Moisés Hurtado

Spanish footballer

Moisés Hurtado
Hurtado in action for Espanyol in 2009
Personal information
Full name Moisés Hurtado Pérez
Date of birth (1981-02-20) 20 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Sabadell, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1988–1991 Badia
1991–1994 Mercantil
1994–1999 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Espanyol B 134 (5)
2002–2010 Espanyol 146 (3)
2004–2005 → Eibar (loan) 33 (1)
2010–2011 Olympiacos 16 (0)
2011–2013 Granada 18 (0)
2013–2014 Girona 13 (2)
Total 360 (11)
International career
1997–1998 Spain U16 2 (0)
2009 Catalonia 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moisés Hurtado Pérez (born 20 February 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He was noted for his physical approach, which led to many bookings, and spent most of his professional career at Espanyol, with which he played the 2007 UEFA Cup Final. He appeared in 180 official games for the club, over the course of seven La Liga seasons.

Club career

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Hurtado was a product of RCD Espanyol's youth system. He first appeared with the main squad in the last game of the 2001–02 season, still going on to spend several years with the B-team.

After a second division loan at SD Eibar, Hurtado returned as an important midfield element, renewing his contract until 2009[1] and scoring his first goal for the club in 2006–07, a 2–1 home win over RC Celta de Vigo in the league opener[2]– during that campaign, he also collected 12 yellow cards. Additionally, he played against Sevilla FC in the 2007 UEFA Cup Final at Hampden Park, being sent off after receiving a second bookable offence in the 67th minute.[3]

In 2007–08, Hurtado only missed four league matches but received 12 yellow cards. In the following season, as Espanyol fared slightly better, he produced roughly the same numbers – netting twice[4][5] but being booked 13 times.

In late August 2010, 29-year-old Hurtado signed a three-year deal with Olympiacos F.C. in Greece, rejoining former Espanyol manager Ernesto Valverde.[6] However, in the same month of the following year, he terminated his contract and returned to his country, joining top level's Granada CF for two years.[7]

On 1 February 2013, free agent Hurtado moved to second level club Girona FC for one season.[8] He renewed his contract after appearing in a required number of matches[9] but, after suffering a knee injury during pre-season,[10] all but failed to appear for them again until his release in June 2014.[11]

Honours

Espanyol

Olympiacos

References

  1. ^ "Espanyol hang on to Hurtado". UEFA. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Primera victoria de un Espanyol que sigue sin convencer" [First win for Espanyol who still fail to convince]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 17 September 2006. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Palop ensures cup joy for Sevilla". UEFA. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 21 May 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "El Numancia toma Montjuïc con un gol en el minuto 93 (3–4)" [Numancia take Montjuïc with 93rd-minute goal (3–4)]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 16 November 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Contentos con poco" [Happy with little]. El País (in Spanish). 4 January 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Hurtado signs for Olympiakos". FIFA. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Granada CF: Moisés Hurtado... y falta un 'nueve'" [Granada CF: Moisés Hurtado... and a 'nine' is missing]. Ideal (in Spanish). 31 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  8. ^ "L'exespanyolista Moisés Hurtado fitxa pel Girona, procedent del Granada" [Former Espanyol man Moisés Hurtado signs for Girona, from Granada] (in Catalan). Televisió de Catalunya. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Ex rojiblanco: Moisés Hurtado renueva con el Girona FC" [Former red-and-white: Moisés Hurtado renews with Girona FC] (in Spanish). Vavel. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Moisés Hurtado deberá pasar por el quirófano" [Moisés Hurtado must visit surgery room]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 July 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  11. ^ "El Girona anuncia las primeras bajas: Hurtado, Mateu, Herrero, Chando y Tato" [Girona announce first released: Hurtado, Mateu, Herrero, Chando and Tato]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 10 June 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  12. ^ "¡Increíble Espanyol!" [Incredible Espanyol!]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 April 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  13. ^ Atkin, John (17 May 2007). "Palop lauds perfect performance". UEFA. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  14. ^ "El Olympiacos conquista su 38º título, el segundo con Valverde" [Olympiacos conquer their 38th title, second with Valverde] (in Spanish). EITB. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

External links

  • Moisés Hurtado at BDFutbol
  • Moisés Hurtado at Soccerway