Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Carlos Cuartero Laforga | ||
Date of birth | 17 August 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Zaragoza | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1995 | Zaragoza B | 57 | (0) |
1993–2009 | Zaragoza | 190 | (0) |
Total | 247 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1991–1992 | Spain U16 | 9 | (0) |
1992 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Spain U18 | 22 | (0) |
1995 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
1995 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
1996–1998 | Spain U21 | 6 | (0) |
1997 | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luis Carlos Cuartero Laforga (born 17 August 1975) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back or a central defender.
His professional career, hindered by several serious injuries, was devoted to a single club, Real Zaragoza. [1] [2]
Cuartero was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. He made his senior debut with his hometown club Real Zaragoza on 20 June 1993 in a 2–2 away draw against Atlético Madrid, aged 17, [3] and went on to appear in 178 La Liga games, plus the 2002–03 season in the Segunda División.
From 2006 to 2009, however, Cuartero would total three league appearances, severely hindered by knee injuries. [4] Never more than a utility player, his best league output came in the 2003–04 campaign, when he featured in 24 matches for a final 12th place; he finally retired at the end of 2008–09, with the team again in the second tier. [5]
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