Pablo Pinillos

Pablo Pinillos Caro (born 9 July 1974) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pinillos and the second or maternal family name is Caro.
Pablo Pinillos
Personal information
Full name Pablo Pinillos Caro[1]
Date of birth (1974-07-09) 9 July 1974[1]
Place of birth Murillo de Río Leza, Spain[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Calahorra 35 (5)
1996–1997 Pontevedra 34 (0)
1997–1999 Deportivo B 65 (1)
1997–1998 Deportivo La Coruña 7 (0)
1999–2000 Toledo 40 (0)
2000–2003 Compostela 110 (2)
2003–2005 Levante 65 (0)
2005–2011 Racing Santander 172 (3)
Total 528 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In a 15-year old professional career, he appeared in 213 La Liga games over the course of eight seasons (three goals), mainly representing Racing de Santander.

Club career

Early years

Born in Murillo de Río Leza, La Rioja, Pinillos played professionally for modest clubs in his early years, working as a bricklayer before arriving at Segunda División B team Pontevedra CF in 1996, eight hours a day.[2]

After an uneventful two-year stint with Deportivo de La Coruña, he moved to Segunda División sides CD Toledo, SD Compostela and Levante UD, achieving La Liga promotion at the end of the 2003–04 season with the latter.[3]

Racing Santander

Upon Levante's 2005 relegation, Pinillos joined Cantabria's Racing de Santander, where he coincided with former Levante coach Manuel Preciado. There, he was an undisputed defensive starter and one of the team's captains,[4] being instrumental in their 2007–08 historic qualification to the UEFA Cup – 32 matches, 2,716 minutes.[5]

In the following campaign, the 34-year-old Pinillos played 29 league games plus three in the continental competition, as Racing finished in 12th position. He scored his first goal in the top flight on 26 April 2009, but in a 2–1 away loss against Athletic Bilbao.[6]

In early July 2011, after 191 official appearances with Racing (and 20 during the season as they again retained their division status),[7] Pinillos retired from football at the age of 37, having taken part in 354 matches both major levels of Spanish football combined. He immediately joined the club's coaching staff.[8]

After the dismissal of manager Juanjo González on 7 March 2012, Pinillos was promoted to caretaker manager alongside Fede Castaños until the end of the campaign.[9] Shortly after, however, Álvaro Cervera was appointed as the new coach.[10]

Honours

Calahorra

Levante

References
  1. "Pablo PINILLOS Caro". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. Barreiros, Pedro José (16 October 2008). "El fútbol según Pinillos" [Football according to Pinillos]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  3. "El histórico ascenso a Primera con Preciado cumple dieciséis años" [16th anniversary of historic promotion to Primera with Preciado] (in Spanish). EFE. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. "Munitis seguirá siendo el capitán del Racing" [Munitis to continue as Racing captain]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 July 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  5. "El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0)" [Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  6. "Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Racing Santander". ESPN Soccernet. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  7. "Emotivo homenaje de la Asociación de Peñas al ex jugador racinguista Pablo Pinillos" [Emotional homage from Supporters Association to former Racing player Pablo Pinillos] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  8. "Pinillos pasa a formar parte del staff técnico del Racing" [Pinillos joins Racing's coaching staff] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  9. "Juan José González deja de ser entrenador del Racing" [Juanjo González is no longer the manager of Racing] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  10. Sánchez, Pablo (11 March 2012). "«Si la plantilla cree en mí, lo lograremos»" ["If the squad believes in me, we will do it"]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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