now with Deportivo Alavés.[5][6] The following season, he contributed with 17 appearances to their survival, after which he signed with Coruxo FC.[7]

In the 2016 off-season, 35-year-old Luciano moved to Xuventú Sanxenxo in the Galician regional leagues.[8] In July 2018, after one year of inactivity, he joined USD de O Grove also in the fifth division.

References
  1. El 'Poli' enseña al Pontevedra como se juega en Segunda ('Poli' show Pontevedra how to play in Segunda); Mundo Deportivo, 29 August 2004 (in Spanish)
  2. Local press start their smear campaign...; One and Only Real Murcia, 27 July 2010
  3. Iñaki Alonso continuará en el Murcia tras el ascenso (Iñaki Alonso will continue in Murcia after promotion); El Diario Vasco, 12 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. Un candidato al ascenso contra uno que busca puntuar en MARCA TV (Promotion candidate against one looking to score in MARCA TV); Marca, 16 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. Luciano González refuerza la defensa albiazul (Luciano González bolsters white-and-blue defence); Gasteiz Hoy, 13 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. Natxo González renueva con el Alavés (Natxo González renews with Alavés); Marca, 7 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. El Coruxo cierra el fichaje del central Luciano (Coruxo complete signing of stopper Luciano); Faro de Vigo, 13 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. Luciano González: "Si marcan en la primera media hora el Murcia se puede poner nervioso" (Luciano González: "If they score in the first thirty minutes Murcia can get nervous"); Faro de Vigo, 24 May 2017 (in Spanish)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.