Francho Serrano

Francho Serrano Gracía (born 17 October 2001) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Real Zaragoza and Spain national U21 team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Serrano and the second or maternal family name is Gracia.
Francho Serrano
Personal information
Full name Francho Serrano Gracia
Date of birth (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Zaragoza
Number 14
Youth career
2015–2020 Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Zaragoza B 2 (0)
2020– Zaragoza 98 (4)
International career‡
2020 Spain U19 1 (0)
2021– Spain U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 December 2021

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon,[2] and joined Real Zaragoza's youth setup in 2015, aged 13. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 14 December 2019, starting in a 2–1 Tercera División home win against CD Brea.[3]

On 23 March 2020, Serrano renewed his contract until 2024 and was definitely promoted to the first team for the 2020–21 season.[4] He made his professional debut on 1 November, starting in a 0–0 home draw against RCD Mallorca in the Segunda División championship.[5]

Serrano scored his first senior goal on 16 December 2020, netting the second in a 2–0 away win against Gimnástica de Torrelavega, for the season's Copa del Rey.[6]

References
  1. "Francho Serrano" (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. "Francho: "Estamos en ascuas, a ver si podemos empezar ya a tocar el balón"" [Francho: "We are on tenterhooks, hoping that we could start touching the ball now"] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. "El Deportivo Aragón logra un importante triunfo frente al Brea (2–1)" [Deportivo Aragón get an important triumph against Brea (2–1)] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. "Francho Serrano renueva con el Real Zaragoza hasta 2024" [Francho Serrano renews with Real Zaragoza until 2024] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. "El Zaragoza sigue sin pegada pero aguanta ante el Mallorca" [Zaragoza remain powerless but hold on against Mallorca] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  6. "Iván Azón y Francho rescatan al Zaragoza en la prórroga" [Iván Azón and Francho rescue Zaragoza in the extra time] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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