Pau Cendrós López (born 1 April 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as either a right-back or a central defender.
Club career Mallorca Born in Palma de Mallorca, Cendrós rose through the youth ranks of Balearic Islands giants RCD Mallorca. His first professional spell was on loan, with lowly Benidorm CF.Pau Cendrós: “Mi objetivo es llegar algún día a debutar con el primer equipo” (Pau Cendrós: "I dream of making debut with first team someday"); RCDM, 17 April 2009 (in Spanish)
Cendrós was loaned again in the 2008–09 season, now to Canary Islands-based club CD Tenerife,Los números no engañan (Numbers don't lie); El Día, 20 August 2009 (in Spanish) appearing rarely as it returned to La Liga after a seven-year absence.Once años del último ascenso a Primera División (Eleventh anniversary of last promotion to Primera División); Vavel, 13 June 2020 (in Spanish) In the following year more of the same, also in the Segunda División, as he represented Levante UD.Pau Cendrós y Dani Carril, presentados como nuevos jugadores del Levante UD (Pau Cendrós and Dani Carril, presented as new Levante UD players); Levante UD, 17 July 2009 (in Spanish)
On 29 August 2010, after being one of Levante's most important defensive players as the Valencia team returned to the top flight after two years,Fútbol.– El Levante ofrece el ascenso desde el balcón del ayuntamiento ante más de 3.000 aficionados (Football.– Levante offer promotion from city hall balcony in front of more than 3.000 fans); Europa Press, 14 June 2010 (in Spanish) Cendrós finally made his debut for Mallorca's main squad at the age of 23, playing the entire 0–0 home draw against Real Madrid in the season's opener.Slow start for Mourinho ; ESPN Soccernet, 29 August 2010 He appeared in 31 games in his first year, starting in 29.Mallorca: Pablo Cáceres, Martí Crespí y Pau Cendrós no continuarán la próxima temporada (Mallorca: Pablo Cáceres, Martí Crespí and Pau Cendrós will not continue next season); Goal, 21 May 2012 (in Spanish)
In the 2011–12 campaign, challenged by newly signed Chico and Gianni Zuiverloon, Cendrós still managed to be the most utilised player in his position,Zuiverloon teme no ir a la Eurocopa por su suplencia (Zuiverloon fears missing Eurocup due to reserve status); Marca, 9 February 2012 (in Spanish) taking part in 25 league matches as Mallorca, coached by Joaquín Caparrós, finished in eighth position.Puntuaciones del Mallorca 2011/2012 (Mallorca grades 2011/2012); Vavel, 18 May 2012 (in Spanish)
Gent and Alcorcón Cendrós moved abroad for the first time on 7 August 2012, joining Belgian Pro League side KAA Gent on a two-year contract.Pablo Cendros Lopez nieuwe aanwinst KAA Gent (Pablo Cendros Lopez new KAA Gent acquisition) ; K.A.A. Gent, 7 August 2012 (in Dutch) In January 2014, he returned to his country, signing with AD Alcorcón of the second tier.Pau Cendros ya es jugador de la A.D. Alcorcon (Pau Cendros is already a A.D. Alcorcon player); Deporte Balear, 25 January 2014 (in Spanish)
Mallorca return and Lugo In summer 2014, Cendrós re-joined his first professional club Mallorca, agreeing to a two-year deal.El RCD Mallorca ficha a Pau Cendrós (RCD Mallorca sign Pau Cendrós) ; RCD Mallorca, 4 July 2014 (in Spanish) He totalled nearly 3,000 minutes in the first season of his second spell, but was later deemed surplus to requirements by new manager Albert Ferrer.Toque de atención de Ferrer a Cendrós, Agus y Assulin (Ferrer wake-up call to Cendrós, Agus and Assulin); Marca, 17 July 2015 (in Spanish)
Cendrós joined CD Lugo also in division two on 17 August 2015.Pau Cendrós, nuevo jugador del CD Lugo (Pau Cendrós, new player of CD Lugo) ; CD Lugo, 17 August 2015 (in Spanish)
Mirandés On 19 July 2016, Cendrós signed for fellow second-division team CD Mirandés as a free agent.Pau Cendrós, nuevo jugador rojillo para la próxima temporada (Pau Cendrós, new red player for the following season); CD Mirandés, 19 July 2016 (in Spanish) On 25 January 2017, after only three competitive appearances, he left by mutual consent.Comunicado oficial, C.D. Mirandés S.A.D. (Official announcement, C.D. Mirandés S.A.D.); CD Mirandés, 25 January 2017 (in Spanish)
Later career Cendrós competed in the Spanish lower leagues until his retirement, representing in quick succession SCR Peña Deportiva, Unionistas de Salamanca CF,Pau Cendrós llega al Unionistas (Pau Cendrós arrives at Unionistas); BeSoccer, 31 July 2018 (in Spanish) CE Andratx and UD Poblense.El exmallorquinista Pau Cendrós ficha por el Poblense de Tercera División (Former Mallorca man Pau Cendrós signs for Poblense of Tercera División); Diario de Mallorca, 6 March 2020 (in Spanish) He also had a spell in the Andorran Primera Divisió with UE Sant Julià.Arriben tres exprimera divisió (Three former first-divisioners arrive); Bondia, 10 June 2021 (in Catalan)
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