Poli (footballer)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Serrano.
Poli
Personal information
Full name Hipólito Fernández Serrano
Date of birth (1977-03-20) 20 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Betis B 36 (3)
1997–2002 Extremadura 166 (4)
2002–2005 Mallorca 96 (0)
2005–2006 Alavés 9 (0)
2006–2011 Recreativo 77 (0)
Total 384 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hipólito Fernández Serrano (born 20 March 1977), known as Poli, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left-back.

He played 191 games in La Liga over eight seasons, mainly with Mallorca and Recreativo (three years apiece). He added 157 matches and four goals in the Segunda División.

Club career[edit]

Poli was born in Seville, Andalusia. After making his professional debut with CF Extremadura in the Segunda División he moved in 2002, alongside teammate David Cortés, to RCD Mallorca, where they were the starting full-backs for three La Liga seasons.[1]

In 2005–06, Poli signed for fellow top-division club Deportivo Alavés,[1] with little individual and team success (nine matches out of 38 for the player, relegation). In the following campaign he joined Recreativo de Huelva, recently promoted to the top tier.[2]

With Recre, Poli was used mostly as a backup, although he started in the vast majority of his appearances, helping them to three consecutive top-flight seasons, with relegation befalling in 2009.[3] Subsequently, he featured sparingly due to injury problems,[4][5] retiring in June 2011 at the age of 34; he only played two league games in his last year.

Honours[edit]

Mallorca

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Román, Carlos (2 July 2005). "Poli deja el Mallorca y se compromete con el Deportivo Alavés" [Poli leaves Mallorca and commits to Deportivo Alavés]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Fútbol.– El lateral Poli ficha por el Recreativo de Huelva para las dos próximas temporadas" [Football.– Full-back Poli signs for Recreativo de Huelva for the next two seasons] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 22 July 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ Parra, Vicente (23 May 2009). "El Racing manda al Recre a Segunda" [Racing send Recre to Segunda]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Fútbol.– Poli, lesionado, se cae de la lista del Recreativo de Huelva y no estará frente al Málaga" [Football.– Poli, injured, dropped from Recreativo de Huelva squad and he will not face Málaga] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Poli estará de baja entre seis y ocho meses" [Poli out of action for six to eight months]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 4 May 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ^ Miguélez, José (29 June 2003). "Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar" [Eto'o has Mallorca toasting]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2016.

External links[edit]

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