Óscar Castellano Zamora (born 7 October 1997), commonly known as Chiqui, is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a winger for

Marino de Luanco Club Marino de Luanco is a Spanish football team based in Luanco, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1931 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Miramar'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. ...

, on loan from

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

Club career

Born in Mérida,

Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population ...

Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...

, Chiqui moved to

Salceda de Caselas Salceda de Caselas is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, in the province of Pontevedra. It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Ponteareas, to the southeast by the municipality of Salvaterra de Miño, to the southwest by the municipalit ...

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the ''Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rías Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality whi ...

, Galicia at the age of 13 and finished his formation with UD Santa Mariña. After making his first team debut during the 2015–16 season, in the regional leagues, he subsequently represented Erizana CF. Ahead of the 2017–18 campaign, Chiqui signed for

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

side

CD Choco Club Deportivo Choco de Redondela is a Spanish football club based in Redondela, province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Founded in 1953, the team currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 1. The club's home ground is ''Campo Municip ...

. On 21 June 2018, he moved to fellow league team

Arosa SC Arosa Sociedad Cultural is a Spanish football team based in Vilagarcía de Arousa, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1945, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio A Lomba'', with a capac ...

, being a regular starter before joining

on 18 July of the following year, being initially assigned to the farm team also in division four. Chiqui made his professional debut on 8 December 2019, coming on as a late substitute for

Tete Morente José Antonio "Tete" Morente Oliva (born 4 December 1996) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays for Elche CF as a winger (association football), winger. Career Born in La Línea de la Concepción, Province of Cá ...

in a 1–3 away loss against

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in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

championship. The following 17 September, he moved to

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

side

on loan for the 2020–21 season.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiqui 1997 births Living people People from Mérida, Spain Sportspeople from the Province of Badajoz Spanish footballers Footballers from Extremadura Association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Polvorín FC players CD Lugo players Marino de Luanco footballers