Carlos Nieto (footballer)

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Carlos Nieto
Personal information
Full name Carlos Nieto Herrero
Date of birth (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Zaragoza
Number 17
Youth career
Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Zaragoza B 114 (9)
2014– Zaragoza 146 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Carlos Nieto Herrero (born 6 May 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza. Mainly a left back, he also plays as a central defender or midfielder.[2]

Football career

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Born in Zaragoza, Nieto graduated from local Real Zaragoza's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2013–14 campaign, while still a junior, in Tercera División. In the 2014 summer he was definitely promoted to the B-team, now in Segunda División B.[3]

On 14 September 2014 Nieto played his first match as a professional, starting in a 1–1 home draw against CE Sabadell FC in the Segunda División championship.[4] He would resume his spell mainly with the B-side in the following campaigns, achieving promotion from Tercera División in 2017.

On 1 August 2018, Nieto extended his contract until 2022 and was definitely promoted to the main squad.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Carlos Nieto" (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Nieto, todoterreno del filial, pasa a formar parte del primer equipo del Real Zaragoza" [Nieto, versatile player of the reserves, is now a part of the first team of Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ^ "El club acelera en la construcción del filial" [The club accelerate the reserves' construction] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Juanto evita justo al final la primera victoria del Zaragoza" [Juanto avoids Zaragoza's first win right in the end] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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