Francisco Cerro (born 9 February 1988) is an Argentine

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who plays for

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as a

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Club career

Cerro started his professional career in 2008 playing for

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of the ...

in the

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(Argentine second division). During the 2009–10 season, he helped Quilmes to obtain promotion to the Argentine Primera División. During his team's one-season stay in the Primera, Cerro played 23 games (9 in the 2010 Apertura and 14 in the 2011 Clausura), and scored two goals. For the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season, Cerro was loaned to Vélez Sársfield with a US$750,000 option to buy. He signed his contract with Vélez on August 4, 2011. Initially a substitute for

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, Cerro became a regular starter for the team during the 2012 Clausura and Copa Libertadores, playing 21 games during the semester. The midfielder was eventually purchased by Vélez and started 13 games (scoring once) during Vélez's 2012 Inicial title-winning campaign. After tough negotiations, on 5 February 2014 is confirmed as the new reinforcement Racing Club, following the purchase of 90% of his passes. On February 15, makes its official debut with the albiceleste jersey in the 1-0 defeat against San Lorenzo in the New Gasometer, entering halftime replaces José Luis Gómez. Despite the defeat, '' Pancho '' performed well in his debut, since that party has won the title and is one of the leaders of the team, providing strength and good play with the ball under his breath. In 2014 champion is crowned Racing Club having played two matches (against Banfield and Olimpo of Bahia Blanca) after 13 years of waiting. Currently he has 27 games played goalless in '' Racing Club ''. In 2015 their current statistics are in the Libertadores Cup and played 4 games in the First Division of Argentina, has 14 games played. On 18 July 2017, Cerro moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for Segunda División club

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. After earning promotion to

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and finishing as

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on his first season at Rayo, the club announced his departure from the club along with teammates

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and

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International career

Cerro debuted for the Argentina national football team in 2012, playing a friendly against

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in a team formed exclusively with local league players.

Honours

;Vélez Sársfield * Argentine Primera División: 2012 Inicial ;Rayo Vallecano * Segunda División: 2017–18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerro, Francisco 1988 births Living people Footballers from Santiago del Estero Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Rayo Vallecano players Defensa y Justicia footballers Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Argentine Primera División players Segunda División players Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay