Francisco Cerro

Francisco Cerro

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Personal information
Full name	Francisco Cerro
Date of birth	(1988-02-09) February 9, 1988
Place of birth	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Centre midfielder / Right winger
Team information
Current team	Racing Club
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Quilmes	51	(2)
2011–2012	→ Vélez Sársfield (loan)	24	(0)
2012–2014	Vélez Sársfield	34	(1)
2014-	Racing Club	27	(0)
International career
2012–	Argentina	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2015

Francisco Cerro (born February 9, 1988) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Racing Club in the Argentine Primera División.

Club career

Cerro started his professional career in 2008 playing for Quilmes in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division). During the 2009–10 season, he helped Quilmes to obtain promotion to the Argentine Primera División. During his team's one-season stay in the Primera, Cerro played 23 games (9 in the 2010 Apertura and 14 in the 2011 Clausura), and scored two goals.

For the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season, Cerro was loaned to Vélez Sársfield with a US$750,000 option to buy. He signed his contract with Vélez on August 4, 2011. Initially a substitute for Héctor Canteros, Cerro became a regular starter for the team during the 2012 Clausura and Copa Libertadores, playing 21 games during the semester.

The midfielder was eventually purchased by Vélez and started 13 games (scoring once) during Vélez's 2012 Inicial title-winning campaign.

After tough negotiations, on 5 February 2014 is confirmed as the new reinforcement Racing Club, following the purchase of 90% of his passes. On February 15, makes its official debut with the albiceleste jersey in the 1-0 defeat against San Lorenzo in the New Gasometer, entering halftime replaces José Luis Gómez. Despite the defeat, Pancho performed well in his debut, since that party has won the title and is one of the leaders of the team, providing strength and good play with the ball under his breath.

In 2014 champion is crowned Racing Club having played two matches (against Banfield and Olimpo of Bahia Blanca) after 13 years of waiting. Currently he has 27 games played goalless in Racing Club . In 2015 their current statistics are in the Libertadores Cup and played 4 games in the First Division of Argentina, has 14 games played.

International career

Cerro debuted for the Argentina national football team in 2012, playing a friendly against Brazil in a team formed exclusively with local league players.

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

• Argentine Primera División (1): 2012 Inicial

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
• Career statistics at BDFA (Spanish)