David Querol Blanco (born 25 February 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward.

David Querol
Personal information
Full name David Querol Blanco
Date of birth (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Reus, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1997–2007 Unió Astorga
2007–2008 Reus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Reus 77 (28)
2011–2013 Betis B 31 (6)
2013–2014 Gimnàstic 40 (6)
2014–2016 Llagostera 65 (13)
2016–2019 Reus 48 (6)
2019–2020 Cádiz 18 (3)
2020Albacete (loan) 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2020

Club career edit

Born in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Querol finished his development at CF Reus Deportiu. He made his senior debut in the 2008–09 season, in Tercera División. In 2010–11 he scored a career-best 13 goals, helping his team return to Segunda División B.[1][2]

On 27 April 2011, Querol signed a two-year contract with Real Betis, with the move being made effective in June.[3] He was assigned to the reserves who competed in the third division, but missed his debut campaign due to injury.[4][1]

On 7 July 2013, Querol joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona of the same league.[5] He featured regularly during his spell – albeit mostly as a substitute – as the side finished fourth in the regular season and fell short in the promotion play-offs.

On 14 July 2014, Querol signed a two-year deal with UE Llagostera, newly promoted to the Segunda División.[6] He made his debut as a professional on 23 August, aged 25, starting in a 2–0 away loss against UD Las Palmas.[7]

Querol scored his first professional goal on 18 January 2015, closing the 2–0 home win over Real Valladolid.[8] On 4 June of the following year, with his team already relegated, he netted four times in a 6–2 home rout of Real Zaragoza, taking his tally up to nine.[9]

On 9 July 2016, Querol returned to Reus, now in the second tier.[10] In January 2019, he terminated his contract due to the club's poor financial situation overall.[11]

Querol agreed to a two-and-a-half-year deal at Cádiz CF on 30 January 2019, as a free agent.[12] Exactly one year later, he was loaned to fellow second division side Albacete Balompié for the remainder of the season.[13]

On 5 October 2020, Querol terminated his contract with Cádiz.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Una década con David Querol (A decade with David Querol); Diari de Tarragona, 1 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Las alternativas del Reus en ataque (Reus' attacking alternatives); Mundo Deportivo, 27 October 2017 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Betis ficha a Querol (Reus) (Betis sign Querol (Reus)); Mundo Deportivo, 27 April 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ David Querol pasa por el quirófano y dice adiós a la temporada (David Querol visits surgery room and says goodbye to season) Archived 2018-12-30 at the Wayback Machine; Manquepierda, 6 March 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ David Querol jugarà al Nàstic aquesta temporada (David Querol will play in Nàstic this season); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 7 July 2013 (in Catalan)
  6. ^ Alcalá y Querol, dos fichajes más para el Llagostera (Alcalá and Querol, two more signings for Llagostera); Marca, 14 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Aráujo brilla con un golazo en el estreno de Las Palmas (Araujo shines with a great goal in Las Palmas' debut); Marca, 23 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El Valladolid se deja la segunda plaza con justicia en Palamós (Valladolid leave second place behind in Palamós fairly); Marca, 18 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Ridículo del Zaragoza en Palamós (Zaragoza ridicule in Palamós); Marca, 4 June 2016 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ David Querol torna a casa! (David Querol returns home!) Archived 12 July 2016 at archive.today; Reus Deportiu, 9 July 2016 (in Catalan)
  11. ^ "Ya son siete los jugadores del Reus que han pedido irse" [Already seven Reus players have asked to leave] (in Spanish). Sport. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  12. ^ "David Querol, tercera incorporación invernal" [David Querol, third winter addition] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  13. ^ "David Querol jugará cedido en el Albacete" [David Querol will play on loan at Albacete] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Acuerdo para la rescisión de David Querol" [Agreement for the rescision of David Querol] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

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