Juanjo Nieto

Juanjo Nieto
Personal information
Full name Juan José Nieto Zarzoso
Date of birth (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Celje
Number 2
Youth career
2000–2002 Rafalafena
2002–2007 Castellón
2007–2008 Futur
2008–2009 Roda
2009–2012 Rafalafena
2012–2013 Castellón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Castellón 3 (0)
2013–2015 Valladolid B 49 (3)
2015–2016 Atlético Baleares 25 (1)
2016–2017 Mallorca B 27 (0)
2017 Mallorca 6 (0)
2017–2019 Hércules 70 (2)
2019–2021 Oviedo 59 (3)
2021–2022 Almería 16 (0)
2022–2024 Huesca 40 (1)
2024– Celje 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2024
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nieto and the second or maternal family name is Zarzoso.

Juan José "Juanjo" Nieto Zarzoso (born 3 October 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje.[1] Mainly a right back, he can also play as a winger.

Football career

Born in Castellón de la Plana, Valencian Community, Nieto represented VV Rafalafena, CD Castellón, CF Futur and CD Roda as a youth.[2] He made his senior debut with Castellón's first team on 16 December 2012, starting in a 1–1 Tercera División home draw against CD Eldense.[3]

On 16 September 2013, Nieto joined Real Valladolid, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth level.[4] He achieved promotion to Segunda División B in his first season as an undisputed started, but was sparingly used in his second.

On 6 August 2015, Nieto signed for fellow third-tier club CD Atlético Baleares.[5] The following 18 July he moved to another reserve team, RCD Mallorca B.[6]

Nieto first appeared with the main squad on 22 January 2017, starting in a 1–1 Segunda División away draw against CF Reus Deportiu.[7] On 14 July, after suffering relegation, he agreed to a deal with Hércules CF in the third division.[8]

On 6 August 2019, Nieto returned to the second division after agreeing to a two-year deal with Real Oviedo.[9] He scored his first professional goal on 1 December, netting the opener in a 2–1 home win over Rayo Vallecano.

On 9 July 2021, free agent Nieto signed a two-year contract with UD Almería also in the second level.[10] He helped the side in their promotion to La Liga, but suffered a knee injury in February 2022.

On 25 November 2022, after recovering from injury, Nieto announced his departure from the Rojiblancos,[11] and signed a 18-month deal with SD Huesca in the second division.[12]

In August 2024, he joined Slovenian Prva Liga champion NK Celje as a free agent.[1]

Honours

Almería

References

  1. ^ a b "Experienced Spanish defender Juanjo Nieto joins Celje on a free transfer - News - Nogomania". en.nogomania.com. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Juanjo Nieto: "Pepe Zaera me hizo creer en mis posibilidades"" [Juanjo Nieto: "Pepe Zaera made me believe in my possibilities"] (in Spanish). Castellón Base. 23 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ "El ex jugador del Roda, Juanjo Nieto, debuta con el Castellón" [Former Roda player, Juanjo Nieto, debuts with Castellón] (in Spanish). CD Roda. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ^ "El Promesas cierra su plantilla con el delantero Juanjo" [Promesas complete their squad with the forward Juanjo] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Juanjo Nieto, el séptimo refuerzo" [Juanjo Nieto, the seventh addition] (in Spanish). CD Atlético Baleares. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ^ "El Mallorca B incorpora a Juanjo Nieto" [Mallorca B sign Juanjo Nieto] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Reus y Mallorca se perdonan uno al otro y acaban firmando tablas" [Reus and Mallorca rue their chances and end up drawing] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. ^ "El Hércules ficha al lateral derecho Juanjo Nieto" [Hércules sign the right back Juanjo Nieto] (in Spanish). Hércules CF. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Juanjo Nieto signs for Real Oviedo". Real Oviedo. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Juanjo Nieto, first signing for 2021/22 season". UD Almería. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Nieto se despide del Almería" [Nieto bids farewell from Almería] (in Spanish). Diario de Almería. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Juanjo Nieto refuerza el lateral derecho de la SD Huesca" [Juanjo Nieto bolsters the right back of SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.