Carlos Monje Serrano (born 6 June 1990), commonly known as Chirri is a Spanish footballer who plays for Andorran Penya Encarnada as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Chirri arrived at the youth academy of

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

in 2006 from

Mérida AD Asociación Deportiva Mérida, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Mérida, Spain, Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2013 it is a successor club of ...

. He was promoted to the B-team in 2008. He scored his first goal for the club in the 85th minute of a 1–0 victory against

Barakaldo CF Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Basque football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in , holding home stadium is '' Lasesarre'', with a 7,960 Seat Capacity. History Barakaldo pla ...

. On 19 July 2011, Chirri signed for

CD Teruel Club Deportivo Teruel is a Spanish football team based in Teruel, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1954, the club plays in the , and holds home games at ''Estadio Pinilla'', with a capacity of 4,500 seats. History Founded in 195 ...

but left after one season, when he moved to Arroyo. After representing

Xerez Xerez Club Deportivo S. A. D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of Jerez de la Frontera. It was founded in 1947 and plays in . History Due to the link between Jerez de la Frontera and the United Kingdom created by the exports of sherr ...

and

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in quick succession which played in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

, he returned to the third tier with

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on 11 July 2014. His debut came on 24 August, when he featured in a 2–2 draw with Granada B. On 16 January 2015, Chirri moved abroad and signed for Polish

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

club

MKP Pogoń Siedlce Miejski Klub Piłkarski Pogoń Siedlce () is a Polish football club based in Siedlce. They currently play in the second tier after winning the 2023–24 II liga. Pogoń plays their home games at the new Municipal Stadium, which is situated on ...

. On 13 April, he scored his only goal for the club, netting the lone goal in a victory against

Olimpia Grudziądz Olimpia Grudziądz is a Polish football club from Grudziądz. The club was formed on 30 June 1923. Currently, Olimpia plays in the II liga, following promotion in the 2022–23 season. On 1 March 2022, thanks to defeating Wisła Kraków in a ...

. After having returned to Spain with

CF Gavà Club de Futbol Gavà is a Spanish football team based in Gavà, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1922, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi La Bòbila'', with a capacity of 2,550 seats. History The club was founded ...

in 2015, he switched to

FC Jumilla Fútbol Club Jumilla was a Spanish football team based in Jumilla, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2011, it played in Segunda División B – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de La Hoya''. Between 2016 and ...

after one season on 3 February 2016.

International career

Chirri was shortlisted by manager

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for a Spain U19 squad that would play in a friendly tournament in

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. In following year, he scored a goal for the under 19 team against Estonia U19.

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