Fernando Usero

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Fernando Usero
Personal information
Full name Fernando Usero Toledano [1]
Date of birth (1984-03-27) 27 March 1984 (age 41) [1]
Place of birth Brazatortas, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Málaga
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2015Alcorcón (loan) 14 (0)
2015–2016 Atromitos 26 (2)
2017 Mirandés 6 (0)
2018 Toledo 14 (0)
2018–2019 Puertollano 41 (5)
Total355(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.

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Club career

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

As of 17 April 2016
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Madrid B 2003–04 [16] Segunda División B 3131
Málaga 2004–05 [16] La Liga 200020
2005–06 [16] 200020
Total400040
Poli Ejido 2006–07 [16] Segunda División 38210392
2007–08 [16] 38210392
Total76420784
Elche 2008–09 [16] Segunda División41530445
2009–10 [16] 24500245
Total6510306810
Córdoba 2010–11 [16] Segunda División34360403
Asteras Tripolis 2011–12 [17] Super League Greece 27240312
2012–13 [17] 283534 [a] 1377
2013–14 [17] 364202 [a] 0404
2014–15 [17] 910010 [a] 1192
Total1001011316212715
Alcorcón (loan) 2014–15 [16] Segunda División14000140
Atromitos 2015–16 [17] Super League Greece262604 [a] 0362
Career total3223028320237035

Honours

Asteras Tripolis

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fernando Usero at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. "2001–2006: Primera participación Europea" [2001–2006: First appearance in Europe] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. "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.
  11. 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.
  12. De la Cruz, C. (14 July 2015). "Usero, el 'griego'" [Usero, the 'Greek']. La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  13. "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.
  14. "El Mirandés ficha al centrocampista Fernando Usero" [Mirandés sign midfielder Fernando Usero]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 27 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  15. "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.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fernando Usero at BDFutbol
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 Fernando Usero at Soccerway
  18. 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.
  19. "Οι κορυφαίοι του ΠΣΑΠ" [PSAP top players] (in Greek). Rik News. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2022.