Fausto Antonio Tienza Núñez (born 8 January 1990) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for UD Ibiza. Mainly a central midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.

Club career

Born in

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, Fausto joined Valencia CF's youth system in 2004, aged 14. In 2006–07, while still a junior, he made his senior debut, playing one match for the reserves in the

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. In January 2009 he was loaned to neighbouring

CF La Nucía Club de Fútbol La Nucía is a Spanish football team based in La Nucía, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1995, it plays in Segunda Federación - Group 3, holding home games at '' Estadio Camilo Cano'', which has a capacity of 3 ...

and, six months later, moved to another Segunda B club Caravaca CF, also on loan. In the 2010 summer, still owned by the ''Che'', Fausto joined

CD La Muela Club Deportivo La Muela was a Spanish football team based in La Muela, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 2005 and dissolved in 2011, it held home games at ''Clemente Padilla'', with a 1,500-seat capacity. History Founded in 2005, ...

also in the third level, starting in all of his league appearances but suffering team relegation. On 27 August 2011, he rescinded with Valencia and signed with

UD Melilla Unión Deportiva Melilla is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro'', with a 8,000 c ...

in the same category; he scored his first goal as a senior on 6 May 2012, against AD Ceuta. On 12 January 2013, Fausto signed a contract with Real Betis, being assigned to the reserves. On 8 March he made his official debut with the Andalusians' first team, replacing

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in the dying minutes of a 2–1 La Liga home win against CA Osasuna. On 15 August 2014, Fausto signed a one-year deal with

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club AD Alcorcón. He scored his first professional goal on 26 October, but in a 1–3 home loss against Real Zaragoza. On 1 July 2016, Fausto signed a two-year deal with CA Osasuna, newly promoted to the main category. On 24 January 2018, he signed an 18-month contract with

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

in the second division, after cutting ties with his previous club. On 9 July 2018, Fausto terminated his contract with Cádiz, and signed for fellow league team Extremadura UD eight days later. On 12 September 2019, Fausto signed a two-year contract with Greek club

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

for an undisclosed fee. On the January transfer window, Fausto Tienza has officially returned to his native country. The 30-year-old has been heavily out of favour ever since joining the club only a few months ago. He only featured a mere 52 minutes for the club and has joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Spanish third tier in a loan move until the end of this season. On 27 May 2021, Fausto joined Racing de Santander in the third division.

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