Paqui
Paqui
Spanish footballer
Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso (born 6 December 1970), known as Paqui, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-12-06) 6 December 1970 (age 53) | ||
| 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 | ||
 | 1992 Barcelona | Team Competition |
He played professionally for six clubs during 16 years, mainly Tenerife and Las Palmas.
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.
Paqui was part of Spain's gold medal-winning squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2][3]
- "Paqui, lesionado de gravedad" [Paqui, seriously injured] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 January 1991. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- "Supervivientes de oro" [Golden survivors]. El País (in Spanish). 25 February 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- "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.