Sergio Aragoneses

Sergio Aragoneses
Personal information
Full name Sergio Aragoneses Almeida
Date of birth (1977-02-01) 1 February 1977
Place of birth O Porriño, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1994–1996 Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Celta B 40 (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 177 (0)
2014 Cádiz 11 (0)
2014–2015 Marino 22 (0)
Total 449 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

In a career mainly associated with Tenerife, he appeared 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. An unsuccessful product of RC Celta de Vigo's youth academy, he went on to represent lowly Sporting Guardés and Pontevedra CF,[1] signing with CD Tenerife for the 2000–01 season and helping the Canary Islands club return to La Liga immediately.[2]

Aragoneses made his top-flight debut in 2001–02 (in a 0–2 home loss against Deportivo Alavés),[3] and went on to have unassuming spells at Madrid's Getafe CF and Atlético,[4][5] with the latter loaning him to the former as well.[6] He joined Segunda División side Elche CF ahead of 2005–06, being diagnosed with testicular cancer shortly after;[7] he missed a great part of the campaign, but was still able to finish it.[8][9]

After joining Hércules CF – also in the Valencian Community and in the second division – in summer 2006, Aragoneses was again diagnosed with the ailment, this time being forced to undergo chemotherapy.[10] He eventually recovered completely, and returned to the team's lineups.[11]

Aragoneses was suspended by coach Andoni Goikoetxea in early 2008, allegedly for claiming that the manager had made statements regarding his person of "very little class" after not playing him in a Copa del Rey tie against Athletic Bilbao.[12] He was eventually released,[13] later signing with CD Numancia who had lost first-choice Jacobo to a serious knee injury.[14]

In July 2008, having made no official appearances for the Soria-based club,[15] Aragoneses returned to Tenerife after a five-year absence. He quickly won the battle for first-choice with Luis García, but was later sidelined until the end of the season with a case of acute pancreatitis;[16] he recovered fully once again, 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).[17]

On 27 January 2014, aged 37, Aragoneses agreed to a contract with Cádiz CF of Segunda División B.[18]

Personal life

Aragoneses' son, also named Sergio (born 2004), was also a goalkeeper.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ El guardameta Sergio Aragoneses sigue en activo en regional (Goalkeeper Sergio Aragoneses is still active in the regionals); La Voz de Galicia, 15 October 2020 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Aragoneses firma su tercer ascenso con el Tenerife (Aragoneses secures his third promotion with Tenerife); La Voz de Galicia, 3 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Alavés arruina el regreso al Tenerife (Alavés ruin Tenerife's return); El País, 27 August 2001 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Atlético ficha a Aragoneses para suplir a Burgos (Atlético sign Aragoneses to replace Burgos); El Mundo, 26 January 2004 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Atlético clinch Franco move; UEFA, 15 June 2004
  6. ↑ Trochowski takes Hamburg option; UEFA, 3 January 2005
  7. ↑ Aragoneses sufre un mal testicular (Aragoneses with testicular ailment); El País, 31 August 2005 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Aragoneses vuelve hoy a los entrenamientos del Elche tras extirparle un tumor testicular (Aragoneses returns to Elche training today after having a testicular tumor removed); ABC, 8 October 2005 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Un calvario del que no se salva nadie (This ordeal spares no one); La Voz de Galicia, 22 November 2017 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ La segunda batalla de Aragoneses (Aragoneses' second battle); El Correo, 23 January 2007 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ El meta del Hércules Aragoneses supera un cáncer de testículos (Hércules keeper Aragoneses overcomes testicular cancer); Marca, 30 March 2007 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ El Hércules aparta al portero Sergio Aragoneses de manera indefinida (Hércules sideline goalkeeper Sergio Aragoneses indefinitely); Diario de Cádiz, 18 January 2008 (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ Aragoneses se va del Hércules (Aragoneses leaves Hércules); Marca, 31 January 2008 (in Spanish)
  14. ↑ El Numancia ficha al portero Sergio Aragoneses (Numancia sign goalkeeper Sergio Aragoneses); Diario AS, 12 February 2008 (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  16. ↑ Aragoneses continúa hospitalizado por una pancreatitis (Aragoneses still in hospital with pancreatitis); Marca, 5 March 2009 (in Spanish)
  17. ↑ 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)
  18. ↑ Sergio Aragoneses firma hoy (Sergio Aragoneses signs today); Diario de Cádiz, 16 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  19. ↑ El Tenerife convoca al hijo de Sergio Aragoneses, también portero (Tenerife call son of Sergio Aragoneses, also a goalkeeper); Radio Televisión Canaria, 27 October 2023 (in Spanish)
  20. ↑ El Arenas refuerza su portería con Sergio Aragoneses (Arenas bolster their goal with Sergio Aragoneses); El Correo, 30 January 2026 (in Spanish)
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