Pedro Santa Cecilia García (born 10 March 1984), known simply as Pedro, is a Spanish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a right midfielder.

Club career

Born in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive ...

, Pedro made his professional debut with hometown's

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

on 12 February 2006, in a 0–0 away draw against

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

. He went on to become an important midfield element in the subsequent seasons, playing 37 matches in 2007–08 to help the club return to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

after a ten-year hiatus. Pedro first appeared in the top flight on 31 August 2008, featuring 11 minutes in a 1–2 home loss to

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and ope ...

. He appeared in 17 games during the campaign, almost always as a substitute, and played almost no part in 2009–10 as the team again managed to retain their league status, being released in June 2010. On 6 September 2010, Pedro signed a one-year contract with

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches a ...

of the second division, being released only three and a half months after. In August of the following year, he moved abroad and penned a one-year deal (with the option for a further season) with

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Associ ...

side R. Charleroi SC. On 11 October 2012, after terminating his contract with the club and having appeared in only one Pro League match, Pedro signed for

Auckland City FC Auckland City Football Club is a New Zealand professional football club based in the suburb of Sandringham in Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Northern League. Auckland City have established themselves as a major force in b ...

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, joining several compatriots including manager

Ramon Tribulietx Ramon Tribulietx Santolaya (born 20 September 1972) is a Spanish football coach and former player. Tribulietx holds the world record for the most trophies in continental competitions, winning seven straight OFC Champions League titles with Au ...

.Pedro ficha por el Auckland de Nueva Zelanda (Pedro signs for New Zealand's Auckland)
La Nueva España, 11 October 2012 (in Spanish)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro 1984 births Living people Footballers from Gijón Spanish footballers Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Tercera División players Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón) footballers Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players Albacete Balompié players Belgian First Division A players Belgian First Division B players R. Charleroi S.C. players New Zealand Football Championship players Auckland City FC players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Spanish expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand