Francisco "Paco" Sutil Tirado (born 21 December 1984) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for Martos CD as a

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. He spent most of his career with

Real Jaén Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Jaén, Spain, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Nuevo Estadio de La Vict ...

, appearing in exactly 100

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games over four seasons (six goals scored), with that club,

Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

and

Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...

. In

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he competed in

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, with

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

Football career

Jaén

Born in Jaén,

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, Sutil began his career at hometown club

, playing in its

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and on loan at amateurs Úbeda CF before making his debut in the first team on 31 August 2002, starting in a 1–2 away loss against

CD Linares Club Deportivo Linares was a Spanish football team based in Linares, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1990 and dissolved in July 2009, it played its last season in 2008–09, in Second Division B - Group 4. The team's ...

in the

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championship. He spent six seasons with the main squad, always in that level.

Eibar

In June 2008, Sutil moved to

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

. His debut as a professional took place on 3 September, starting in a 0–1 defeat at

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Nou E ...

for the second round of the

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; ten days later he played his first league game, coming on as a half-time substitute for Josu Etxaniz as the team fell 0–2 away to

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

. On 21 February 2009, Sutil volleyed the decisive goal in a 2–1 away triumph against

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. He contributed with a further two successful strikes in 37 games, as the campaign ended in relegation.

Real Sociedad

On 29 June 2010, following an eight-goal haul in the following campaign back in division three, Sutil signed a two-year contract with the option of a third for another

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club,

. His

debut came two months later, as he started in a 1–0 win over

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...

at the

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. On 13 September 2010, Sutil netted his first goal for the ''Txurri-Urdin'', putting them back into the lead in an eventual 2–2 draw at

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

. Of his 14 subsequent games over the season only two were starts, and in the final game, at home to

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

, he came on at the interval in place of

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and equalised for a 1–1 draw.

Later career

On 1 August 2011, Sutil agreed to a three-year deal with

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

in the second tier. After two years of relative playing time, he joined another team from the same category,

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a historical List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sabadell ( Catalonia) Founded in 1903, its first men's team plays in the . Its first CE Sabadell (women), women's tea ...

, for one season. An internal disciplinary hearing was taken on him in late December, for undisclosed reasons, and having collected only 233 minutes of action for the

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, his contract was terminated on 10 January 2014. After offering his services for a nominal salary at

La Hoya Lorca CF Lorca Fútbol Club was a Spanish football team based in Lorca, in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2003, it last played in Preferente Autonómica de Murcia – Group 1, holding home games at Estadio Francisco Artés ...

to be nearer to his Murcian girlfriend, Sutil returned to Real Jaén on 28 January, making four substitute appearances as the team suffered relegation to the third division. After the appointment of manager Gonzalo Arconada in the 2015 off-season, he was soon deemed surplus to requirements, moving on 2 July the following year to

Antequera CF Antequera Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Antequera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1992, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio El Maulí'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. History Ante ...

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 ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutil, Francisco 1984 births Living people Footballers from Jaén, Spain Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Jaén footballers SD Eibar footballers Real Sociedad footballers Real Murcia CF players CE Sabadell FC footballers Antequera CF footballers Martos CD footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen