Francisco José Sota Bernard (born 30 October 1990), known as Fran Sota, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Primera RFEF club Logroñés.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Francisco José Sota Bernard[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-10-30) 30 October 1990 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Aldeanueva de Ebro, La Rioja, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Logroñés | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Osasuna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Osasuna B | 17 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Peña Sport | 32 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Logroñés | 47 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Tropezón | 29 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Leioa | 55 | (11) |
| 2017–2018 | Racing Ferrol | 31 | (4) |
| 2018–2020 | Leioa | 46 | (10) |
| 2020–2021 | Calahorra | 22 | (4) |
| 2022 | East Bengal | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | Logroñés | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:09, 28 February 2022 (UTC) | |||
He started his career at Osasuna and was a part of their reserves team in the 2009–10 season. Afterwards, he played for a number of football clubs in the lower divisions of the Spanish league system. He turned out for Pena Sport FC, CD Varea, SD Logrones, CD Tropezon, SD Leioa and Racing Ferrol before joining CD Calahorra ahead of the 2020–21 season.[2]
On 25 January 2022, Sota joined Indian Super League club East Bengal on a short-term deal.[3] He made his league debut on 2 February against Chennaiyin in their 2–2 draw.[citation needed]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Osasuna B | Segunda División B | 2009–10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
| Peña Sport | Segunda División B | 2010–11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | |
| Logroñés | Segunda División B | 2012–13 | 25 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 1 | |||
| Logroñés total | 47 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | ||
| Tropezón | Segunda División B | 2014–15 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 4 | |
| Leioa | Segunda División B | 2015–16 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 4 | |
| 2016–17 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 7 | |||
| Leioa total | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 11 | ||
| Racing Ferrol | Segunda División B | 2017–18 | 31 | 4 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 32 | 4 | |
| Leioa | Segunda División B | 2018–19 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 8 | |
| 2019–20 | 13 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | |||
| Leioa total | 47 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 10 | ||
| Calahorra | Segunda División B | 2020–21 | 23 | 4 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 23 | 4 | |
| East Bengal | Indian Super League | 2021–22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| Logroñés | Primera División RFEF | 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 288 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 293 | 35 | ||
East Bengal FC – current squad | |
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