Edu Cortina
Eduardo "Edu" Cortina García (born 25 September 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Mérida AD as a midfielder.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eduardo Cortina García | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Oviedo, Spain | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mérida | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2015 | Oviedo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Oviedo B | 114 | (9) |
2018–2020 | Oviedo | 11 | (0) |
2020– | Mérida | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2020 |
Club career
Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Cortina finished his formation with Real Oviedo. He made his senior debut with the reserves during the 2015–16 campaign, in Tercera División.
Cortina made his professional debut on 11 September 2018, coming on as a first-half substitute for injured Sergio Tejera in a 0–1 away loss against RCD Mallorca for the season's Copa del Rey.[1] Five days later he made his Segunda División debut, replacing Javi Muñoz in a 2–0 away win against CD Lugo.
On 11 June 2019, Cortina was one of the seven players from the B-side who were promoted to the main squad for the 2019–20 campaign.[2] On 28 September of the following year, after featuring rarely, he terminated his contract,[3] and signed for Segunda División B side Mérida AD just hours later.[4]
References
- "El Mallorca apuesta más fuerte" [Mallorca bet higher] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- "Un paso al frente" [A step forward] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- "Edu Cortina Contract Termination". Real Oviedo. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- "Edu Cortina redondea el centro del campo del Mérida" [Edu Cortina rounds the centre of midfield of Mérida] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
External links
- Edu Cortina at BDFutbol
- Edu Cortina at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Edu Cortina at Soccerway