Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Queipo Menéndez | ||
Date of birth | 22 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Oviedo, Spain | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Gijón | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Atlético Lugones | |||
Xeitosa | |||
Sporting Gijón | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Sporting B | 44 | (9) |
2022– | Sporting Gijón | 57 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 |
Daniel Queipo Menéndez (born 22 May 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Sporting de Gijón.
Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Queipo joined Sporting de Gijón's Mareo from Xeitosa CF.[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 31 October 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Berto González in a 1–0 Segunda División B home win over CD Numancia.[2]
On 22 June 2021, Queipo renewed his contract with Sporting and was definitely promoted to the B-team, now in Tercera División RFEF.[3] He scored his first senior goal on 17 October, scoring the B's third in a 5–0 home routing over CD Tuilla.
Queipo made his first team debut on 13 August 2022, starting in a 1–1 away draw against CD Mirandés in Segunda División.[4][5] On 29 November, he renewed his contract until 2027, being definitely promoted to the main squad.[6]
Queipo scored his first professional goal on 22 January 2023, netting the winner in a 1–0 home success over Real Zaragoza.[7]