Pau Cendrós

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Pau Cendrós
Personal information
Full name Pau Cendrós López
Date of birth (1987-04-01) 1 April 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Palma, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Collerense
Youth career
La Victoria
San Francisco
Mallorca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Mallorca B
2007–2012 Mallorca 56 (0)
2007–2008Benidorm (loan) 37 (1)
2008–2009Tenerife (loan) 8 (0)
2009–2010Levante (loan) 35 (1)
2012–2014 Gent 26 (0)
2014 Alcorcón 13 (1)
2014–2015 Mallorca 35 (2)
2015–2016 Lugo 24 (0)
2016–2017 Mirandés 3 (0)
2018 Peña Deportiva 14 (0)
2018–2019 Unionistas 10 (0)
2020 Andratx 2 (0)
2020–2021 Poblense 17 (0)
2021 Sant Julià 0 (0)
2021–2022 Campos 35 (2)
2022– Collerense 42 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:35, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Pau Cendrós López (born 1 April 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Collerense as either a right-back or a central defender.

Club career[edit]

Mallorca[edit]

Born in Palma de Mallorca, Cendrós rose through the youth ranks of Balearic Islands giants RCD Mallorca. His first professional spell was on loan, with lowly Benidorm CF.[1]

Cendrós was loaned again in the 2008–09 season, now to Canary Islands-based club CD Tenerife,[2] appearing rarely as it returned to La Liga after a seven-year absence.[3] In the following year more of the same, also in the Segunda División, as he represented Levante UD.[4]

On 29 August 2010, after being one of Levante's most important defensive players as the Valencia team returned to the top flight after two years,[5] Cendrós finally made his debut for Mallorca's main squad at the age of 23, playing the entire 0–0 home draw against Real Madrid in the season's opener.[6] He appeared in 31 games in his first year, starting in 29.[7]

In the 2011–12 campaign, challenged by newly signed Chico and Gianni Zuiverloon, Cendrós still managed to be the most used player in his position,[8] playing 25 league matches as Mallorca, coached by Joaquín Caparrós, finished in eighth position.[9]

Gent and Alcorcón[edit]

Cendrós moved abroad for the first time on 7 August 2012, joining Belgian Pro League side K.A.A. Gent on a two-year contract.[10] In January 2014 he returned to his country, signing with AD Alcorcón of division two.[11]

Mallorca return and Lugo[edit]

In the summer of 2014, Cendrós re-joined first professional club Mallorca, agreeing to a two-year deal.[12] He totalled nearly 3,000 minutes of action in the first season in his second spell, but was later deemed surplus to requirements by new manager Albert Ferrer.[13]

Cendrós joined CD Lugo also in the second tier on 17 August 2015.[14]

Mirandés[edit]

On 19 July 2016, Cendrós signed for fellow league team CD Mirandés as a free agent.[15] On 25 January 2017, after only three competitive appearances, he left by mutual consent.[16]

Later career[edit]

Cendrós competed in the Spanish lower leagues until his retirement, representing in quick succession SCR Peña Deportiva, Unionistas de Salamanca CF,[17] CE Andratx and UD Poblense.[18] He also had a spell in the Andorran Primera Divisió with UE Sant Julià.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pau Cendrós: “Mi objetivo es llegar algún día a debutar con el primer equipo” (Pau Cendrós: "I dream of making debut with first team someday"); RCDM, 17 April 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Los números no engañan (Numbers don't lie); El Día, 20 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Once años del último ascenso a Primera División (Eleventh anniversary of last promotion to Primera División); Vavel, 13 June 2020 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Pau Cendrós y Dani Carril, presentados como nuevos jugadores del Levante UD (Pau Cendrós and Dani Carril, presented as new Levante UD players); Levante UD, 17 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Fútbol.– El Levante ofrece el ascenso desde el balcón del ayuntamiento ante más de 3.000 aficionados (Football.– Levante offer promotion from city hall balcony in front of more than 3.000 fans); Europa Press, 14 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Slow start for Mourinho Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN Soccernet, 29 August 2010
  7. ^ Mallorca: Pablo Cáceres, Martí Crespí y Pau Cendrós no continuarán la próxima temporada (Mallorca: Pablo Cáceres, Martí Crespí and Pau Cendrós will not continue next season); Goal, 21 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Zuiverloon teme no ir a la Eurocopa por su suplencia (Zuiverloon fears missing Eurocup due to reserve status); Marca, 9 February 2012 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Puntuaciones del Mallorca 2011/2012 (Mallorca grades 2011/2012); Vavel, 18 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Pablo Cendros Lopez nieuwe aanwinst KAA Gent (Pablo Cendros Lopez new KAA Gent acquisition) Archived 10 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine; K.A.A. Gent, 7 August 2012 (in Dutch)
  11. ^ Pau Cendros ya es jugador de la A.D. Alcorcon (Pau Cendros is already a A.D. Alcorcon player); Deporte Balear, 25 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ El RCD Mallorca ficha a Pau Cendrós (RCD Mallorca sign Pau Cendrós) Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; RCD Mallorca, 4 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Toque de atención de Ferrer a Cendrós, Agus y Assulin (Ferrer wake-up call to Cendrós, Agus and Assulin); Marca, 17 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Pau Cendrós, nuevo jugador del CD Lugo (Pau Cendrós, new player of CD Lugo) Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine; CD Lugo, 17 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ Pau Cendrós, nuevo jugador rojillo para la próxima temporada (Pau Cendrós, new red player for the following season); CD Mirandés, 19 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  16. ^ Comunicado oficial, C.D. Mirandés S.A.D. (Official announcement, C.D. Mirandés S.A.D.); CD Mirandés, 25 January 2017 (in Spanish)
  17. ^ Pau Cendrós llega al Unionistas (Pau Cendrós arrives at Unionistas); Be Soccer, 31 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  18. ^ El exmallorquinista Pau Cendrós ficha por el Poblense de Tercera División (Former Mallorca man Pau Cendrós signs for Poblense of Tercera División); Diario de Mallorca, 6 March 2020 (in Spanish)
  19. ^ Arriben tres exprimera divisió (Three former first-divisioners arrive); Bondia, 10 June 2021 (in Catalan)

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