Luis Cuartero

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Luis Cuartero
Personal information
Full name Luis Carlos Cuartero Laforga
Date of birth (1975-08-17) 17 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Zaragoza
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1995 Zaragoza B 77 (1)
1993–2009 Zaragoza 190 (0)
Total267(1)
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.

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His professional career, hindered by several serious injuries, was devoted to a single club, Real Zaragoza. [1] [2]

Club career

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] [5] 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 added seven appearances in a victorious run in the Copa del Rey, [6] including 120 minutes of the 3–2 win against Real Madrid in the final. [7]

Cuartero retired aged 33 at the end of 2008–09, with the team again in the second tier. [8] He remained connected to Zaragoza until October 2022, mainly as general manager. [9]

Honours

Zaragoza

Spain U21

See also

References

  1. ↑ Piña, Raúl (15 November 2006). "De la Liga de las estrellas a la Liga de las lesiones" [From star League to injury League]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Rodríguez Bravo, Chema (29 July 2010). "El club de las rodillas rotas" [Shattered knees society]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Carbajosa, Carlos (21 June 1993). "El Atlético vuelve a ser el 'pupas' ante el Zaragoza" [Atlético are 'pupas' again against Zaragoza]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Zaragoza reel from Cuartero blow". UEFA. 18 October 2006. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gravedad confirmada" [Seriousness confirmed]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 8 October 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Real Zaragoza 2003–04" (in Spanish). ADN Zaragocista. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Gaona, J. L. (17 March 2014). "La última gran gesta" [The last great exploit]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Cuartero pone fin a toda una vida en el Zaragoza" [Cuartero ends a lifetime in Zaragoza]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Cuartero deja el Real Zaragoza" [Cuartero leaves Real Zaragoza]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Ortego, Enrique (1 July 2001). "Zaragoza, no hay quinta Copa mala" [Zaragoza, no such thing as a bad fifth Cup]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Hall, Andy (17 March 2004). "Galletti gives Zaragoza glory". UEFA. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "El Zaragoza noquea al Valencia y gana la Supercopa" [Zaragoza knock Valencia out and win the Supercup]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 24 August 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "Príncipes" [Princes]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 June 1998. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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