Sergio Mantecón

Sergio Martínez Mantecón (born 8 June 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cádiz CF as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Mantecón finished his formation with local giants Real Madrid, but made his senior debuts with CD Badajoz's reserve team. On 3 January 2001 he played his first professional game with the latter's main squad, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–4 home loss against Racing de Santander for the season's Copa del Rey; he finished the league campaign with eight Segunda División appearances.

In the following two years Mantecón was a regular starter for the Extremaduran side, being relegated in 2003. In August of that year he joined Alicante CF in Segunda División B, appearing twice in the promotion playoffs but falling consecutively short.

On 29 June 2006 Mantecón moved to Hércules CF, in the second division. After being regularly used in his first season he was left out of the squad in his second, and subsequently joined third level's SD Ponferradina in January 2008.