Paqui

Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso (born 6 December 1970), known as Paqui, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Veza and the second or maternal family name is Fragoso.
Paqui
Personal information
Full name Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso
Date of birth (1970-12-06) 6 December 1970
Place of birth Alicante, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Hércules
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Barcelona C 34 (0)
1989–1990 Barcelona B 18 (1)
1990–1995 Tenerife 100 (0)
1995–1996 Zaragoza 26 (0)
1996–1997 Hércules 21 (0)
1997–2004 Las Palmas 180 (6)
2002–2003 → Osasuna (loan) 5 (0)
Total 384 (7)
International career
1988–1990 Spain U19 6 (0)
1989–1990 Spain U20 5 (0)
1990–1991 Spain U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaTeam Competition

He played professionally for six clubs during 16 years, mainly Tenerife and Las Palmas.

Club career

Paqui was born in Alicante, Province of Valencia. An unsuccessful FC Barcelona youth graduate (only played for the Catalans' B-team) he went on to represent CD Tenerife,[1] Real Zaragoza, Hércules CF and UD Las Palmas; he was instrumental in the latter's 2000 return to La Liga, and also served a loan to fellow league club CA Osasuna whilst under contract.

Paqui retired from the game in June 2004 after Las Palmas' relegation into the third division, totalling 221 matches and two goals in the Spanish top flight.

International career

Paqui was part of Spain's gold medal-winning squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2][3]

References
  1. "Paqui, lesionado de gravedad" [Paqui, seriously injured] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 January 1991. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. "Supervivientes de oro" [Golden survivors]. El País (in Spanish). 25 February 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. "La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica" [1992's La Roja, our Olympic gold medal] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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