Gonzalo Colsa

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Gonzalo Colsa
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Colsa Albendea
Date of birth (1979-04-02) 2 April 1979 (age 45) [1]
Place of birth Santander, Spain [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Racing Santander
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1998 Racing B 28 (6)
1998–2001 Racing Santander 39 (3)
1999 → Logroñés (loan) 5 (0)
2001–2006 Atlético Madrid 62 (4)
2002–2003 → Valladolid (loan) 37 (5)
2003–2004 → Mallorca (loan) 32 (3)
2006–2012 Racing Santander 188 (14)
2012–2013 Mirandés 3 (0)
Total394(35)
International career
1995 Spain U16 5 (1)
1995 Spain U17 3 (0)
1996–1998 Spain U18 21 (0)
1998–1999 Spain U20 10 (3)
1999–2001 Spain U21 12 (4)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Racing Santander (assistant)
2016–2017 Ponferradina (assistant)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Men's football
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner 1999 Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gonzalo Colsa Albendea (born 2 April 1979) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder.

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He amassed La Liga totals of 340 matches and 29 goals over 14 seasons, representing in the competition Racing de Santander (two spells), Atlético Madrid, Valladolid and Mallorca.

Club career

A product of Racing de Santander's youth academy, Colsa was born in Santander, and he appeared sporadically with the first team (with an unassuming Segunda División stint with CD Logroñés in between) during his first four seasons, although he scored three goals in 19 games in 2000–01, with the Cantabrians being relegated from La Liga.

After representing Atlético Madrid, Real Valladolid and RCD Mallorca, Colsa returned to Santander for 2006–07 campaign, as an undisputed starter and one of the team's captains. [3] In the second season in his second spell he played all the matches as Racing achieved a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Cup, [4] and netted two times. [5] [6]

Colsa retired in June 2013 at the age of 34, after featuring rarely for second-tier side CD Mirandés. [7] Starting in March 2015 he went on to work as an assistant coach under former Racing teammate Pedro Munitis, at that club [8] and SD Ponferradina. [9]

International career

Colsa was part of the Spain squad that won the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria, contributing four appearances to the feat. [10] He made his debut for the under-21s on 9 October of that year, in a 2–1 home win against Israel for the 2000 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. [11]

Career statistics

[12] [13]

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubSeasonLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SpainLeague Copa del Rey Europe OtherTotal
Racing B 1997–98 Segunda División B 286———286
Racing Santander 1997–98 La Liga 1010——20
1998–99 1020——30
1999–00 18030——210
2000–01 19360——253
Subtotal393120——513
Logroñés (loan) 1998–99 Segunda División 50———50
Atlético Madrid 2001–02 Segunda División18010——190
2004–05 La Liga303804 [lower-alpha 1] 0—423
2005–06 14110——151
Subtotal62410040—764
Valladolid (loan) 2002–03 La Liga37541——416
Mallorca (loan) 2003–04 La Liga323205 [lower-alpha 2] 0—393
Racing Santander 2006–07 La Liga37410——374
2007–08 38280——382
2008–09 342415 [lower-alpha 2] 1—342
2009–10 30371——303
2010–11 31220——312
2011–12 18110——191
Subtotal1881312051—20514
Mirandés 2012–13 Segunda División3020——50
Career total394355331410040836
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup

Honours

Atlético Madrid

Spain U20

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gonzalo Colsa" (in Spanish). Eurosport . Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Gonzalo COLSA Albendea". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Munitis seguirá siendo el capitán del Racing" [Munitis to continue as Racing captain]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 July 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0)" [Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Menayo, David (13 January 2008). "Máxima eficacia del 'EuroRacing'" [Maximum efficiency from 'EuroRacing']. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Colmenarejo, Víctor (12 April 2008). "A las puertas del descenso" [Knocking on relegation's door]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Gonzalo Colsa rescinde su contrato con el Mirandés" [Gonzalo Colsa terminates his contract with Mirandés]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 16 January 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Munitis y Colsa aceptan la oferta del Racing" [Munitis and Colsa accept Racing's offer]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 5 March 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Carrera, Álvaro (17 October 2016). "Pedro Munitis, nuevo entrenador de la Ponferradina" [Pedro Munitis, new Ponferradina manager]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  10. 1 2 García, Miguel Ángel (17 April 2009). "Qué fue de los campeones del mundo sub20" [What happened to the under-20 world champions]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "España 2–1 Israel" [Spain 2–1 Israel] (in Spanish). UEFA. 9 October 1999. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Gonzalo Colsa at BDFutbol
  13. ↑ "Colsa". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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