César de la Hoz López (born 30 March 1992) is a Spanish

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who plays mainly as a

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Club career

Early career

Born in Orejo, Marina de Cudeyo,

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

, de la Hoz was a product of

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, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

's youth system, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2011–12 season, in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. On 19 August 2012 he made his professional debut, starting in a 0–1 home defeat against

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, in the

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championship. On 13 July 2013, de la Hoz joined

Barakaldo CF Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Basque football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in , holding home stadium is '' Lasesarre'', with a 7,960 Seat Capacity. History Barakaldo pla ...

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. After appearing regularly he moved to fellow league team

Real Betis B Betis Deportivo Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1942, it is the reserve team of Real Betis and currently plays in , holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, with a 3000 seating-cap ...

on 10 July 2014. On 30 August 2017, de la Hoz was loaned to

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

in the second division, for one year. He scored his first professional goals on 15 October, netting a brace in a 2–1 home defeat of

Sevilla Atlético Sevilla Atlético is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1950, it is the reserve team of Sevilla FC, Sevilla. It plays in and holds home games at the Ciu ...

Almería

On 4 July 2018, de la Hoz signed a two-year deal with

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, still in the second tier. On 6 October 2021, after establishing himself as a starter and one of the

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s, he renewed his contract until 2023; the

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ns achieved promotion to

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as champions at the end of that season. de la Hoz made his top tier debut at the age of 30 on 27 August 2022, replacing

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at half-time in a 2–1 home win over

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. He scored his first goal in the category on 29 October, netting his team's second in a 3–1 success over

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also at the '' Power Horse Stadium''. On 14 June 2023, de la Hoz and teammate Francisco Portillo both left the ''Rojiblancos'' as their contracts were due to expire.

Valladolid

On 21 July 2023, de la Hoz signed a two-year contract with

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

, freshly relegated to the second division. Valladolid returned to La Liga after one season with de la Hoz's help, but he only had bench appearances in the first half of the

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season.

Oviedo

On 16 January 2025, de la Hoz joined

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

on an 18-month contract. On 12 July, after helping the club in their top tier promotion, the club exercised a clause that allowed him to leave by mutual consent.

Honours

Almería *

: 2021–22

References

External links

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Beticopedia profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoz, Cesar de la 1992 births Living people People from Trasmiera Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Cantabria Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players Barakaldo CF footballers Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Albacete Balompié players UD Almería players Real Valladolid players Real Oviedo players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen