Juan Pablo Niño Castellano (born 15 May 1978) is a Spanish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a left winger.

Club career

Born in

Rota, Cádiz The town of Rota is a Spanish municipality located in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Its surface area is 84 km2 and is bordered by the towns of Chipiona, Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María. It is located near the city of ...

, Andalusia, Niño graduated from local Real Betis' youth system, making his debut with the reserves in the 1997–98 season, in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. In the summer of 2000 he was loaned to Recreativo de Huelva of

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

, playing his first match as a professional on 3 September by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 home draw against

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905 and refounded in 2012, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, and holds home games at ''Estadio Nu ...

. Niño appeared in 16 games during the campaign, starting in only one however. In July 2001 he moved to third-level club

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also in a temporary deal, featuring regularly and being loaned to Eredivisie side RBC Roosendaal in July 2003. In August 2004, profiting from Denílson's injury, Niño was promoted to the first team in La Liga. He made his debut in the competition on 16 October, replacing Edu in a 1–1 home draw to

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. In December 2005, after being rarely used, Niño joined

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

on loan for the remainder of the season. On 4 August of the following year, he terminated his contract with Betis and signed for

Mérida UD Mérida Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1990, they last played in Tercera División – Group 14 when dissolved in 2013, and hosted games at the Estadio Roma ...

in the third tier. Niño moved to Tercera División's

CD Pozoblanco Club Deportivo Pozoblanco is a Spanish football team based in Pozoblanco, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1926, it plays in Tercera División – Group 10, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pozoblan ...

in 2007, and went on to spend the rest of his career in the lower leagues and amateur football, representing

Puerto Real CF Puerto Real Club de Fútbol is a football team based in Puerto Real, Province of Cádiz. Founded in 1948, the team plays in Primera Andaluza. The club's home ground is ''Ciudad Deportiva Bahía de Cádiz''. Season to season ---- *35 seasons in ...

, Real Balompédica Linense and

CD Rota Club Deportivo Rota is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Rota, Andalusia, Rota, Province of Cádiz, Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF � ...

.Pablo Niño firma por el Rota y deja la Balona (Pablo Niño signs for Rota and leaves ''Balona'')
Diario de Jerez, 3 September 2010

Honours

Betis * Copa del Rey: 2004–05

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nino, Pablo 1978 births Living people People from Rota, Andalusia Footballers from the Province of Cádiz Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Real Betis players Recreativo de Huelva players Cádiz CF players CD Numancia players Mérida UD footballers Real Balompédica Linense footballers Eredivisie players RBC Roosendaal players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands