Luciano González (footballer)

Luciano
Luciano being presented by Alavés
Personal information
Full name Luciano González Groba
Date of birth (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981
Place of birth Budiño, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Celta B 128 (7)
2004–2007 Pontevedra 70 (0)
2007–2009 Salamanca 15 (0)
2008 → Pontevedra (loan) 7 (0)
2009–2010 Poli Ejido 25 (0)
2010–2012 Murcia 30 (0)
2012–2014 Alavés 49 (1)
2014–2016 Coruxo 13 (0)
2016–2017 Xuventude Sanxenxo 14 (3)
2018–2019 O Grove 26 (0)
2021–2022 Moraña 12 (0)
Total 389 (11)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luciano González Groba (born 23 April 1981), known simply as Luciano, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back or a central defender.

He spent the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues. His Segunda División input consisted of 68 matches in four seasons, in representation of four clubs.

Career

Born in Budiño, Pontevedra, Luciano grew in local RC Celta de Vigo's youth academy, but could only appear as a senior for their reserves. In 2004, he left and joined Galician neighbours Pontevedra CF, playing 28 Segunda División games in his first season, which ended in relegation;[1] his debut in the competition for the latter took place on 28 August 2004, when he started and ended a 0–1 home loss against Polideportivo Ejido.[2]

In the summer of 2007, Luciano signed for another team in the second division, UD Salamanca, appearing rarely in his first year and returning to his previous club on loan.[3] In the 2008–09 campaign he featured more for the Castile and León team, but still took part in less than one and a half of the league matches.

Luciano competed in the Segunda División B the following campaigns. In July 2009 he moved to Poli Ejido[4] and, in 2011, helped Real Murcia CF[5] achieve promotion,[6] following which he was deemed surplus to requirements by manager Iñaki Alonso.[7]

Luciano earned another promotion to the second tier in 2012–13, now with Deportivo Alavés.[8][9] The following season, he contributed 17 appearances to their survival, subsequently signing for Coruxo FC.[10]

In the 2016 off-season, the 35-year-old Luciano moved to Xuventude Sanxenxo in the Galician regional leagues.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Un descenso para la historia del Pontevedra (A relegation for the history of Pontevedra); Diario de Pontevedra, 29 May 2023 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ El 'Poli' enseña al Pontevedra como se juega en Segunda ('Poli' show Pontevedra how to play in Segunda); Mundo Deportivo, 29 August 2004 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Luciano llegó a un acuerdo con el club granate para jugar cedido por el Salamanca (Luciano reached an agreement with maroon club to play on loan from Salamanca); La Voz de Galicia, 12 January 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Luciano viene para ascender (Luciano comes to promote); Diario de Almería, 30 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Local press start their smear campaign...; One and Only Real Murcia, 27 July 2010
  6. ↑ Iñaki Alonso continuará en el Murcia tras el ascenso (Iñaki Alonso will continue in Murcia after promotion); El Diario Vasco, 12 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Un candidato al ascenso contra uno que busca puntuar en MARCA TV (Promotion candidate against one looking to score in MARCA TV); Marca, 16 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Luciano González refuerza la defensa albiazul (Luciano González bolsters white-and-blue defence); Gasteiz Hoy, 13 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Natxo González renueva con el Alavés (Natxo González renews with Alavés); Marca, 7 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ El Coruxo cierra el fichaje del central Luciano (Coruxo complete signing of stopper Luciano); Faro de Vigo, 13 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Luciano González: "Si marcan en la primera media hora el Murcia se puede poner nervioso" (Luciano González: "If they score in the first thirty minutes Murcia can get nervous"); Faro de Vigo, 24 May 2017 (in Spanish)
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