Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  Returning 2-year starter....United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Team (second team) 2024....D2CCA All-Southeast Region Team (first team) 2024....Conference Carolinas All-Conference Team (first team) 2024....Appeared in 21 matches with 18 starts in 2024....Third on the team in goals (5), assists (4), and points (14)....Averaged 76.3 minutes per match....Conference Carolinas rankings:  T-6th in game-winning goals (2), T-12th in assists, T-13th in goals, and T-15th in shots on goals (14)....Recorded 32 shots (14 on target)....GWG at Shorter (9-28-24) and at Barton (10-23-24)....Played in all 17 matches and made 13 starts in 2023....Game-winning score and an assist in 3-0 win vs Barton (10-17-23)....Registered 4 shots....Transfer from the University of Oviedo....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2023 (fall), 2024 (fall), 2025 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2023 (fall), 2024 (fall), 2025 (spring).

PERSONAL:

• Born in Gijón, Asturias, Spain
• Graduate of IES MONTEVIL
• Nickname is Goro

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Soccer player.
• How you got your nickname: There was a coach in Spanish soccer and he had curly hair, his name was Nestor GOROsito and because of that my best friend call me GORO; when we saw one match vs my own team Real Sporting because when I was young I had curly hair.
• Favorite Fictional Characters: Spiderman and Jon Snow
• Favorite Athletes: Leo Messi and Rafael Nadal
• Favorite Sports Team: Real Sporting de Gijón
• Favorite Movie or TV Show: Game of Thrones
• Favorite Food: Rice
• Favorite Vacation Spot: Benidorm
• Favorite Musical Artist: Estopa
• Favorite Off-Field Activity: Playing basketball and tennis with my friends
• Goals for Upcoming Season: I would like to win the championship and I would like to be important for the team and improve my soccer
• Why you first chose your sport: When I was young, I was always with a ball and my mother signed me up for a soccer team
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport: I say always “Never give up, everything arrives,” for example when I broke my knee
• Interesting Notes: I have played internationally in tournaments with Real Sporting -- Sporting is one of the most important soccer academies in Spain, and I have played in Sporting for eight years; I won the championship of “tercera division” in Spain and we ascended to  semiprofessional soccer