Fernando Quesada

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Quesada and the second or maternal family name is Gallardo.
Nando Quesada

Quesada with Barcelona Juvenil in 2012
Personal information
Full name Fernando Quesada Gallardo
Date of birth (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994
Place of birth Sabadell, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Llagostera
Youth career
2002–2003 Mercantil
2003–2013 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Utrecht 3 (0)
2015 → Achilles '29 (loan) 3 (0)
2015– Llagostera B 9 (3)
2015– Llagostera 1 (0)
National team
2009 Spain U16 3 (1)
2010–2011 Spain U17 6 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2016.


Fernando "Nando" Quesada Gallardo (born 5 January 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UE Llagostera as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Quesada joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2003, aged nine, after starting it out at CE Mercantil.[1] He was released in 2013, and subsequently had trials at Stoke City,[2] Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven;[3] he also signed a four-year deal with Genoa C.F.C. shortly after, but it was declaread void after he failed a medical.[4]

On 31 January 2014, Quesada signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with fellow Eredivisie team FC Utrecht.[5] He made his debut in the category on 2 February, in a 1–1 home draw against AFC Ajax.[6]

On 2 February 2015, after only making three senior appearances, Quesada was loaned to Achilles '29 in the Eerste Divisie, until June.[7] He was recalled on 24 March, and released in September.[8]

On 8 October 2015, free agent Quesada signed for Segunda División side UE Llagostera.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "El fulgurante inicio de Nando Quesada" [The brilliant start of Nando Quesada] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Stoke City give trial to Barcelona midfielder Fernando Quesada". Stoke Sentinel. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "PSV heeft Nando Quesada van FC Barcelona op proef" [PSV has Nando Quesada from FC Barcelona on trial] (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Entrevista. Nando Quesada: "El Barça es el mejor club donde un futbolista puede estar"" [Interview. Nando Quesada: "Barça is the best club where a footballer can be"] (in Spanish). Vavel. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "El ex juvenil del Barça Nando Quesada ficha por el Utrecht" [Former Barça youth player Nando Quesada signs for Utrecht] (in Spanish). Sport. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Utrecht 1–1 Ajax". Football-Oranje. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fernando Quesada naar Achilles '29" [Fernando Quesada to Achilles '29] (in Dutch). Voetbalzone. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Nando Quesada verlaat FC Utrecht" [Nando Quesada leaves Utrecht] (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Fernando Quesada, nuevo jugador de la Unió Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava" [Fernando Quesada, new player of Uniò Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava] (in Spanish). Llagostera's official website. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
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