Juanjo Nieto

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Juanjo Nieto
Personal information
Full name Juan José Nieto Zarzoso
Date of birth (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Almería
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– Almería 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2021
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nieto and the second or maternal family name is Zarzoso.

Juan José "Juanjo" Nieto Zarzoso (born 3 October 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Almería. 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]

References[]

  1. ^ "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. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Juanjo Nieto, el séptimo refuerzo" [Juanjo Nieto, the seventh addition] (in Spanish). CD Atlético Baleares. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ^ "El Mallorca B incorpora a Juanjo Nieto" [Mallorca B sign Juanjo Nieto] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Juanjo Nieto signs for Real Oviedo". Real Oviedo. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Juanjo Nieto, first signing for 2021/22 season". UD Almería. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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