Pablo Pinillos

Pablo Pinillos
Personal information
Full name	Pablo Pinillos Caro
Date of birth	9 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Murillo de Río Leza, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1996	Calahorra
1996–1997	Pontevedra
1997–1999	Deportivo B
1997–1998	Deportivo La Coruña
1999–2000	Toledo
2000–2003	Compostela
2003–2005	Levante
2005–2011	Racing Santander
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pablo Pinillos Caro (born 9 July 1974) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back.

In a 15-year professional career, he appeared in 213 La Liga games over the course of eight seasons (three goals), mainly representing Racing de Santander.

Club career

Early years

Born in Murillo de Río Leza, La Rioja, Pinillos played professionally for modest clubs in his early years, working as a bricklayer before arriving at Segunda División B team Pontevedra CF in 1996, eight hours a day.^[2]

After an uneventful two-year stint with Deportivo de La Coruña, he moved to Segunda División sides CD Toledo, SD Compostela and Levante UD, achieving La Liga promotion at the end of the 2003–04 season with the latter.^[3]

Racing Santander

Upon Levante's 2005 relegation, Pinillos joined Cantabria's Racing de Santander, where he coincided with former Levante coach Manuel Preciado. There, he was an undisputed defensive starter and one of the team's captains,^[4] being instrumental in their 2007–08 historic qualification to the UEFA Cup – 32 matches, 2,716 minutes.^[5]

In the following campaign, the 34-year-old Pinillos played 29 league games plus three in the continental competition, as Racing finished in 12th position. He scored his first goal in the top flight on 26 April 2009, but in a 2–1 away loss against Athletic Bilbao.^[6]

In early July 2011, after 191 official appearances with Racing (and 20 during the season as they again retained their division status),^[7] Pinillos retired from football at the age of 37, having taken part in 354 matches both major levels of Spanish football combined. He immediately joined the club's coaching staff.^[8]

After the dismissal of manager Juanjo González on 7 March 2012, Pinillos was promoted to caretaker manager alongside Fede Castaños until the end of the campaign.^[9] Shortly after, however, Álvaro Cervera was appointed as the new coach.^[10]

Honours

Calahorra

Tercera División: 1995–96

Levante

Segunda División: 2003–04^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Pablo PINILLOS Caro". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ Barreiros, Pedro José (16 October 2008). "El fútbol según Pinillos" [Football according to Pinillos]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b "El histórico ascenso a Primera con Preciado cumple dieciséis años" [16th anniversary of historic promotion to Primera with Preciado] (in Spanish). EFE. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Munitis seguirá siendo el capitán del Racing" [Munitis to continue as Racing captain]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 July 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^ "El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0)" [Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
^ "Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Racing Santander". ESPN Soccernet. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "Emotivo homenaje de la Asociación de Peñas al ex jugador racinguista Pablo Pinillos" [Emotional homage from Supporters Association to former Racing player Pablo Pinillos] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ "Pinillos pasa a formar parte del staff técnico del Racing" [Pinillos joins Racing's coaching staff] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ "Juan José González deja de ser entrenador del Racing" [Juanjo González is no longer the manager of Racing] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
^ Sánchez, Pablo (11 March 2012). "«Si la plantilla cree en mí, lo lograremos»" ["If the squad believes in me, we will do it"]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2020.

External links

Pablo Pinillos at BDFutbol
Pablo Pinillos at Soccerway

[Profile-1] "Pablo PINILLOS Caro". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[2] Barreiros, Pedro José (16 October 2008). "El fútbol según Pinillos" [Football according to Pinillos]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2010.

[EFE-3] "El histórico ascenso a Primera con Preciado cumple dieciséis años" [16th anniversary of historic promotion to Primera with Preciado] (in Spanish). EFE. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[4] "Munitis seguirá siendo el capitán del Racing" [Munitis to continue as Racing captain]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 July 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

[5] "El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0)" [Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

[6] "Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Racing Santander". ESPN Soccernet. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[7] "Emotivo homenaje de la Asociación de Peñas al ex jugador racinguista Pablo Pinillos" [Emotional homage from Supporters Association to former Racing player Pablo Pinillos] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[8] "Pinillos pasa a formar parte del staff técnico del Racing" [Pinillos joins Racing's coaching staff] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[9] "Juan José González deja de ser entrenador del Racing" [Juanjo González is no longer the manager of Racing] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.

[10] Sánchez, Pablo (11 March 2012). "«Si la plantilla cree en mí, lo lograremos»" ["If the squad believes in me, we will do it"]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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