César Caneda

César Fernández de las Heras Caneda (born 10 May 1978), known simply as César, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Logroñés as a defender.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fernández de las Heras and the second or maternal family name is Caneda.
César
Personal information
Full name César Fernández de las Heras Caneda
Date of birth (1978-05-10) 10 May 1978
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Logroñés
Youth career
1994–1995 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Bilbao Athletic 112 (0)
1995 → Aurrerá (loan) 11 (0)
1998–2005 Athletic Bilbao 29 (0)
1999–2000 → Salamanca (loan) 38 (0)
2000–2001 → Sevilla (loan) 30 (0)
2001–2002 → Racing Santander (loan) 38 (0)
2005–2006 Eibar 40 (3)
2006–2008 Cádiz 70 (1)
2008–2009 Alavés 38 (0)
2009–2010 Guijuelo 33 (2)
2010–2015 Mirandés 187 (9)
2015–2016 Racing Santander 32 (1)
2016– Logroñés 128 (2)
National team
1996 Spain U18 9 (0)
1997 Spain U20 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2020

He played more than 375 matches in both the Segunda División and the Segunda División B, in a senior career that spanned more than two decades. In La Liga, he appeared for Athletic Bilbao.

Club career

César was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava. Another product of Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system at Lezama, he could never however fully establish in the first team, only playing a maximum of ten matches in two different La Liga seasons, also having appeared in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League.[1] He was also loaned to UD Salamanca, Sevilla FC and Racing de Santander, all in the second division (he won promotion with the latter two, being regularly used).

After his permanent release in 2005, César resumed his career in the second level. He appeared regularly for SD Eibar, Cádiz CF and Deportivo Alavés, but suffered two consecutive relegations with the last two clubs.

In the summer of 2009, César joined third division side CD Guijuelo, switching to another team in that tier, CD Mirandés, for 2010–11.[2] On 24 January 2012, the 33-year-old scored in the last minute of a 2–1 home win against RCD Espanyol for the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, from a Pablo Infante indirect free kick – the competition's top scorer – as the minnows from Castile and León reached the last-four stage after a 4–4 aggregate score.[3]

César returned to the lower leagues in 2015, going on to represent Racing Santander[4] and UD Logroñés and retire well past his 40s.[5][6]

References
  1. Suso, Ramón (10 December 1998). "Julen no falla" [Julen does not fail]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. "Fichado César Caneda" [César Caneda signed] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. Aldunate, Ramiro (24 January 2012). "El milagro de Anduva" [Miracle in Anduva]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. García, Alberto (31 July 2015). "El Racing ficha a César Caneda" [Racing sign César Caneda]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. Abizanda, Jorge (29 October 2018). "César Caneda, la historia del futbolista inagotable" [César Caneda, the story of the tireless footballer]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. "César Caneda seguirá un año más liderando la defensa blanquirroja" [César Caneda will continue to lead the white-and-red defence for another year] (in Spanish). UD Logroñés. July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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