Francisco 'Paco' Antonio Candela Pascual (born 19 January 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Balompédica Linense. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.
Club career Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Candela graduated with Villarreal CF's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the C-team in the 2011–12 campaign, in Tercera División. On 20 August 2013 he moved to Segunda División B's CD Leganés,Paco Candela, nuevo mediocentro defensivo (Paco Candela, new defensive midfielder) ; Leganés' official website, 20 August 2013 featuring in 29 matches during his first season, which ended in promotion.
On 6 August 2014 Candela signed a new two-year deal with the Madrid side.Paco Candela renueva por dos temporadas (Paco Candela renews for two seasons); Leganés' official website, 6 August 2014 On 11 September he made his professional debut, starting in a 1–1 home draw against CD Numancia, for the campaign's Copa del Rey.Munir frena el sueño copero del Leganés (Munir stops Leganés' cup dreams); Marca, 11 September 2014
On 16 January 2015 Candela was loaned to Sevilla Atlético, until June.Paco Candela, cedido al Sevilla Atlético (Paco Candela, loaned to Sevilla Atlético); ABC, 16 January 2015 He subsequently returned to Lega after his loan expired and scored his first professional goal on 23 August, netting his team's first in a 2–3 away loss against UD Almería through a free kick.El Leganés reacciona demasiado tarde al vendaval almeriense (Leganés reacts too late to the almeriense storm); Marca, 23 August 2015
Candela joined Mérida AD on 3 January 2020.Mérida A.D. on Twitter: " FICHAJE | Paco Candela, nuevo ..., twitter.com, 3 January 2020 However, after only one game for the club, Paco got problems with his knee and was out for the rest of his spell at the club.El Mérida cierra el mercado con un doble movimiento, hoy.se, 1 February 2020 In the summer 2020, Paco then signed with Linense.La Balona ficha al mediocentro Paco Candela, europasur.es, 23 June 2020 After four games for the club, he hurt his knee again at the end of November 2020 and underwent a arthroscopy to repair the external meniscus of his right knee, in which he suffered a partial tear. Paco was set to be out for two months.Paco Candela será operado el jueves en Sevilla, europasur.es, 24 November 2020La Balona solo pierde a Paco Candela para dos meses, europasur.es, 26 November 2020
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