Óscar Castellano Zamora (born 7 October 1997), commonly known as Chiqui, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger for

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...

Club career

Born in Mérida,

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, Chiqui moved to

Salceda de Caselas Salceda de Caselas is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Vigo. It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Ponteareas, to the southeast by the municipal ...

, Galicia at the age of 13 and finished his formation with

UD Santa Mariña Unión Deportiva Santa Mariña is a Spanish football club based in Cabral, a parish of Vigo in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1947, they play in . Home matches are held at ''Instalaciones Deportivas de Cotogrande'', and team co ...

. After making his first team debut during the 2015–16 season, in the regional leagues, he subsequently represented Erizana CF. Ahead of the 2017–18 campaign, Chiqui signed for

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 ...

side

CD Choco Club Deportivo Choco de Redondela is a Spanish football club based in Redondela, province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Founded in 1953, the team currently plays in . The club's home ground is ''Campo Municipal de Santa Mariña''. Season to s ...

. On 21 June 2018, he moved to fellow league team

Arosa SC Arosa Sociedad Cultural is a Spanish football team based in Vilagarcía de Arousa, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio A Lomba'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. Season to sea ...

, being a regular starter before joining

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

on 18 July of the following year, being initially assigned to the farm team also in division four. Chiqui made his professional debut on 8 December 2019, coming on as a late substitute for

Tete Morente José Antonio "Tete" Morente Oliva (born 4 December 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Italian club Lecce. Career Born in La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz, Andalusia, Morente joined Atlético Madrid's ...

in a 1–3 away loss against

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in the

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championship. The following 17 September, he moved to

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side

Marino de Luanco Club Marino de Luanco is a Spanish football team based in Luanco, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1931 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Miramar'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. History Marino Luanco was founde ...

on loan for the 2020–21 season.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiqui 1997 births Living people Footballers from Mérida, Spain Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Polvorín FC players CD Lugo players Marino de Luanco footballers Pontevedra CF footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen