Fernando Usero

Fernando Usero
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Usero Toledano
Date of birth	27 March 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth	Brazatortas, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Málaga
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2004	Atlético Madrid B
2004–2006	Málaga B
2005–2006	Málaga
2006–2008	Poli Ejido
2008–2010	Elche
2010–2011	Córdoba
2011–2015	Asteras Tripolis
2015	→ Alcorcón (loan)
2015–2016	Atromitos
2017	Mirandés
2018	Toledo
2018–2019	Puertollano
Total
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Usero Toledano (born 27 March 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Club career

Usero was born in Brazatortas, Province of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha.^[2] After emerging through Málaga CF's youth system, and a brief spell at Atlético Madrid's reserves, he returned to the Andalusians, playing two seasons with their B team in the Segunda División and scoring a career-best seven goals in 2005–06.^[3] Additionally, he managed to appear four times for the main squad in the same timeframe,^[4] as both were relegated come June 2006;^[5] his La Liga debut came on 9 January 2005, in a 2–1 away loss against Racing de Santander.^[6]

Usero then spent two years at Málaga neighbours Polideportivo Ejido, being an undisputed starter^[7]^[8] and suffering relegation at the end of the 2007–08 campaign,^[9] following which he signed for another club in the second division, Elche CF.^[10] In summer 2011, having totalled 247 matches in Spain's second tier, he moved abroad for the first time and joined a host of compatriots at Asteras Tripolis F.C. in Greece, arriving from Córdoba CF.^[11]^[12]

On 19 June 2015, after a four-month loan with AD Alcorcón back in his homeland, Usero returned to the Super League Greece and signed a two-year contract with Atromitos FC.^[13] He went back to Spain afterwards, seeing out his career aged 35 by representing CD Mirandés (second division),^[14] CD Toledo (Segunda División B)^[2] and amateurs Calvo Sotelo Puertollano.^[15]

Career statistics

As of 17 April 2016

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético Madrid B	2003–04^[16]	Segunda División B	3	1	—		—		—		—		3	1
Málaga	2004–05^[16]	La Liga	2	0	0	0	—		—		—		2	0
	2005–06^[16]	La Liga	2	0	0	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	—		—		—		4	0
Poli Ejido	2006–07^[16]	Segunda División	38	2	1	0	—		—		—		39	2
	2007–08^[16]	Segunda División	38	2	1	0	—		—		—		39	2
	Total		76	4	2	0	—		—		—		78	4
Elche	2008–09^[16]	Segunda División	41	5	3	0	—		—		—		44	5
	2009–10^[16]	Segunda División	24	5	0	0	—		—		—		24	5
	Total		65	10	3	0	—		—		—		68	10
Córdoba	2010–11^[16]	Segunda División	34	3	6	0	—		—		—		40	3
Asteras Tripolis	2011–12^[17]	Super League Greece	27	2	4	0	—		—		—		31	2
	2012–13^[17]		28	3	5	3	—		4^[a]	1	—		37	7
	2013–14^[17]		36	4	2	0	—		2^[a]	0	—		40	4
	2014–15^[17]		9	1	0	0	—		10^[a]	1	—		19	2
	Total		100	10	11	3	—		16	2	—		127	15
Alcorcón (loan)	2014–15^[16]	Segunda División	14	0	0	0	—		—		—		14	0
Atromitos	2015–16^[17]	Super League Greece	26	2	6	0	—		4^[a]	0	—		36	2
Career total			322	30	28	3	—		20	2	—		370	35

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Asteras Tripolis

Greek Football Cup runner-up: 2012–13^[18]

Individual

Super League Greece Team of the Season: 2013–14^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Fernando Usero at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b "Fernando Usero se incorpora al CD Toledo" [Fernando Usero joins CD Toledo]. La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (in Spanish). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
^ "Memoria de La Liga de Fútbol Profesional | 2005/2006" [Memory of the Professional Football League | 2005/2006] (PDF) (in Spanish). La Liga. 17 December 2019. p. 116. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
^ Carrero, Mario (21 August 2018). "El Calvo Sotelo ya tiene fichaje estrella para su regreso a tercera: Fernando Usero" [Calvo Sotelo already have a star signing for their return to tercera: Fernando Usero] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
^ "2001–2006: Primera participación Europea" [2001–2006: First appearance in Europe] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
^ "El Racing da el primer paso para superar su crisis" [Racing take first step towards overcoming crisis]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 9 January 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^ Hernández Bru, Víctor J. (15 November 2007). "«No hemos hecho nada, sólo un partido»" ["We have done nothing, only a match"]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
^ Hernández Bru, Víctor J. (3 April 2008). "«Sacando sólo los puntos de casa no nos salen las cuentas»" ["By getting points only at home we will not make ends meet"]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
^ Acedo, Diego (3 December 2011). "Un Poli Ejido al mejor postor" [Poli Ejido goes to the highest bidder]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
^ "El Elche cierra los fichajes de Santos y Fernando Usero" [Elche close deals on Santos and Fernando Usero]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 16 July 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^ Rincón, Jaime (8 October 2012). "Pichichi Soriano y la 'Spanish Premier'" [Top scorer Soriano and the 'Spanish Premier']. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
^ De la Cruz, C. (14 July 2015). "Usero, el 'griego'" [Usero, the 'Greek']. La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
^ "Fernando Usero ficha por el Atromitos griego" [Fernando Usero signs with Greece's Atromitos] (in Spanish). Futbolistas Emigrantes. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "El Mirandés ficha al centrocampista Fernando Usero" [Mirandés sign midfielder Fernando Usero]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 27 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
^ "Usero y Ribalta causan baja en el Calvo Sotelo Puertollano" [Usero and Ribalta released at Calvo Sotelo Puertollano] (in Spanish). Lanza Digital. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Fernando Usero at BDFutbol
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fernando Usero at Soccerway
^ Rubio, Quique (11 May 2013). "El Olympiacos de Míchel logra el doblete tras ganar la Copa" [Míchel's Olympiacos get double after winning Cup]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
^ "Οι κορυφαίοι του ΠΣΑΠ" [PSAP top players] (in Greek). Rik News. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2022.