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Isma Cerro
Personal information
Full name	Ismael Cerro Sánchez
Date of birth	7 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Cáceres, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Marino de Luanco
Number	19
Youth career
2004–2012	Diocesano
2012–2014	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2016	Real Madrid C
2015–2016	→ Racing Santander (loan)
2016–2018	Sporting B
2018–2020	Sporting Gijón
2020	→ Badajoz (loan)
2020–2021	Andorra
2021	Guijuelo
2022–2023	Coria
2023–2024	Real Avilés
2024–	Marino de Luanco
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Ismael "Isma" Cerro Sánchez (born 7 July 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a winger for Marino de Luanco.

Club career

Born in Cáceres, Extremadura, Cerro joined Real Madrid's youth setup on 22 May 2012, after starting it out at CD Diocesano.^[2] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 22 March 2015, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–0 Tercera División away draw against CF Pozuelo de Alarcón.^[3]

Cerro scored his first senior goal on 12 April 2015, in a 1–2 home loss against CDA Navalcarnero.^[4] On 14 July, he was loaned to Segunda División B side Racing de Santander for one year.^[5]

On 21 July 2016, free agent Cerro moved to another reserve team, Sporting Gijón B in the fourth division.^[6] He was definitely promoted to the senior team in Segunda División ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, after agreeing to a new three-year contract.^[7]

Cerro made his professional debut on 18 October 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Pablo Pérez in a 1–1 away draw against CF Rayo Majadahonda, for the season's Copa del Rey, converting his kick in the 4–3 win on penalties.^[8] On 17 November, during the first minutes of the Asturian derby against Real Oviedo, he suffered a knee injury that forced him to miss the remainder of the season.^[9]

Cerro returned to action on 4 September 2019, coming on as substitute in a 2–0 home win against Albacete Balompié.^[10] He scored his first goal as a professional on 27 October, netting the opener in a 4–0 home routing of Real Zaragoza.^[11]

On 30 January 2020, after playing only eight matches in the first half of the season, Cerro was loaned to third division side CD Badajoz for six months.^[12] On 17 September 2020, Isma moved to FC Andorra on a deal until June 2021.^[13] After only one cup game for Andorra, Cerro moved to CD Guijuelo on 4 January 2021.^[14]

References

^ Isma Cerro at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ "El Madrid firma a Ismael, del Diocesano, por cuatro años" [Madrid sign Ismael, from Diocesano, for four years] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Extremadura. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ "29ª Jornada – Crónicas: CF Pozuelo de Alarcón 0–0 Real Madrid "C" (Temporada 2014/15)" [29th Round – Reports: CF Pozuelo de Alarcón 0–0 Real Madrid "C" (2014/15 season)] (in Spanish). FutMadrid. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^ "Real Madrid C 1–2 Navalcarnero | El Navalcarnero se lleva los puntos de penalti" [Real Madrid C 1–2 Navalcarnero | Navalcarnero take the points from the penalty spot] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ "Ismael Cerro jugará en el Racing este curso cedido por el Real Madrid" [Ismael Cerro will play at Racing this season on loan from Real Madrid] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ "Isma Cerro, refuerzo para el ataque del filial rojiblanco" [Isma Cerro, addition for the attack of the reserve team rojiblanco] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ "Los nuevos contratos de Juan, Cris Salvador, Traver y Cerro en el Sporting" [The new contracts of Juan, Cris Salvador, Traver and Cerro at Sporting] (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Al Sporting le salvan los penaltis" [Penalties save Sporting] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ "El cacereño Isma Cerro del Sporting pasará por el quirófano el lunes" [Cacereño Isma Cerro of Sporting will go through surgery on Monday] (in Spanish). Hoy. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
^ "El sportinguista Isma Cerro vuelve a jugar tras diez meses de lesión" [Sporting player Isma Cerro returns to action after ten months of injury] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 4 September 2019.
^ "El Sporting golea y se divierte en El Molinón" [Sporting thrash and have fun at the El Molinón] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 27 October 2019.
^ "Isma Cerro, cedido al Badajoz" [Isma López, loaned to Badajoz] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ Isma Cerro, nou jugador del FC Andorra, fcandorra.com, 17 September 2020
^ Isma Cerro refuerza la parcela ofensiva del CD Guijuelo, elnortedecastilla.es, 4 January 2021