Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan José Nieto Zarzoso | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Castellón de la Plana, Spain | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2002 | Rafalafena | ||
2002–2007 | Castellón | ||
2007–2008 | Futur | ||
2008–2009 | Roda | ||
2009–2012 | Rafalafena | ||
2012–2013 | Castellón | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Castellón | 3 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Valladolid B | 49 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Atlético Baleares | 25 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Mallorca B | 27 | (0) |
2017 | Mallorca | 6 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Hércules | 70 | (2) |
2019–2021 | Oviedo | 59 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Almería | 16 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Huesca | 40 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 |
Juan José "Juanjo" Nieto Zarzoso (born 3 October 1994) is a Spanish footballer. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a winger.
Football career
Born in Castellón de la Plana, Valencian Community, Nieto represented VV Rafalafena, CD Castellón, CF Futur and CD Roda as a youth.[1] He made his senior debut with Castellón's first team on 16 December 2012, starting in a 1–1 Tercera División home draw against CD Eldense.[2]
On 16 September 2013 Nieto joined Real Valladolid, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth level.[3] He achieved promotion to Segunda División B in his first season as an undisputed started, but was sparingly used in his second.
On 6 August 2015, Nieto signed for fellow third-tier club CD Atlético Baleares.[4] The following 18 July he moved to another reserve team, RCD Mallorca B.[5]
Nieto first appeared with the main squad on 22 January 2017, starting in a 1–1 Segunda División away draw against CF Reus Deportiu.[6] On 14 July, after suffering relegation, he agreed to a deal with Hércules CF in the third division.[7]
On 6 August 2019, Nieto returned to the second division after agreeing to a two-year deal with Real Oviedo.[8] He scored his first professional goal on 1 December, netting the opener in a 2–1 home win over Rayo Vallecano.
On 9 July 2021, free agent Nieto signed a two-year contract with UD Almería also in the second level.[9] He helped the side in their promotion to La Liga, but suffered a knee injury in February 2022.
On 25 November 2022, after recovering from injury, Nieto announced his departure from the Rojiblancos,[10] and signed a 18-month deal with SD Huesca in the second division.[11]
Honours
Almería
References
- ^ "Juanjo Nieto: "Pepe Zaera me hizo creer en mis posibilidades"" [Juanjo Nieto: "Pepe Zaera made me believe in my possibilities"] (in Spanish). Castellón Base. 23 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "El ex jugador del Roda, Juanjo Nieto, debuta con el Castellón" [Former Roda player, Juanjo Nieto, debuts with Castellón] (in Spanish). CD Roda. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "El Promesas cierra su plantilla con el delantero Juanjo" [Promesas complete their squad with the forward Juanjo] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Juanjo Nieto, el séptimo refuerzo" [Juanjo Nieto, the seventh addition] (in Spanish). CD Atlético Baleares. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "El Mallorca B incorpora a Juanjo Nieto" [Mallorca B sign Juanjo Nieto] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Reus y Mallorca se perdonan uno al otro y acaban firmando tablas" [Reus and Mallorca rue their chances and end up drawing] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "El Hércules ficha al lateral derecho Juanjo Nieto" [Hércules sign the right back Juanjo Nieto] (in Spanish). Hércules CF. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Juanjo Nieto signs for Real Oviedo". Real Oviedo. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Juanjo Nieto, first signing for 2021/22 season". UD Almería. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Nieto se despide del Almería" [Nieto bids farewell from Almería] (in Spanish). Diario de Almería. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Juanjo Nieto refuerza el lateral derecho de la SD Huesca" [Juanjo Nieto bolsters the right back of SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
External links
- Juanjo Nieto at BDFutbol
- Juanjo Nieto at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Juanjo Nieto at Soccerway