Paqui

Paqui
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso
Date of birth	6 December 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Alicante, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Hércules
	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1989	Barcelona C
1989–1990	Barcelona B
1990–1995	Tenerife
1995–1996	Zaragoza
1996–1997	Hércules
1997–2004	Las Palmas
2002–2003	→ Osasuna (loan)
Total
International career
1988–1990	Spain U19
1989–1990	Spain U20
1990–1991	Spain U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso (born 6 December 1970), known as Paqui, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.

He played professionally for six clubs during 16 years, mainly Tenerife and Las Palmas.

Club career[edit]

Paqui was born in Alicante, Province of Valencia. An unsuccessful FC Barcelona youth graduate (only played for the Catalans' B-team) he went on to represent CD Tenerife,^[1] Real Zaragoza, Hércules CF and UD Las Palmas; he was instrumental in the latter's 2000 return to La Liga, and also served a loan to fellow league club CA Osasuna whilst under contract.

Paqui retired from the game in June 2004 after Las Palmas' relegation into the third division, totalling 221 matches and two goals in the Spanish top flight.

^ "Paqui, lesionado de gravedad" [Paqui, seriously injured] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 January 1991. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ "Supervivientes de oro" [Golden survivors]. El País (in Spanish). 25 February 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
^ "La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica" [1992's La Roja, our Olympic gold medal] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.