Francisco "Francis" Jesús Ferrón Ruiz (born 6 February 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Minera as a forward.

Francis Ferrón
Personal information
Full name Francisco Jesús Ferrón Ruiz
Date of birth (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Algeciras, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Minera
Number 9
Youth career
Taraguilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Taraguilla 20 (18)
2010 Los Barrios 4 (0)
2010–2011 Taraguilla
2011–2012 Algeciras 32 (15)
2012–2013 Recreativo B 30 (18)
2013 Recreativo 4 (0)
2013–2014 Sant Andreu 22 (6)
2014 La Hoya Lorca 18 (8)
2014–2015 Alcoyano 34 (8)
2015–2016 Linares 19 (3)
2016 La Hoya Lorca 18 (5)
2016–2017 Linense 32 (6)
2017–2018 Marbella 33 (13)
2018–2019 Badajoz 38 (12)
2019–2022 San Fernando 86 (29)
2022–2023 Badajoz 34 (4)
2023–2024 Águilas 32 (6)
2024– Minera 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Club career

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Born in Algeciras, Francis made his senior debuts with AD Taraguilla. In July 2010 he joined UD Los Barrios in Tercera División but left the club in October for personal reasons,[1] and returned to his previous club shortly after.

On 4 June 2011 Francis joined Algeciras CF, also in the fourth level.[2] After scoring 15 goals for the Andalusians, he moved to Recreativo de Huelva, initially assigned to the reserves in the same division.[3]

On 16 March 2013 Francis played his first match as a professional, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–3 home loss against Girona FC.[4] He appeared in four matches (one start, 108 minutes of action) with the main squad during the campaign.

In July 2013 Francis signed with UE Sant Andreu, in Segunda División B;[5] in January of the following year he moved to league rivals La Hoya Lorca CF,[6] scoring eight goals for the latter in the season. On 5 July 2014 he signed for CD Alcoyano, still in the third division.[7]

In July 2015, Francis signed with Linares Deportivo for a year,[8] but left the following January and returned to his former club Lorca.[9] On 13 July 2016 he joined Real Balompédica Linense, still in the third division.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Francis se marcha de la Unión (Francis leaves Unión); Europa Sur, 5 October 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ El Algeciras se fija en Francis (Algeciras looks at Francis); Europa Sur, 4 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Francis Ferrón, nuevo fichaje del Recreativo de Huelva B (Francis Ferrón, new signing of Recreativo de Huelva B) Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine; JoinFutbol, 4 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El Girona sigue a la caza del ascenso directo (Girona keeps hunting the automatic promotion); Marca, 16 March 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Francis Ferrón se incorpora a la disciplina del Sant Andreu (Francis Ferrón added to Sant Andreu's squad); Vavel, 15 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Francis Ferrón, nuevo jugador de La Hoya Lorca Club de Fútbol (Francis Ferrón, new player of La Hoya Lorca Club de Fútbol) Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine; La Hoya Lorca CF, 23 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Francis Ferrón llega al Alcoyano con el objetivo de «ascender» (Francis Ferrón arrives at Alcoyano with a "promotion" goal); Diario Información, 5 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Francis Ferrón rechaza a los albirrojos para irse al Linares (Francis Ferron rejects the red-and-whites to go to Linares); Europa Sur, 04 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Francis Ferrón deja el Linares y ficha por La Hoya Lorca (Francis Ferrón leaves Linares and signs with La Hoya Lorca); Huelva 24, 7 January 2016 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Francis Ferrón: el gol pone rumbo a la Balona (Francis Ferrón: the goal sets his ways to Balona); Europa Sur, 13 July 2016 (in Spanish)
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