It’s official: Santi Cazorla to play with Oviedo. Club and player sealed the agreement for the return of the blue idol that will immediately be placed under the orders of Álvaro Cervera. With this signing, the blue entity takes a leap in quality in its squad and Oviedism receives an injection of morale that is difficult to match.
The one from Cazorla is the fourth return awaited by oviedism since his descent into hell in 2003. Esteban He was the first and left a contract in the First Division to bet on the promotion of his team, which he achieved in 2015. michu was the second. The man from Oviedo recovered from a serious ankle injury and decided to play his last campaign dressed in his life shirt. Sal Berjn it was the third. The striker left Mexican soccer to share a dressing room with Michu and now it is the turn of cazorla and it will only remain Juan kill to complete the ringtone of desired returns to the capital of Spain.
left in 2003
Cazorla was one of the players who had to leave Oviedo in 2003 and was recruited by Villarreal. A year in his subsidiary and the Asturian debut in the First Division. He Recreational Huelva He bet heavily on his signing and the yellows agreed, but they reserved a repurchase option that they executed two years later.
In El Madrigal he became a key piece and only the injuries separated him from the pitch, such as a fibula fracture that had him three months unemployed. In 2011, the Malaga paid 20 million for his transfer and a year later he was the Arsenal the one who disbursed the same amount to take it to the Premier.
With the gunners He was a decisive player until in 2015 he had to be unemployed for six months due to an injury and after returning to the pitch, in October 2016, He played his last game with the Londoners and opened a rosary of ankle problems who threatened to close his career early.
in the summer of 2018, Villarreal called him to do the preseason and check his physical condition and at the end of the summer he signed a two-year contract. After scoring 15 goals and leading the team to fifth place in the League, he announced his march to Al-Sadd, in Qatar, where he played the last two championships. In the last course he played a total of 31 games, in which he added 2,712 minutesand scored 9 goals and distributed 8 assists, showing that he is still at an optimal level.
Double European champion with Spain
If the trajectory at club level is impressive, with the national team he is not far behind. Cazorla was one of the surprises that Luis Aragons’ list kept for the Euro 2008 in Austria and that crowned the national team as the best team on the continent. participate in five of the six matches and scored the second penalty in the shootout against Italy that gave them a pass to the semifinals. He missed the World Cup in South Africa due to an injurybut returned to the selection to lift the champion trophy in 2012.
Total, Cazorla played 81 games with the national teamin which he scored 15 goals and distributed 11 assists.
