Pablo Pinillos Caro

Pablo Pinillos

Personal information
Full name	Pablo Pinillos Caro
Date of birth	(1974-07-09) 9 July 1974
Place of birth	Murillo de Río Leza, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Calahorra	35	(5)
1996–1997	Pontevedra	34	(0)
1997–1999	Deportivo B	65	(1)
1997–1998	Deportivo La Coruña	7	(0)
1999–2000	Toledo	40	(0)
2000–2003	Compostela	110	(2)
2003–2005	Levante	65	(0)
2005–2011	Racing Santander	172	(3)
Total		528	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pinillos and the second or maternal family name is Caro.

Pablo Pinillos Caro (born 9 July 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back.

In a 15-year old professional career he appeared in 213 La Liga games over the course of eight seasons (three goals), mainly representing Racing de Santander.

Football career

Early years

Born in Murillo de Río Leza, La Rioja, Pinillos played professionally for modest clubs in his early years, working as a bricklayer before arriving at third division team Pontevedra CF in 1996, eight hours a day.

After an uneventful two-year stint with Deportivo de La Coruña, he moved to second level sides CD Toledo, SD Compostela and Levante UD, achieving La Liga promotion at the end of the 2003–04 season with the latter.

Racing Santander

Upon Levante's 2005 relegation, Pinillos joined Cantabria's Racing de Santander, where he coincided with former Levante coach Manuel Preciado. There, he was an undisputed defensive starter and one of the team's captains, being instrumental in their 2007–08 historical qualification to the UEFA Cup – 32 matches, 2,716 minutes.

In the following campaign, 34-year-old Pinillos played 29 league games plus three in the continental competition, as Racing finished in 12th position. On 26 April 2009, he scored his first goal in the top flight, but in a 1–2 away loss against Athletic Bilbao.

In early July 2011, after 189 official contests with Racing (and 20 during the season as they again retained their division status), Pinillos retired from football at the age of 37, having appeared in 354 matches both major levels of Spanish football combined. He immediately joined the club's coaching staff.

However, after the dismissal of manager Juanjo González on 7 March 2012, Pinillos was promoted to caretaker manager along with Fede Castaños, until the end of the campaign. The pair only lasted one game in that predicament however, after the appointment of Álvaro Cervera.

Honours

Calahorra

• Tercera División: 1995–96

Levante

• Segunda División: 2003–04

External links

• Racing official profile (Spanish)
• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• Pablo Pinillos profile at BDFutbol
• Pablo Pinillos at Soccerway