Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Medina Luna | ||
Date of birth | 26 May 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Reus, Spain | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lamia (technical director) | ||
Youth career | |||
Atlético Segre | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2002 | Novelda | 17 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Tàrrega | ||
2003–2004 | Reus | 36 | (22) |
2004–2005 | Zaragoza B | 27 | (11) |
2005–2006 | Zaragoza | 3 | (0) |
2005–2006 | → Ciudad Murcia (loan) | 30 | (8) |
2006–2007 | Hércules | 21 | (2) |
2007 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2007–2013 | Rayo Vallecano | 197 | (52) |
2013–2016 | Granada | 67 | (8) |
2016 | Rayo Vallecano | 15 | (0) |
2017 | AEL Limassol | 17 | (5) |
2017–2018 | Lamia | 27 | (5) |
2018–2019 | AEL | 15 | (0) |
2019 | Lamia | 10 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Jamshedpur | 6 | (1) |
2020 | Atlético Pinto | 4 | (0) |
2021 | Lamia | 9 | (0) |
Total | 505 | (116) | |
International career | |||
2003–2015 | Catalonia | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francisco Medina Luna (born 26 May 1981), known as Piti, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a winger or a forward.
His name was mostly associated with Rayo Vallecano where he had three spells, and achieved La Liga totals of 148 games and 29 goals for that club, Zaragoza and Granada. He amassed 164 appearances and 34 goals in the Segunda División for Ciudad de Murcia, Hércules and Rayo, and spent several years of his later career in Cyprus, Greece and India.
Born in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Piti was signed by Real Zaragoza in 2004 after playing almost exclusively in amateur football, notably scoring 22 goals for CF Reus Deportiu in the Tercera División. [1] During his spell in Aragon, however, he was mainly registered with the reserves – he appeared in three La Liga games, totalling 34 minutes [2] – also being loaned to Ciudad de Murcia of Segunda División for the 2005–06 season. [3]
Piti joined second-division club Hércules CF in the summer of 2006 [4] but, in January of the following year, he moved to Rayo Vallecano of Segunda División B on loan. After featuring rarely for the Valencians in the first half of the 2007–08 campaign, he returned to Rayo [5] and helped the Madrid outskirts team to return to division two, scoring seven times in 21 matches. [6]
In the following second-tier seasons, Piti remained an important attacking player for Rayo Vallecano. In 2010–11 he contributed nine goals (second-best in the squad, tied with Óscar Trejo) as the side returned to the top flight after an eight-year absence. [7] [8]
Piti came of age in 2012–13 at the age of 31, scoring 18 goals from 35 appearances, only five through penalties as Rayo posted their best season in the top division. [9] [10] [11] Highlights included braces at Málaga CF (2–1) and Levante UD (3–2 win), and at home against Getafe CF (3–1). [12] [13] [14]
In the following years, Piti represented Granada CF and (again) Rayo, always in the main tier. On 3 January 2017 the 35-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol until 30 June. [15]
On 29 July 2017, PAS Lamia 1964 announced the signing of Piti. [16] On 16 July 2018 he joined Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. also of the Super League Greece for an undisclosed fee [17] but, six months later, returned to his previous team. [18]
In October 2020, following a short spell in the Indian Super League with Jamshedpur FC, Piti returned to his homeland to act as player and part-owner of amateurs CA Pinto. [19] He worked as Lamia's technical director after retiring, [20] leaving the position on 21 February 2022. [21]
Piti returned to Lamia in January 2023, in the same capacity. [22]
Uncapped by Spain at any level, Piti represented the non-FIFA Catalonia side. On 24 May 2006, he scored in a 2–0 win against Costa Rica in Terrassa as the opponents prepared for the upcoming World Cup. [23]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Zaragoza B | 2004–05 [24] | Segunda División B | 27 | 11 | — | — | 27 | 11 | ||
Zaragoza | 2004–05 [24] | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Ciudad Murcia (loan) | 2005–06 [24] | Segunda División | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 8 | |
Hércules | 2006–07 [24] | Segunda División | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 18 | 4 | |
2007–08 [24] | Segunda División | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | ||
Total | 21 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 2006–07 [24] | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Rayo Vallecano | 2007–08 [24] | Segunda División B | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 25 | 7 |
2008–09 [24] | Segunda División | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 39 | 9 | ||
2009–10 [24] | Segunda División | 35 | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | 41 | 8 | ||
2010–11 [24] | Segunda División | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 9 | ||
2011–12 [24] | La Liga | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
2012–13 [24] | La Liga | 35 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 18 | ||
Total | 201 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 217 | 57 | ||
Granada | 2013–14 [24] | La Liga | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 5 | |
2014–15 [24] | La Liga | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | ||
2015–16 [24] | La Liga | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | ||
Total | 66 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 8 | ||
Rayo Vallecano | 2015–16 [24] | La Liga | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
2016–17 [24] | Segunda División | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
AEL Limassol | 2016–17 [25] | Cypriot First Division | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 20 | 6 | |
Total | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | ||
Lamia | 2017–18 [25] | Super League Greece | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 30 | 7 | |
2018–19 [25] | Super League Greece | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | ||
Total | 37 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9 | ||
AEL | 2018–19 [25] | Super League Greece | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
Career total | 436 | 93 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 471 | 104 |
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