Carlos Merino

Carlos Merino

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Gustavo Merino González
Date of birth	(1980-03-15) 15 March 1980
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Portugalete
Youth career
1996–1997	University of Texas
1997–1999	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Nottingham Forest	7	(0)
2000–2003	Athletic Bilbao	8	(0)
2001–2002	→ Burgos (loan)	20	(0)
2004–2005	Numancia	43	(6)
2005–2007	Gimnàstic	55	(3)
2007–2008	Las Palmas	13	(0)
2008–2010	Albacete	57	(7)
2011–2013	Wacker Innsbruck	70	(9)
2013–2014	Panthrakikos	2	(0)
2014–	Portugalete	?	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 February 2015

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Merino and the second or maternal family name is González.

Carlos Gustavo Merino González (born 15 March 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Club Portugalete as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Merino started playing professionally with Nottingham Forest in the Football League Championship, and signed in March 2000 for hometown's Athletic Bilbao – the deal being effective as of the 2000–01 season– where he struggled with first-team opportunities, also being loaned to lowly Burgos CF.

After being released in January 2004, Merino moved to CD Numancia: in 2004–05's La Liga he regularly appeared and scored, although the Soria side was relegated one year after promoting. He went on to have Segunda División stints with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, UD Las Palmas and Albacete Balompié.

In the 2011 January transfer window, aged nearly 31, Merino moved abroad again, signing for Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck in Austria and joining countryman Iñaki Bea. On 15 September 2013 he moved teams and countries again, joining Panthrakikos F.C. in the Superleague Greece and being released on 7 January of the following year.

In July 2014 Merino returned to both his homeland and native region, signing with Club Portugalete in Tercera División.

External links

• Carlos Merino profile at BDFutbol
• Carlos Merino profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
• Athletic Bilbao profile
• Carlos Merino career statistics at Soccerbase
• Carlos Merino at Soccerway