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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Francisco Cerro | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Rayo Vallecano | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Quilmes | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 | Quilmes | 51 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | → Vélez Sársfield (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Vélez Sársfield | 34 | (1) |
| 2014–2017 | Racing Club | 70 | (0) |
| 2017– | Rayo Vallecano | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Argentina | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 June 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2012 |
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Francisco Cerro (born 9 February 1988) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Rayo Vallecano.
Cerro started his professional career in 2008 playing for Quilmes in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division). During the 2009–10 season, he helped Quilmes to obtain promotion to the Argentine Primera División. During his team's one-season stay in the Primera, Cerro played 23 games (9 in the 2010 Apertura and 14 in the 2011 Clausura), and scored two goals.
For the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season, Cerro was loaned to Vélez Sársfield with a US$750,000 option to buy. He signed his contract with Vélez on August 4, 2011. Initially a substitute for Héctor Canteros, Cerro became a regular starter for the team during the 2012 Clausura and Copa Libertadores, playing 21 games during the semester.
The midfielder was eventually purchased by Vélez and started 13 games (scoring once) during Vélez's 2012 Inicial title-winning campaign.
After tough negotiations, on 5 February 2014 is confirmed as the new reinforcement Racing Club, following the purchase of 90% of his passes. On February 15, makes its official debut with the albiceleste jersey in the 1-0 defeat against San Lorenzo in the New Gasometer, entering halftime replaces José Luis Gómez. Despite the defeat, Pancho performed well in his debut, since that party has won the title and is one of the leaders of the team, providing strength and good play with the ball under his breath.