Sergio Cidoncha Fernández (born 27 August 1990) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Spain
Born in
El Escorial, Madrid
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The ter ...
, Cidoncha was a product of local
Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...
's youth ranks. He made his senior debut in the
2009–10 season with the
C team, in the
Tercera División
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. Two years later, he was promoted to
the reserves in the
Segunda División B
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.
On 25 July 2013, Cidoncha was loaned to
Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...
,
recently relegated to
Segunda División. He made his debut in the competition on 17 August, in a 1–1 away draw against
Hércules CF
Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3 and plays its home ...
.
On 4 August 2014, Cidoncha signed a two-year deal 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 ...
,
newly promoted to the second tier. He opened his scoring account in the league on 23 November, his brace helping the hosts defeat
CA Osasuna
Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...
2–0.
Cidoncha returned to division three in summer 2016, joining
SD Ponferradina
Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at t ...
.
India
On 10 August 2018, 27-year-old Cidoncha moved abroad for the first time and signed with
Indian Super League
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club
Jamshedpur FC
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. He scored three goals in
his only season, adding as many
assists in a fifth-place finish.
Cidoncha moved to fellow league team
Kerala Blasters FC
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on 12 June 2019, on a two-year contract. He scored his first goal for them on 1 December, in the first minute of an eventual 2–2 home draw with
FC Goa
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. At the end of
the campaign
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*Bli ...
, he agreed to a one-year extension.
On 18 November 2020, Cidoncha was named as one of the
captains
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. Late in the same month, he was taken off the field in the last minutes of the fixture against
Chennaiyin FC
Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season o ...
after a challenge from
Enes Sipović
Enes Sipović (born 11 September 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Kuwaiti Division One club Al-Jahra SC.
Club career Oțelul Galați
On 22 January 2009, At age of 18 Enes joined Oțelul Galați on th ...
; it was later confirmed that he had suffered a ligament injury to his right ankle, being expected to be on the sidelines for an extended period of time and eventually being replaced in the squad by his compatriot
Juande
Juan de Dios Prados López (born 12 August 1986), known as Juande, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Australian club Adelaide United FC.
Formed at Betis, he totalled 80 games and three goals for the ...
.
Later career
Cidoncha returned to Spain on 27 August 2021, joining third-division
Gimnástica Segoviana CF
Gimnástica Segoviana Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Segovia, the capital of the namesake province, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1928 as ''Sociedad Deportiva Gimnástica Segoviana'', it plays ...
.
Club statistics
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from the Community of Madrid
Association football midfielders
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Segunda Federación players
Atlético Madrid C players
Atlético Madrid B players
Real Zaragoza players
Albacete Balompié players
SD Ponferradina players
Indian Super League players
Jamshedpur FC players
Kerala Blasters FC players
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in India
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India