Pedro José Dorronsoro González (born 19 May 1977) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Torrelavega Torrelavega ( Cantabrian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

, Dorronsoro finished his youth career with local SD Reocín, and made his senior debut with the club in the

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 Di ...

. In summer 1997 he first arrived in the

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 ...

, signing with

Gimnástica de Torrelavega Real Sociedad Gimnástica de Torrelavega is a Spanish football team based in Torrelavega, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded on 28 September 1907 it is the oldest football club in the region, and currently plays in Tercera Divisi ...

. In 2000, Dorronsoro joined

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

, being initially assigned to the reserves in the fourth level. On 25 May 2002 he appeared in his first match as a professional, starting in a 1–2 away loss against

Xerez CD 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

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. Dorronsoro left the

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in 2003 and resumed his career in the third tier, representing

Barakaldo CF Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Lasesarre'', with a capacity ...

Jerez CF Jerez Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Jerez de los Caballeros, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1969, it plays in Tercera División, Tercera División – Group 14. History ''Jerez Club de Fútbol'' wa ...

Logroñés CF Logroñés Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2000 and dissolved in 2008 it held home games at ''Estadio Las Gaunas'', with a capacity of 16,000 spectators. History ...

UD Melilla Unión Deportiva Melilla is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro'', with a 8,000 c ...

and

CD Tropezón Club Deportivo Tropezón is a football team based in Tanos, Torrelavega in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1983, it plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 2. Its stadium is '' Santa Ana'' with a capacity of 1,500 seats ...

. He retired with the latter side in June 2014 at the age of 37, being immediately appointed their assistant manager and goalkeeper coach. He left the position in June 2018, joining

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

in the latter capacity shortly after.Nuestros metas se ejercitan al margen del grupo junto a los entrenadores de porteros verdiblancos Fabián Fernández y Pedro José Dorronsoro (Our goalies work out separate from the group alongside green-and-white goalkeeper coaches Fabián Fernández and Pedro José Dorronsoro)

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, 20 March 2019

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorronsoro, Pedro 1977 births Living people People from Torrelavega Spanish footballers Footballers from Cantabria Association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Gimnástica de Torrelavega footballers Real Oviedo Vetusta players Real Oviedo players Barakaldo CF footballers Logroñés CF footballers UD Melilla footballers