Valero Serer Pascual (2 November 1932 – 31 July 2022) was a Spanish
footballer who played as a
forward
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He was
Gimnàstic de Tarragona's all-time scoring leader, with 181 goals over the course of 11 seasons.
Career
Born in
Valencia, Serer started his professional career with local
CD Mestalla, scoring three goals in nine matches in
Segunda División
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. In 1955, after one full season at
CF Gandía, he joined
Real Zaragoza also in the second level.
Serer achieved promotion to
La Liga in
his first campaign, also being the club's top goalscorer with 11 goals. He made his debut in the category on 14 October 1956, starting and scoring his team's only goal in a 4–1 away loss against
Real Valladolid.
In December 1959 Serer was released, after falling down in the pecking order, and immediately joined
Gimnàstic de Tarragona. With the granas he scored 181 goals over the course of 11 seasons, and retired in 1970 at the age of 38.
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1932 births
2022 deaths
Footballers from Valencia
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Tercera División players
Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
Real Zaragoza players
Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
CF Gandía players
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