Nino (footballer, born 1980)

Nino
Nino as a Tenerife player in 2010
Personal information
Full name Juan Francisco Martínez Modesto[1]
Date of birth (1980-06-10) 10 June 1980 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth Vera, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Elche B (assistant)
Youth career
CD Vera
1995–1997 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Elche B
1998–2006 Elche 273 (88)
2006–2008 Levante 19 (1)
2007–2008Tenerife (loan) 40 (18)
2008–2011 Tenerife 119 (60)
2011–2016 Osasuna 143 (27)
2016–2021 Elche 170 (38)
Total 764 (232)
Managerial career
2021– Elche B (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Francisco Martínez Modesto (born 10 June 1980), known as Nino, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently assistant manager of Elche CF Ilicitano.

He was the player with the most matches and goals in the history of both the Segunda División, with 571 matches and 194 goals, and of Elche, with 461 appearances and 135 goals.[2][3] In La Liga, he represented Levante, Tenerife, Osasuna and Elche, becoming the first player to reach 700 games in Spain's two professional divisions.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Nino". Diario AS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ Millar, Colin (17 December 2020). "Spanish football cult hero breaks record in Copa del Rey". Football España. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ Gómez, Verónica (29 March 2022). "Nino: casi 250 goles y ninguno en San Mamés" [Nino: nearly 250 goals and none at San Mamés] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ^ Díaz, Adrián (3 January 2021). "Nino, primer jugador que alcanza los 700 partidos de Liga entre Primera y Segunda" [Nino, first player to reach 700 league games between Primera and Segunda]. Marca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

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