Vicente Esquerdo Santas (born 2 January 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Primera Federación club Arenteiro.
 Esquerdo being interviewed at Valencia, 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vicente Esquerdo Santas | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Calp, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arenteiro | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ciudad de Benidorm | |||
| 2014–2018 | Valencia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Valencia B | 85 | (6) |
| 2019–2023 | Valencia | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Castellón (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2023– | Arenteiro | 25 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2024 | |||
Club career edit
Born in Calp, Alicante, Valencian Community, Esquerdo joined Valencia CF's youth setup from CF Ciudad de Benidorm.[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 25 August 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Sito in a 2–0 Segunda División B home win against CD Ebro.[2]
Esquerdo scored his first senior goal on 24 November 2018, netting his team's first in a 2–2 home draw against UB Conquense.[3] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 30 November of the following year, replacing Francis Coquelin late into a 2-1 home defeat of Villarreal CF.[4]
On 27 August 2021, Esquerdo was loaned to Primera División RFEF side CD Castellón for one year.[5]
On 27 September 2023, Esquerdo signed for Primera Federación club Arenteiro.[6]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 27 May 2023[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Valencia B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Segunda Federación | 23 | 3 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 25 | 2 | |||
| Total | 85 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 87 | 6 | ||||
| Valencia | 2019–20 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Castellón (loan) | 2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| Arenteiro | 2023–24 | Primera Federación | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 112 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 7 | ||
- ^ Appearances in 2023 Segunda Federación play-offs
References edit
- ^ "Vicente Esquerdo makes first appearance in Valencia CF squad". Valencia CF. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "El Valencia Mestalla venció en casa al Ebro" [Valencia Mestalla defeated Ebro at home] (in Spanish). El Español. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "El Valencia Mestalla y el Conquense empataron a dos" [Valencia Mestalla and Conquense draw 2–2] (in Spanish). Sport. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "El Valencia tira de casta para ganar el derbi" [Valencia dig deep to win the derby] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Comunicado oficial | Vicente Esquerdo" [Official announcement | Vicente Esquerdo] (in Spanish). CD Castellón. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Vicente Esquerdo, nova fichaxe do Arenteiro" [Vicente Esquerdo, Arenteiro's new signing] (in Spanish). CD Arenteiro. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Vicente Esquerdo". SofaScore. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
External links edit
- Vicente Esquerdo at BDFutbol
- Vicente Esquerdo at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Vicente Esquerdo at Soccerway