Iván Casquero Cosío (born 14 July 1979) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left back.

Iván Casquero
Personal information
Full name Iván Casquero Cosío
Date of birth (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Oviedo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Oviedo 1 (0)
1998–2000 Oviedo B 52 (0)
2000–2001 Eibar 17 (0)
2001 Numancia 9 (0)
2002–2007 Cultural Leonesa 191 (3)
2007–2009 Fuerteventura 71 (0)
2009 Estepona 15 (0)
2010–2011 Universidad LP 41 (1)
2012 Caudal
Total 397 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Born in Gijón, Asturias, Casquero played youth football at Real Oviedo. On 26 May 1996, while still a junior, he made his first and only appearance in La Liga, coming on as a late substitute for Thomas Christiansen in a 3–1 away loss against CP Mérida.[1]

In the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, Casquero played a combined 26 matches in Segunda División matches for SD Eibar and CD Numancia.[2] He all but competed in Segunda División B until his retirement at the age of 32, representing mainly Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[3][4]

Coaching career

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Casquero returned to Oviedo after retiring, and worked at the club as youth physio[5][6] and assistant coach to their reserves.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Valades, Ángel (27 May 1996). "El Mérida pone más ganas que el Oviedo" [Mérida want it more than Oviedo]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. ^ Álvarez, Gabriel (2 July 2005). "La Cultural renueva a Casquero para dotar de carácter al equipo" [Cultural renew Casquero to provide team with character]. Diario de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Iván Casquero refuerzo para el líder de la Tercera asturiana" [Iván Casquero addition for Asturian Tercera leaders] (in Spanish). Asturias Mundial. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. ^ Bañó, G. (3 July 2013). "El Oviedo perfila su plantilla en División de Honor" [Oviedo outline their squad in Honour Division] (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. ^ García, Ramón Julio (2 July 2014). "Juan Fidalgo y Rober Robles dirigirán la cantera del Real Oviedo" [Juan Fidalgo and Rober Robles will manage Real Oviedo youths]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Estructura de cantera 2015–2016" [2015–2016 youth system structure] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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