Sergio Aragoneses

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aragonesesand the second or maternal family name is Almeida.

Sergio Aragoneses

Personal information
Full name	Sergio Aragoneses Almeida
Date of birth	(1977-02-01) 1 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	O Porriño, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1994–1996	Celta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Celta B	17	(0)
1998–1999	Sporting Guardés
1999–2000	Pontevedra	37	(0)
2000–2003	Tenerife	77	(0)
2003	Getafe	21	(0)
2004–2005	Atlético Madrid	14	(0)
2005	→ Getafe (loan)	11	(0)
2005–2006	Elche	16	(0)
2006–2008	Hércules	23	(0)
2008	Numancia	0	(0)
2008–2014	Tenerife	185	(0)
2014	Cádiz	13	(0)
2014–2015	Marino	22	(0)
Total		436	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Aragoneses Almeida (born 1 February 1977) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

His professional career, mainly associated with Tenerife, saw him appear in 180 Segunda División games over nine seasons. He added 87 matches in La Liga, also representing in the competition Atlético Madrid and Getafe.

Club career

Aragoneses was born in O Porriño, Galicia. After unsuccessfully emerging through RC Celta de Vigo's youth academy he went on to represent local Sporting Guardés and Pontevedra CF, moving to CD Tenerife for the 2000–01 season and helping the Canary Islands club return to La Liga immediately.

Aragoneses made his top flight debut in 2001–02 (in a 0–2 home loss against Deportivo Alavés), ^[1] and went on to have unassuming spells with Madrid's Getafe CF and Atlético, ^{[2] [3]} which loaned him to Getafe as well. ^[4] In 2005–06 he signed for second division side Elche CF, being diagnosed with testicular cancer shortly after; ^[5] he missed a great part of the campaign, but was still able to finish it.

After joining Hércules CF – also in the Valencian Community and in the second level – in 2006, Aragoneses was again diagnosed with the ailment, this time being forced to undergo chemotherapy. ^[6] He eventually recovered completely, and returned to the team's lineups. ^[7]

In early 2008, Aragoneses was suspended by coach Andoni Goikoetxea after statements by the player which were seen as "an act of indiscipline", being eventually released. ^[8] He signed almost immediately with CD Numancia, which had lost first-choice Jacobo to a severe knee injury. ^[9]

In July 2008, after having made no official appearances for the Soria-based club, ^[10] Aragoneses returned to Tenerife after a five-year absence. After winning the battle for first-choice with Luis García, however, he was sidelined until the end of the season with a case of acute pancreatitis; ^[11] once again he fully recovered, being the undisputed starter in 2009–10's top flight (all matches and minutes in an eventual relegation, only certified however in the last round). ^[12]

References

1. El Alavés arruina el regreso al Tenerife (Alavés ruin Tenerife's return); El País, 27 August 2001 (in Spanish)
2. El Atlético ficha a Aragoneses para suplir a Burgos (Atlético sign Aragoneses to replace Burgos); El Mundo, 26 January 2004 (in Spanish)
3. Atlético clinch Franco move; UEFA, 15 June 2004
4. Trochowski takes Hamburg option; UEFA, 3 January 2005
5. Aragoneses sufre un mal testicular (Aragoneses with testicular ailment); El País, 31 August 2005 (in Spanish)
6. La segunda batalla de Aragoneses (Aragoneses' second battle); El Correo, 23 January 2007 (in Spanish)
7. El meta del Hércules Aragoneses supera un cáncer de testículos (Hércules keeper Aragoneses overcomes testicular cancer); Marca, 30 March 2007 (in Spanish)
8. Aragoneses se va del Hércules (Aragoneses leaves Hércules); Marca, 31 January 2008 (in Spanish)
9. El Numancia ficha al portero Sergio Aragoneses (Numancia sign goalkeeper Sergio Aragoneses); Diario AS, 12 February 2008 (in Spanish)
10. Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
11. Aragoneses continúa hospitalizado por una pancreatitis (Aragoneses still in hospital with pancreatitis); Marca, 5 March 2009 (in Spanish)
12. Un histórico de la portería del Tenerife que sale por la puerta de atrás (Historic in Tenerife goal who leaves through the back door); Mundo Deportivo, 16 January 2014 (in Spanish)

External links

• Sergio Aragoneses at BDFutbol
• Sergio Aragoneses at Soccerway