Pedro Mosquera Parada (born 21 April 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.
Club career Born in A Coruña, Galicia, Mosquera played roller hockey for his high school team in neighbouring Santa María del Mar.Mosquera empezó jugando al hockey sobre patines (Mosquera started playing roller hockey); Diario AS, 23 January 2010 (in Spanish) In 2000, at the age of 12, he arrived in Real Madrid's youth system. He started out as a professional in 2006–07's Segunda División – four games, 84 minutes and relegation.
On 24 January 2010, Mosquera was called to the first team for a match against Málaga, but did not leave the bench.Esperando a Mosquera (Waiting on Mosquera); El País, 6 February 2010 (in Spanish) He made his La Liga debut two months and one day later, playing one minute in a 4–2 away win over Getafe after replacing Xabi Alonso.Ruthless Real return to the summit; ESPN Soccernet, 25 March 2010
Mosquera signed precisely with Getafe on 12 July 2010, penning a five-year contract and reuniting with former Real Madrid Castilla coach Míchel.Pedro Mosquera ficha por el Getafe (Pedro Mosquera signs for Getafe); Marca, 12 July 2010 (in Spanish) He made his debut for the club 16 days later, scoring against Germany's VfL Osnabrück in a friendly.El 'Geta' no da opciones ('Geta' do not give a chance); Marca, 28 July 2010 (in Spanish)
On 20 January 2012, after not playing one single minute under new manager Luis García in the season, Mosquera agreed to return to Castilla, with the side in the Segunda División B.Mosquera deja el Getafe para volver al Castilla (Mosquera leaves Getafe to return to Castilla); Marca, 20 January 2012 (in Spanish) In summer 2014, after a further top-flight campaign with Getafe, he joined Elche of the same league on a three-year contract.El Elche C.F. incorpora a Mosquera (Elche C.F. add Mosquera) ; Elche CF, 3 July 2014 (in Spanish) He scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 14 September while at the service of the latter, contributing to a 3–2 away victory over Rayo Vallecano.El Elche sorprende al Rayo en Vallecas (2–3: Elche surprise Rayo at Vallecas); Mundo Deportivo, 14 September 2014 (in Spanish)
Mosquera cut ties with the Valencians on 27 July 2015,Mosquera y Lombán se desvinculan del Elche C.F. (Mosquera and Lombán cut ties with Elche C.F.) ; Elche CF, 27 July 2015 (in Spanish) and signed a four-year deal with Deportivo de La Coruña hours later.Pedro Mosquera, nuevo jugador del Real Club Deportivo (Pedro Mosquera, new player of Real Club Deportivo); Deportivo La Coruña, 27 July 2015 (in Spanish) He played 37 matches in his first season, helping to a final 15th position in the table.
On 2 August 2019, Mosquera terminated his contract at the Estadio Riazor and joined Huesca for two years the following day. During his spell in Aragon, he totalled 100 appearances.
On 8 July 2022, Mosquera moved to Primera Federación club Alcorcón. Two years later, the 36-year-old joined Rayo Majadahonda of Segunda Federación.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Madrid B2006–07Segunda División40———402007–08Segunda División B271———2712008–09Segunda División B331———3312009–10Segunda División B344———344Total986000000986Real Madrid2009–10La Liga100000—10Getafe2010–11La Liga1403040—2102011–12La Liga000000—00Total140304000210Real Madrid B (loan)2011–12Segunda División B161——422032012–13Segunda División383———383Total544000042586Getafe2013–14La Liga25010——260Elche2014–15La Liga25120——271Deportivo2015–16La Liga37030——4002016–17La Liga23340——2732017–18La Liga23020——2502018–19Segunda División16010——170Total99310000001093Huesca2019–20Segunda División39010——4002020–21La Liga27000——2702021–22Segunda División33000——330Total9901000001000Alcorcón2022–23Primera Federación0000——00Career total35514170404238015
Honours Real Madrid Castilla Segunda División B: 2011–12
Huesca Segunda División: 2019–20
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