Gonzalo Colsa Albendea (born 2 April 1979) is a Spanish former 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 as the Cantabrians were relegated from La Liga.
After representing Atlético Madrid, Real Valladolid and RCD Mallorca, Colsa returned to Santander for the 2006–07 campaign, as an undisputed starter and one of the team's captains. In the second season in his second spell he played all the matches as Racing achieved a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Cup, and netted two times.
Colsa retired in June 2013 at the age of 34, having featured rarely for second-tier side CD Mirandés. Starting in March 2015, he went on to work as an assistant coach under former Racing teammate Pedro Munitis, at that club and SD Ponferradina.
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. 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.
Career statistics
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 TotalRacing B1997–98Segunda División B286———286Racing Santander1997–98La Liga1010——201998–991020——301999–0018030——2102000–0119360——253Subtotal393120——513Logroñés (loan)1998–99Segunda División50———50Atlético Madrid2001–02Segunda División18010——1902004–05La Liga303804Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup0—4232005–0614110——151Subtotal62410040—764Valladolid (loan)2002–03La Liga37541——416Mallorca (loan)2003–04La Liga323205Appearances in UEFA Cup0—393Racing Santander2006–07La Liga37410——3742007–0838280——3822008–093424151—3422009–1030371——3032010–1131220——3122011–1218110——191Subtotal1881312051—20514Mirandés2012–13Segunda División3020——50 Career total394355331410040836
Honours Atlético Madrid Segunda División: 2001–02
Spain U20 FIFA World Youth Championship: 1999
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