Gonzalo Colsa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Colsa and the second or maternal family name is Albendea.

Gonzalo Colsa

Personal information
Full name	Gonzalo Colsa Albendea
Date of birth	(1979-04-02) 2 April 1979 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth	Santander, Spain[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Racing B	28	(6)
1998–2001	Racing Santander	39	(3)
1999	→ Logroñés (loan)	5	(0)
2001–2006	Atlético Madrid	62	(4)
2002–2003	→ Valladolid (loan)	37	(5)
2003–2004	→ Mallorca (loan)	32	(3)
2006–2012	Racing Santander	188	(14)
2012–2013	Mirandés	3	(0)
Total		394	(35)
International career
1995	Spain U16	5	(1)
1995	Spain U17	3	(0)
1996–1998	Spain U18	21	(0)
1998–1999	Spain U20	10	(3)
1999–2001	Spain U21	12	(4)
Managerial career
2015–2016	Racing Santander (assistant)
2016–2017	Ponferradina (assistant)
Medal record Representing  Spain Men's football FIFA World Youth Championship Winner 1999 Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gonzalo Colsa Albendea (born 2 April 1979) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder.

He amassed La Liga totals of 340 matches and 29 goals over 14 seasons, representing in the competition Racing de Santander (two spells), Atlético Madrid, Valladolid and Mallorca.

Club career

A product of Racing de Santander's youth academy, Colsa was born in Santander, and he appeared sporadically with the first team (with an unassuming Segunda División stint with CD Logroñés in between) during his first four seasons, although he scored three goals in 19 games in 2000–01, with the Cantabrians being relegated from La Liga.

After representing Atlético Madrid, Real Valladolid and RCD Mallorca, Colsa returned to Santander for 2006–07 campaign, as an undisputed starter and one of the team's captains.[3] In the second season in his second spell he played all the matches as Racing achieved a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Cup,[4] and netted two times.[5][6]

Colsa retired in June 2013 at the age of 34, after featuring rarely for second-tier side CD Mirandés.[7] Starting in March 2015 he went on to work as an assistant coach under former Racing teammate Pedro Munitis, at that club[8] and SD Ponferradina.[9]

International career

Colsa was part of the Spain squad that won the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria, contributing four appearances to the feat.[10] He made his debut for the under-21s on 9 October of that year, in a 2–1 home win against Israel for the 2000 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[11]

Career statistics

[12][13]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Other		Total
Racing B	1997–98	Segunda División B	28	6	—		—		—		28	6
Racing Santander	1997–98	La Liga	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	1998–99		1	0	2	0	—		—		3	0
	1999–00		18	0	3	0	—		—		21	0
	2000–01		19	3	6	0	—		—		25	3
	Subtotal		39	3	12	0	—		—		51	3
Logroñés (loan)	1998–99	Segunda División	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Atlético Madrid	2001–02	Segunda División	18	0	1	0	—		—		19	0
	2004–05	La Liga	30	3	8	0	4[a]	0	—		42	3
	2005–06		14	1	1	0	—		—		15	1
	Subtotal		62	4	10	0	4	0	—		76	4
Valladolid (loan)	2002–03	La Liga	37	5	4	1	—		—		41	6
Mallorca (loan)	2003–04	La Liga	32	3	2	0	5[b]	0	—		39	3
Racing Santander	2006–07	La Liga	37	4	1	0	—		—		37	4
	2007–08		38	2	8	0	—		—		38	2
	2008–09		34	2	4	1	5[b]	1	—		34	2
	2009–10		30	3	7	1	—		—		30	3
	2010–11		31	2	2	0	—		—		31	2
	2011–12		18	1	1	0	—		—		19	1
	Subtotal		188	13	12	0	5	1	—		205	14
Mirandés	2012–13	Segunda División	3	0	2	0	—		—		5	0
Career total			394	35	53	3	14	1	0	0	408	36

1. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup

Honours

Atlético Madrid

• Segunda División: 2001–02[14]

Spain U20

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1999[10]

References

1. "Gonzalo Colsa" (in Spanish). Eurosport. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
2. "Gonzalo COLSA Albendea". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2019.
3. "Munitis seguirá siendo el capitán del Racing" [Munitis to continue as Racing captain]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 July 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
4. "El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0)" [Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
5. Menayo, David (13 January 2008). "Máxima eficacia del 'EuroRacing'" [Maximum efficiency from 'EuroRacing']. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2014.
6. Colmenarejo, Víctor (12 April 2008). "A las puertas del descenso" [Knocking on relegation's door]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2014.
7. "Gonzalo Colsa rescinde su contrato con el Mirandés" [Gonzalo Colsa terminates his contract with Mirandés]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 16 January 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
8. "Munitis y Colsa aceptan la oferta del Racing" [Munitis and Colsa accept Racing's offer]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 5 March 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
9. Carrera, Álvaro (17 October 2016). "Pedro Munitis, nuevo entrenador de la Ponferradina" [Pedro Munitis, new Ponferradina manager]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
10. García, Miguel Ángel (17 April 2009). "Qué fue de los campeones del mundo sub20" [What happened to the under-20 world champions]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 May 2017.
11. "España 2–1 Israel" [Spain 2–1 Israel] (in Spanish). UEFA. 9 October 1999. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
12. Gonzalo Colsa at BDFutbol
13. "Colsa". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
14. Díaz, Francisco Javier (27 April 2020). "Atlético: logró el ascenso a Primera División hace 18 años" [Atlético: promotion to Primera División achieved 18 years ago]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2024.

External links

• Gonzalo Colsa at BDFutbol
• Gonzalo Colsa – FIFA competition record (archived)