Francisco Regalón

Francisco Regalón Cerezo (born 19 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Regalón and the second or maternal family name is Cerezo.
Francisco Regalón
Personal information
Full name Francisco Regalón Cerezo
Date of birth (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987
Place of birth Algallarín, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Atlético Madrid C
2006–2012 Atlético Madrid B 116 (14)
2012–2017 Numancia 124 (12)
2017 Cultural Leonesa 9 (1)
2017–2018 Racing Santander 23 (2)
2018–2021 Castellón 28 (2)
International career
2002–2003 Spain U16 8 (0)
2004 Spain U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 July 2020

Club career

Born in Algallarín, Córdoba, Andalusia, Regalón finished his development with Atlético Madrid, spending six full seasons with the reserves in the Segunda División B and making his debut in the competition on 12 February 2006 in a 1–1 away draw against AD Alcorcón.[1] In the 2011–12 campaign, he scored a career-best five goals in 35 matches.

Regalón left the Colchoneros to join CD Numancia in June 2012, signing a one-year contract.[2] He made his Segunda División debut on 18 August, in a 2–0 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[3] He netted his first goal for the Soria club on 25 November, helping to a 4–2 away victory over Real Madrid Castilla.[4]

On 23 March 2017, Regalón cut ties with Numancia[5] and signed for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa just hours later.[6] On 1 August, after achieving promotion to the second tier, he moved to Racing de Santander.[7]

Honours

Cultural Leonesa

References
  1. Falcón demostró su clase y detuvo a un gran Alcorcón (Falcón showed his class and stopped great Alcorcón); Mundo Deportivo, 13 February 2006 (in Spanish)
  2. "Regalón, primer refuerzo de la temporada" [Regalón, first signing of season] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. El Sporting se estrella en su debut en Soria (Sporting crash in debut in Soria); Marca, 19 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. "El Castilla es un coladero" [Castilla can't get weaker on defence] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  5. "Regalón rescinde su contrato con el C.D Numancia" [Regalón terminates his contract with C.D Numancia] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  6. "#BienvenidoFrancisco" [#WelcomeFrancisco] (in Spanish). Cultural Leonesa. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  7. "Regalón refuerza la defensa del Racing 2017/18" [Regalón bolsters the defence of 2017/18 Racing] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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