Fernando "Nando" Cózar Torres (born 2 March 1991) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Nepal Super League club Jhapa FC.Saints add experience to the midfield
St Joseph's FC. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

Career

After failing to make an appearance for Spanish third division side

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 ...

, Cózar played for

UD Los Barrios Unión Deportiva Los Barrios is a Spanish football team based in Los Barrios, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1993, it plays in Tercera División – Group 10. The team holds home games at ''Estadio San R ...

Chiclana CF Chiclana Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Chiclana de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1957, it plays in Primera Andaluza, holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal de Chic ...

, and

Xerez Deportivo FC Xerez Club Deportivo, known simply as Xerez, is a Spanish football team based in Jerez de la Frontera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Xerez currently plays in Tercera División RFEF, the fifth tier of Spanish football. Founded on 24 ...

in the lower leagues. He joined Finnish fifth division club Legirus Inter.Entrevista a Nando Cózar, futbolista del KPV
elcornerdelsur.com However, he left due to their financial problems and played for

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and

HIFK Fotboll HIFK Fotboll or IFK Helsingfors is an association football section of HIFK, a sports club based in Helsinki, Finland. The men's football team competes in the highest tier of Finnish football, Veikkausliiga. Their home ground is the Bolt Arena. ...

, which he helped achieve promotion to the Finnish top flight, making two appearances there. In 2019, Cózar signed for

Angkor Tiger FC Angkor Tiger Football Club ( km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់អង្គរថាយហ្គឺរ, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Siem Reap province. It plays in the Cambodian Premier League, a top tier league ...

in Cambodia. For the 2020 season, he signed for newly formed

Øygarden FK Øygarden Fotballklubb was a Norwegian association football club located in Øygarden, Vestland. Founded in 2020, they took over the elite license from Nest-Sotra and began playing in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football l ...

but failed to make an appearance there. In 2020, he returned to Finland with

PEPO Lappeenranta PEPO Lappeenranta (abbreviated PEPO) is a football club from Lappeenranta in Finland. The club was formed in 1958 and their home ground is at the Kimpinen Sports Centre. The men's first team currently plays in the Ykkönen (Second Division). ...

. In 2020, Cózar signed for Spanish fourth division outfit

UD Lanzarote Unión Deportiva Lanzarote is a Spanish football team based in Arrecife, Lanzarote, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1970 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 12, holding home games at the ''Ciudad Deportiva de La ...

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* * Living people 1991 births Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Conil CF players Cádiz CF players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers UD Los Barrios footballers Xerez Deportivo FC players Kokkolan Palloveikot players HIFK Fotboll players Angkor Tiger FC players Øygarden FK players PEPO Lappeenranta players UD Lanzarote players Mons Calpe S.C. players Xerez CD footballers St Joseph's F.C. players Tercera División players Primera Andaluza players Tercera Federación players Ykkönen players Veikkausliiga players Cambodian Premier League players Norwegian First Division players Gibraltar National League players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Cambodia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cambodia Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Gibraltar Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar {{Spain-footy-bio-stub