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{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 1984)}}
{{family name hatnote|Cuéllar|Sacristán|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Iván Cuéllar
| image = Real Valladolid - CD Leganés 2018-12-01 (39) (cropped) 2.jpg
| caption = Cuéllar with [[CD Leganés|Leganés]] in 2018
| full_name = Iván Cuéllar Sacristán<ref name=Bio>{{cite news|url=https://resultados.as.com/resultados/ficha/deportista/pichu/15132/|title=Pichu|newspaper=[[Diario AS]]|language=es|access-date=7 September 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907083505/https://resultados.as.com/resultados/ficha/deportista/pichu/15132/|archive-date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|5|27|df=y}}<ref name=Bio/>
| birth_place = [[Mérida, Spain]]
| height = 1.87 m<ref name=Bio/>
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
| clubnumber = 25
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Real Madrid CF (youth)|Real Madrid]]
| youthyears2 = 2001–2002 | youthclubs2 = [[Mérida UD|Mérida]]
| youthyears3 = 2002–2003 | youthclubs3 = [[Atlético Madrid]]
| years1 = 2002 | clubs1 = [[Mérida UD|Mérida]] | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2003–2005 | clubs2 = [[Atlético Madrid B]] | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2005–2008 | clubs3 = [[Atlético Madrid]] | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2007–2008 | clubs4 = → [[SD Eibar|Eibar]] (loan) | caps4 = 38 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2008–2017 | clubs5 = [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]] | caps5 = 199 | goals5 = 0    
| years6 = 2017–2021 | clubs6 = [[CD Leganés|Leganés]] | caps6 = 123 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021–2023 | clubs7 = [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]] | caps7 = 35 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2023– | clubs8 = [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]] | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = | totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 2006 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2005 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national under-23 football team|Spain U23]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 17:44, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
}}
'''Iván Cuéllar Sacristán''' (born 27 May 1984), nicknamed '''Pichu''',<ref name=Pichu>{{cite news|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/20070108/pichu-en-tus-manos_52244038617.html|title=Pichu, en tus manos|trans-title=Pichu, in your hands|newspaper=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|first=Walter|last=Zimmermann|language=es|date=8 January 2007|access-date=11 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111232435/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/20070108/pichu-en-tus-manos_52244038617.html|archive-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> is a Spanish professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for [[La Liga]] club [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]].

Developed at [[Atlético Madrid]], he spent most of his career with [[Sporting de Gijón]], where he made 247 total appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/sporting-de-gijon/20230529/pichu-cuellar-no-entiende-su-salida-del-sporting-no-me-dicen-nada-concreto_40225058.html|title=Pichu Cuéllar no entiende su salida del Sporting: "No me dicen nada concreto"|trans-title=Pichu Cuéllar does not understand his departure from Sporting: "I'm not being told anything in specific"|publisher=El Desmarque|first=Álvaro|last=Vega|language=es|date=29 May 2023|access-date=7 September 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907083507/https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/sporting-de-gijon/20230529/pichu-cuellar-no-entiende-su-salida-del-sporting-no-me-dicen-nada-concreto_40225058.html|archive-date=7 September 2023}}</ref>

==Club career==
===Atlético Madrid===
Cuéllar was born in [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]], [[Extremadura]], and earned his nickname "Pichu" – [[Castúo|local dialect]] for a young boy – from a cousin.<ref name=Pichu/> He spent time at [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] before continuing his development at hometown club [[Mérida UD]], where he made his senior debut aged 17 in a 1–0 loss away to [[Granada CF]] in [[Segunda División B]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/deportes/portero-futuro_132860.html|title=El portero del futuro|trans-title=The goalkeeper of the future|newspaper=[[El Periódico Extremadura]]|language=es|date=24 September 2004|access-date=7 July 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707041835/http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/deportes/portero-futuro_132860.html|archive-date=7 July 2018}}</ref> After completing his youth career at [[Atlético Madrid]], he made his first appearance for the first team in the last matchday of the [[2004–05 La Liga|2004–05 season]], in a 2–2 draw against neighbours [[Getafe CF]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2005/05/29/liga/1117400822.html|title=El Atlético es incapaz de alcanzar la Intertoto|trans-title=Atlético are unable to reach the Intertoto|newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|language=es|date=29 May 2005|access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noticias.info/2005-05-31/news-39267-source-2-atletico-cuellar-debutar-en-liga-ha-sido-mi-mejor-regalo-de-cumpleanos|title=ATLÉTICO: Cuéllar: "Debutar en Liga ha sido mi mejor regalo de cumpleaños"|trans-title=Atlético: Cuéllar: "Making League debut was my best birthday present"|publisher=Noticias.info|language=es|date=30 May 2005|access-date=22 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218022509/http://www.noticias.info/2005-05-31/news-39267-source-2-atletico-cuellar-debutar-en-liga-ha-sido-mi-mejor-regalo-de-cumpleanos|archive-date=18 February 2013}}</ref>

In [[2006–07 La Liga|2006–07]], benefitting from the forced absence of starter [[Leo Franco]],<ref name=Pichu/> Cuéllar played a further seven games, including a 0–6 home defeat to [[FC Barcelona]] on 20 May 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/cronica/es/desarrollo/996478.html|title=El Barça saca los colores al Atlético|trans-title=Barça obliterate Atlético|newspaper=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]|first=Fran|last=Villalobos|language=es|date=20 May 2007|access-date=22 September 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210160325/http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/cronica/es/desarrollo/996478.html|archive-date=10 February 2010}}</ref>

===Sporting Gijón===
After a [[2007–08 Segunda División|season]]-long loan at [[Segunda División]] club [[SD Eibar]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20070807/deportes/guipuzcoa/ivan-cuellar-primer-portero-20070807.html|title=Iván Cuéllar es el primer portero que ficha el Eibar para la temporada 07–08|trans-title=Iván Cuéllar is the first goalkeeper signed by Eibar for the 07–08 season|newspaper=[[El Correo]]|first=J. F.|last=Garitaonandia|language=es|date=7 August 2007|access-date=29 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629131343/http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20070807/deportes/guipuzcoa/ivan-cuellar-primer-portero-20070807.html|archive-date=29 June 2018}}</ref> featuring in all the matches save four, Cuéllar was released by Atlético (as another youth graduate in the same position, [[Ismael Falcón]]) and joined [[Sporting de Gijón]] in August 2008, on a four-year contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20080626/deportes/guipuzcoa/ivan-cuellar-ficha-sporting-20080626.html|title=Iván Cuéllar ficha por el Sporting para las cuatro próximas campañas|trans-title=Iván Cuéllar signs for Sporting for the next four seasons|newspaper=El Correo|language=es|date=26 June 2008|access-date=29 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130946/http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20080626/deportes/guipuzcoa/ivan-cuellar-ficha-sporting-20080626.html|archive-date=29 June 2018}}</ref> After [[Sergio Sánchez (footballer, born 1977)|Sergio Sánchez]] conceded 19 goals in [[2008–09 La Liga|the season]]'s first four games he became the starter but, following a collision with [[Athletic Bilbao]]'s [[Carlos Gurpegui]] during a 3–0 away defeat on 14 December, suffered a serious [[ankle]] injury which rendered him unavailable for four months.<ref name=Worse>{{cite news|url=http://sporting.elcomercio.es/noticias/2010-06-04/colmo-desgracia-20100604.html|title=El colmo de la desgracia|trans-title=It does not get any worse|newspaper=[[El Comercio (Spain)|El Comercio]]|language=es|date=4 June 2010|access-date=22 September 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211020255/http://sporting.elcomercio.es/noticias/2010-06-04/colmo-desgracia-20100604.html|archive-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>

In mid-November 2009, as he was second choice to [[Juan Pablo (footballer, born 1978)|Juan Pablo]], Cuéllar suffered another severe injury, damaging his [[knee]] in training and being lost for the vast majority of [[2009–10 La Liga|the campaign]].<ref name=Worse/> His first appearance after recovering would take place on 22 September 2010, as manager [[Manuel Preciado]] rested the vast majority of the starters for a Wednesday match at Barcelona – in a week where all the teams played three matches – which ended in a 1–0 loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/302177/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739|title=Villa to the rescue for Barca|publisher=[[ESPN FC|ESPN Soccernet]]|date=22 September 2010|access-date=22 September 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430153547/https://www.espn.com/soccer/?soccernet=true&cc=5739|archive-date=30 April 2024}}</ref>

In January 2013, after the departure of Juan Pablo to [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv FC]], Cuéllar became the starter. He won the [[Ricardo Zamora Trophy]] for best goalkeeper in [[2014–15 Segunda División|2014–15]], conceding 21 goals in 36 appearances as the [[Asturias|Asturians]] returned to [[La Liga]].<ref name=ZAMORA>{{cite web|url=http://www.laliga.es/en/news/ivan-cuellar-201415-liga-adelante-best-goalkeeper|title=Iván Cuéllar, 2014/15 Liga Adelante Best Goalkeeper|publisher=[[La Liga]]|date=30 November 2015|access-date=30 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702235341/http://www.laliga.es/en/news/ivan-cuellar-201415-liga-adelante-best-goalkeeper|archive-date=2 July 2019}}</ref> At the end of the season, he extended his contract until 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realsporting.com/webrsg/index.php/template/actualidad/5761-el-sporting-renueva-los-contratos-de-ivan-cuellar-y-juan-muniz|title=El Sporting renueva los contratos de Iván Cuéllar y Juan Muñiz|trans-title=Sporting renew the contracts of Iván Cuéllar and Juan Muñiz|publisher=Sporting Gijón|language=es|date=8 July 2015|access-date=9 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071356/http://www.realsporting.com/webrsg/index.php/template/actualidad/5761-el-sporting-renueva-los-contratos-de-ivan-cuellar-y-juan-muniz|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

===Leganés===
Cuéllar ended his nine-year association with the [[El Molinón]]-based team in July 2017, and the 33-year-old signed for [[CD Leganés]] also in the top tier.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/futbol/leganes/2017/07/21/5971fe0746163f6b3a8b4690.html|title=Cuéllar: "Es un proyecto ilusionante, de futuro, de crecimiento"|trans-title=Cuéllar: "It is an exciting project, of future, of growth|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=21 July 2017|access-date=18 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118122548/http://www.marca.com/futbol/leganes/2017/07/21/5971fe0746163f6b3a8b4690.html|archive-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> As [[Jon Ander Serantes]] was nursing a serious injury, he took the number one position and went on to record a club and personal best [[Shutout#Association football|clean sheet]] of over 500 minutes that was broken by [[Sevilla FC]] in October.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2017/10/29/59f5f56cca4741d8668b4629.html|title=Leganes went 500 minutes without conceding|newspaper=Marca|first1=Javi|last1=Carrasco|first2=Sam|last2=Leveridge|date=29 October 2017|access-date=18 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118122618/http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2017/10/29/59f5f56cca4741d8668b4629.html|archive-date=18 January 2018}}</ref>

===Return to Sporting===
On 29 August 2021, Cuéllar returned to Sporting on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realsporting.com/noticia/ivan-cuellar-regresa-al-sporting|title=Iván Cuéllar regresa al Sporting|trans-title=Iván Cuéllar returns to Sporting|publisher=Sporting Gijón|language=es|date=29 August 2021|access-date=30 August 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829182807/https://www.realsporting.com/noticia/ivan-cuellar-regresa-al-sporting|archive-date=29 August 2021}}</ref> He was second-choice to [[Diego Mariño]] and did not play until 20 March when he profited from the latter's injury to play in a 1–1 draw at Leganés; he then had a run of ten consecutive games in which he kept only two clean sheets but never conceded more than once, as the team [[2021–22 Segunda División|narrowly avoided relegation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://killerasturias.com/index.php/noticias/cuellar-busca-completar-la-mejora|title=Cuéllar busca completar la mejora|trans-title=Cuéllar seeks to complete upgrade|publisher=Killer Asturias|first=Borja|last=Fernández|language=es|date=21 May 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430153527/https://killerasturias.com/index.php/noticias/cuellar-busca-completar-la-mejora|archive-date=30 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/sporting/seriedad-caras-largas-20220523000716-ntvo.html|title=Seriedad y caras largas en el regreso de Fuenlabrada|trans-title=Seriousness and long faces on the return from Fuenlabrada|newspaper=El Comercio|first=Carlos|last=Amado|language=es|date=23 May 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523061636/https://www.elcomercio.es/sporting/seriedad-caras-largas-20220523000716-ntvo.html|archive-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>

===Mallorca===
On 28 August 2023, Cuéllar signed a one-year deal with top-tier [[RCD Mallorca]], in order to provide competition for [[Dominik Greif]] and [[Predrag Rajković]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcdmallorca.es/noticias/el-rcd-mallorca-ficha-a-ivan-pichu-cuellar|title=El RCD Mallorca ficha a Iván 'Pichu' Cuéllar|trans-title=RCD Mallorca sign Iván 'Pichu' Cuéllar|publisher=RCD Mallorca|language=es|date=28 August 2023|access-date=28 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828133611/https://www.rcdmallorca.es/noticias/el-rcd-mallorca-ficha-a-ivan-pichu-cuellar|archive-date=28 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/sporting1905/2024/02/28/cuellar-descarte-sporting-final-copa-rey-mascarell/00031709128740570563847.htm|title=Cuéllar, de descarte del Sporting a la final de la Copa del Rey con Mascarell|trans-title=Cuéllar, from Sporting surplus to the King's Cup final with Mascarell|newspaper=[[La Voz de Asturias]]|first=Dani|last=Souto|language=es|date=28 February 2024|access-date=12 April 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228175130/https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/sporting1905/2024/02/28/cuellar-descarte-sporting-final-copa-rey-mascarell/00031709128740570563847.htm|archive-date=28 February 2024}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|match played 26 May 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway|ivan-cuellar-sacristan/59222}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Atlético Madrid]]
|[[2003–04 Segunda División B|2003–04]]
|rowspan="4"|[[La Liga]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[2004–05 Atlético Madrid season|2004–05]]
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Atlético Madrid season|2005–06]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[2006–07 Atlético Madrid season|2006–07]]
|7||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!8!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!10!!0
|-
|[[SD Eibar|Eibar]] (loan)
|[[2007–08 Segunda División|2007–08]]
|[[Segunda División]]
|38||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||38||0
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]]
|[[2008–09 Sporting de Gijón season|2008–09]]
|rowspan="4"|La Liga
|18||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Sporting de Gijón season|2009–10]]
|0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
|[[2010–11 Sporting de Gijón season|2010–11]]
|13||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||15||0
|-
|[[2011–12 Sporting de Gijón season|2011–12]]
|1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||3||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Sporting de Gijón season|2012–13]]
|rowspan="3"|Segunda División
|23||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||27||0
|-
|[[2013–14 Sporting de Gijón season|2013–14]]
|40||0||0||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [[La Liga play-offs]]|name=pro}}||0||42||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Sporting de Gijón season|2014–15]]
|36||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||36||0
|-
|[[2016–17 Sporting de Gijón season|2016–17]]
|rowspan="2"|La Liga
|32||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||32||0
|-
|[[2017–18 Sporting de Gijón season|2017–18]]
|36||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||36||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!199!!0!!10!!0!!2!!0!!211!!0
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[CD Leganés|Leganés]]
|[[2017–18 CD Leganés season|2017–18]]
|rowspan="3"|La Liga
|35||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||35||0
|-
|[[2018–19 CD Leganés season|2018–19]]
|34||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||36||0
|-
|[[2019–20 CD Leganés season|2019–20]]
|27||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||28||0
|-
|[[2020–21 CD Leganés season|2020–21]]
|Segunda División
|27||0||0||0||0||0||27||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!123!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!126!!0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]]
|[[2021–22 Sporting de Gijón season|2021–22]]
|rowspan="2"|Segunda División
|10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||10||0
|-
|[[2022–23 Sporting de Gijón season|2022–23]]
|25||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||26||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!35!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!36!!0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
|[[2023–24 RCD Mallorca season|2023–24]]
|rowspan="2"|La Liga
|1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
|[[2024–25 RCD Mallorca season|2024–25]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!1!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!404!!0!!17!!0!!2!!0!!423!!0
|}
{{notelist}}

==Honours==
'''Spain U23'''
*[[Mediterranean Games]]: [[Football at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|2005]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medgames05.html|title=Mediterranean Games 2005 (Spain)|publisher=[[RSSSF]]|first=Erik|last=Garin|access-date=3 February 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175216/https://rsssf.org/tablesm/medgames05.html|archive-date=1 April 2023}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[Segunda División]]: [[Ricardo Zamora Trophy]]/[[LFP Awards|Best Goalkeeper]] [[2014–15 Segunda División|2014–15]]<ref name=ZAMORA/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924052717/http://www.realsporting.com/wrsg/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=136&Itemid=238 Sporting Gijón official profile] {{in lang|es}}
*{{BDFutbol|1140}}
*{{Futbolme profile|5566}}

{{RCD Mallorca squad}}
{{Sporting de Gijón Player of the Season}}

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[[Category:Segunda División players]]
[[Category:Segunda División B players]]
[[Category:Mérida UD footballers]]
[[Category:Atlético Madrid B players]]
[[Category:Atlético Madrid footballers]]
[[Category:SD Eibar footballers]]
[[Category:Sporting de Gijón players]]
[[Category:CD Leganés players]]
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[[Category:Spain men's under-21 international footballers]]
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[[Category:Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in football]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain]]