Jonathan Carril Regueiro (born 28 February 1984) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Football career

Early years / Austria

Carril was born in

Boqueixón Boqueixón () is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It has a population of 4,445 inhabitants (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsor ...

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, Galicia. After years of playing only for amateur clubs or reserve squads (

Deportivo de La Coruña B Real Club Deportivo Fabril, previously known as ''Deportivo B'', is the reserve team of Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, it is based in A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 1 ...

Atlético Madrid B Atlético de Madrid B is a Spanish football team based in Madrid, in the community of Madrid. Founded on 17 September 1963, it is the reserve team of Atlético Madrid and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 5. They play their home ...

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, CD Linares,

UD Villa de Santa Brígida Unión Deportiva Villa de Santa Brígida is a Spanish football team based in Santa Brígida, Las Palmas, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 2004, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 12, holding home matches at ''E ...

and Santa Eulàlia), he moved in summer 2009 to

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, joining

SV Ried SV Ried is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. After being relegated from Austrian Football Bundesli ...

in the

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. On 13 March 2010, Carril scored his first goal in the Austrian top flight, in a 3–0 home win against

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for the season's 27th round. In June, he switched to another team in the country,

SV Grödig Sportverein Grödig is an Austrian association football club from Grödig. The team currently competes in the Regionalliga Salzburg, the third tier of Austrian football. Grödig were relegated from the Austrian Bundesliga at the end of the 2 ...

Hong Kong

On 29 May 2012,

Kitchee SC Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, in ...

general manager

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announced that Carril would be joining the club, and the transfer was confirmed three days later. He made an impressive debut, netting twice in a 3–0 win over

Sun Hei SC Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Third Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after declining to parti ...

; however, the signing of compatriot

Pablo Couñago Pablo González Couñago (born 9 August 1979) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker. After having played 35 La Liga matches for Celta and Málaga, scoring three goals (75 games and 11 goals both major levels of Spanish footb ...

saw him loaned out to

Southern District RSA Southern District Recreation & Sports Assn Ltd (), commonly known as Southern and currently known for sponsorship reasons as Kwoon Chung Southern, is a professional football club based in Southern District, Hong Kong. They currently compete in th ...

for the rest of the season due to foreign player restriction quotas, and he also scored in his maiden appearance, against

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in a 3–3 draw. On 19 May 2013, Carril joined Southern District on a permanent contract.

Personal life

Carril's younger brother, Iván, was also a footballer. Both had a very brief youth spell at

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, before finishing their footballing formation at local

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently p ...

Club statistics

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carril, Jonathan 1984 births Living people People from Santiago (comarca) Sportspeople from the Province of A Coruña Spanish footballers Footballers from Galicia (Spain) Association football forwards Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players Atlético Madrid B players Atlético Levante UD players Racing de Ferrol footballers CF Palencia footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players SV Ried players SV Grödig players Hong Kong First Division League players Kitchee SC players Southern District FC players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong