Juan José "Juanjo" Nieto Zarzoso (born 3 October 1994) is a Spanish

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who plays for

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in ...

. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a winger.

Football career

Born in

Castellón de la Plana Castellón de la Plana (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló de la Plana), or simply Castellón ( ca-valencia, Castelló, link=no) is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east ...

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, Nieto represented VV Rafalafena,

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' N ...

, CF Futur and CD Roda as a youth. He made his senior debut with Castellón's first team on 16 December 2012, starting in a 1–1

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 ...

home draw against

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, and holds home matches at ''Estadio Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which ha ...

. On 16 September 2013 Nieto joined

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club c ...

, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth level. He achieved promotion to Segunda División B in his first season as an undisputed started, but was sparingly used in his second. On 6 August 2015, Nieto signed for fellow third-tier club CD Atlético Baleares. The following 18 July he moved to another

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RCD Mallorca B RCD Mallorca B, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1967, it is the reserve team of RCD Mallorca and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home matches at '' Est ...

. Nieto first appeared with the main squad on 22 January 2017, starting in a 1–1 Segunda División away draw against CF Reus Deportiu. On 14 July, after suffering relegation, he agreed to a deal with Hércules CF in the third division. On 6 August 2019, Nieto returned to the second division after agreeing to a two-year deal with Real Oviedo. He scored his first professional goal on 1 December, netting the opener in a 2–1 home win over

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

. On 9 July 2021,

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Nieto signed a two-year contract with

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

also in the second level. He helped the side in their

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, but suffered a knee injury in February 2022. On 25 November 2022, after recovering from injury, Nieto announced his departure from the ''Rojiblancos'', and signed a 18-month deal with

in the second division.

Honours

Almería * Segunda División: 2021–22

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nieto, Juanjo 1994 births Living people Footballers from Castellón de la Plana Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Castellón footballers Real Valladolid Promesas players CD Atlético Baleares footballers RCD Mallorca B players RCD Mallorca players Hércules CF players Real Oviedo players UD Almería players SD Huesca footballers