Isma Cerro

Ismael "Isma" Cerro Sánchez (born 7 July 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Badajoz on loan from Sporting de Gijón as a winger.

Isma Cerro
Personal information
Full name Ismael Cerro Sánchez
Date of birth (1995-07-07) 7 July 1995
Place of birth Cáceres, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Badajoz (on loan from Sporting Gijón)
Youth career
2004–2012 Diocesano
2012–2014 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Real Madrid C 8 (1)
2015–2016 → Racing Santander (loan) 15 (0)
2016–2018 Sporting Gijón B 60 (18)
2018– Sporting Gijón 10 (1)
2020– → Badajoz
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 22020
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cerro and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Club career

Born in Cáceres, Extremadura, Cerro joined Real Madrid's youth setup on 22 May 2012, after starting it out at Diocesano.[2]

Cerro scored his first senior goal on 12 April 2015, in a 1–2 home loss against CDA Navalcarnero.[3] On 14 July, he was loaned to Segunda División B side Racing de Santander for one year.[4]

On 21 July 2016, free agent Cerro moved to another reserve team, Sporting Gijón B in the fourth division.[5] He was definitely promoted to the senior team in Segunda División ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, after agreeing to a new three-year contract.[6]

Cerro made his professional debut on 18 October 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Pablo Pérez in a 1–1 away draw against CF Rayo Majadahonda, for the season's Copa del Rey, converting his kick in the 4–3 win on penalties.[7] On 17 November, during the first minutes of the Asturian derby against Real Oviedo, he suffered a knee injury that forced him to miss the remainder of the season.[8]

He played again a match on 4 September 2019, coming on as substitute in a 2–0 home win against Albacete.[9] On 27 October, Cerro scored his first goal as a professional by netting the first goal in the 4–0 home win against Zaragoza.[10]

After playing only eight matches in the first half of the season's Segunda División, on 30 January 2020, Real Sporting announced his loan to third tier team Badajoz.[11]

References
  1. Isma Cerro at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. "El Madrid firma a Ismael, del Diocesano, por cuatro años" [Madrid sign Ismael, from Diocesano, for four years] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Extremadura. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. "Real Madrid C 1–2 Navalcarnero | El Navalcarnero se lleva los puntos de penalti" [Real Madrid C 1–2 Navalcarnero | Navalcarnero take the points from the penalty spot] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. "Ismael Cerro jugará en el Racing este curso cedido por el Real Madrid" [Ismael Cerro will play at Racing this season on loan from Real Madrid] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. "Isma Cerro, refuerzo para el ataque del filial rojiblanco" [Isma Cerro, addition for the attack of the reserve team rojiblanco] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  6. "Los nuevos contratos de Juan, Cris Salvador, Traver y Cerro en el Sporting" [The new contracts of Juan, Cris Salvador, Traver and Cerro at Sporting] (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  7. "Al Sporting le salvan los penaltis" [Penalties save Sporting] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. "El cacereño Isma Cerro del Sporting pasará por el quirófano el lunes" [Cacereño Isma Cerro of Sporting will go through surgery on Monday] (in Spanish). Hoy. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  9. "El sportinguista Isma Cerro vuelve a jugar tras diez meses de lesión" [Sporting player Isma Cerro plays again ten months after his injury] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 4 September 2019.
  10. "El Sporting golea y se divierte en El Molinón" [Sporting routs and has fun at El Molinón] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 27 October 2019.
  11. "Isma Cerro, cedido al Badajoz" [Isma López, loaned to Badajoz] (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 30 January 2020.


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