_(cropped)_2.jpg) Cuéllar withLeganés in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iván Cuéllar Sacristán[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-05-27)27 May 1984 (age 41)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Mérida, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mallorca | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| 2001–2002 | Mérida | ||
| 2002–2003 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Mérida | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Atlético Madrid B | 17 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Atlético Madrid | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | →Eibar (loan) | 38 | (0) |
| 2008–2017 | Sporting Gijón | 199 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Leganés | 123 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Sporting Gijón | 35 | (0) |
| 2023– | Mallorca | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2006 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:44, 26 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
Iván Cuéllar Sacristán (born 27 May 1984), nicknamedPichu,[2] is a Spanish professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forLa Liga clubMallorca.
Developed atAtlético Madrid, he spent most of his career withSporting de Gijón, where he made 247 total appearances.[3]
Cuéllar was born inMérida,Extremadura, and earned his nickname "Pichu" –local dialect for a young boy – from a cousin.[2] He spent time atReal Madrid before continuing his development at hometown clubMérida UD, where he made his senior debut aged 17 in a 1–0 loss away toGranada CF inSegunda División B.[4] After completing his youth career atAtlético Madrid, he made his first appearance for the first team in the last matchday of the2004–05 season, in a 2–2 draw against neighboursGetafe CF.[5][6]
In2006–07, benefitting from the forced absence of starterLeo Franco,[2] Cuéllar played a further seven games, including a 0–6 home defeat toFC Barcelona on 20 May 2007.[7]
After aseason-long loan atSegunda División clubSD Eibar,[8] featuring in all the matches save four, Cuéllar was released by Atlético (as another youth graduate in the same position,Ismael Falcón) and joinedSporting de Gijón in August 2008, on a four-year contract.[9] AfterSergio Sánchez conceded 19 goals inthe season's first four games he became the starter but, following a collision withAthletic Bilbao'sCarlos Gurpegui during a 3–0 away defeat on 14 December, suffered a seriousankle injury which rendered him unavailable for four months.[10]
In mid-November 2009, as he was second choice toJuan Pablo, Cuéllar suffered another severe injury, damaging hisknee in training and being lost for the vast majority ofthe campaign.[10] His first appearance after recovering would take place on 22 September 2010, as managerManuel Preciado rested the vast majority of the starters for a Wednesday match at Barcelona – in a week where all the teams played three matches – which ended in a 1–0 loss.[11]
In January 2013, after the departure of Juan Pablo toMaccabi Tel Aviv FC, Cuéllar became the starter. He won theRicardo Zamora Trophy for best goalkeeper in2014–15, conceding 21 goals in 36 appearances as theAsturians returned toLa Liga.[12] At the end of the season, he extended his contract until 2018.[13]
Cuéllar ended his nine-year association with theEl Molinón-based team in July 2017, and the 33-year-old signed forCD Leganés also in the top tier.[14] AsJon Ander Serantes was nursing a serious injury, he took the number one position and went on to record a club and personal bestclean sheet of over 500 minutes that was broken bySevilla FC in October.[15]
On 29 August 2021, Cuéllar returned to Sporting on a two-year contract.[16] He was second-choice toDiego Mariño and did not play until 20 March when he profited from the latter's injury to play in a 1–1 draw at Leganés; he then had a run of ten consecutive games in which he kept only two clean sheets but never conceded more than once, as the teamnarrowly avoided relegation.[17][18]
On 28 August 2023, Cuéllar signed a one-year deal with top-tierRCD Mallorca, in order to provide competition forDominik Greif andPredrag Rajković.[19][20]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 2003–04 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | La Liga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Eibar (loan) | 2007–08 | Segunda División | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |
| Sporting Gijón | 2008–09 | La Liga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Segunda División | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Segunda División | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Segunda División | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| Total | 199 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 211 | 0 | ||
| Leganés | 2017–18 | La Liga | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | La Liga | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | La Liga | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Total | 123 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | ||
| Sporting Gijón | 2021–22 | Segunda División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Segunda División | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Mallorca | 2023–24 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 404 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 423 | 0 | ||
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