Francis (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Jesús Pérez Malia | ||
Date of birth | 17 December 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Barbate, Spain | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Right back / Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Racing Santander | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Barbate | |||
Xerez | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2010 | Xerez | 199 | (2) |
2001 | → Getafe (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → San Fernando (loan) | 36 | (3) |
2002–2003 | → Écija (loan) | 31 | (4) |
2010– | Racing Santander | 129 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 28 September 2015 (UTC) |
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Francisco Jesús Pérez Malia (born 17 December 1981), commonly known as Francis, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Racing de Santander mainly as a right back.
Football career
Born in Barbate, Cádiz, Francis made his senior debuts with local Xerez CD. After three consecutive loans with third division clubs, including Getafe CF, he returned to his alma mater and made his professional debuts in 2003–04's second level, scoring once in 26 games. He went on to become an important first-team member, with the Andalusians achieving a first-ever La Liga promotion in the 2008–09 season.
Francis spent most of the short-lived top division campaign as a right back. On 8 May 2010, as Xerez still harboured chances of staying in the top flight, he netted his only goal of the season, in a 3–2 home win against Real Zaragoza;[1] late into that month, his contract expired and he signed with Racing de Santander for four seasons.[2]
References
- ↑ Victory keeps Xerez hopes alive; ESPN Soccernet, 8 May 2010
- ↑ Official: Racing Santander sign Domingo Cisma and Francis; Goal.com, 18 May 2010
External links
- Racing Santander official profile (Spanish)
- Francis profile at BDFutbol
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
- Francis at Soccerway
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Barbate
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Xerez CD footballers
- Getafe CF footballers
- CD San Fernando players
- Écija Balompié footballers
- Racing de Santander players