Jorge Sáenz de Miera Colmeiro

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sáenz de Miera[1] and the second or maternal family name is Colmeiro.
Jorge
Personal information
Full name Jorge Sáenz de Miera Colmeiro
Date of birth (1996-11-18) 18 November 1996
Place of birth Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Tenerife
Number 21
Youth career
Tenerife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Tenerife B 36 (3)
2015– Tenerife 21 (0)
National team‡
2015 Spain U19 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2015

Jorge Sáenz de Miera Colmeiro (born 18 November 1996), known simply as Jorge, is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Tenerife as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Jorge started playing in CD Tenerife's youth setup. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2012–13 season, in Tercera División.

On 4 January 2015, Jorge played his first match as a professional, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Sporting de Gijón for the Segunda División championship.[2] On 20 August, he was definitely promoted to the main squad.[3] The following 31 January, he was sent off for two bookings in the first half of a 1–2 loss at Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[4]

Personal life

Jorge's older brother, Germán, is also a footballer. He too was groomed at Tenerife.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Sáenz de Miera" (in Spanish). Apellidos de España. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "El Tenerife empata ante un Sporting que sigue sin perder" [Tenerife draws with a Sporting that is still to lose] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Alexander Mesa, Nano, y Jorge, componentes de la primera plantilla CD Tenerife 15/16" [Alexander Mesa, Nano, and Jorge, part of CD Tenerife's 15/16 first team] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Un Tenerife con diez mereció mucho más" [Ten-man Tenerife deserved much more] (in Spanish). Marca. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "El orgullo del hermano mayor" [Older brother's pride] (in Spanish). La Opinión de Tenerife. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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