Francisco Higuera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Higuera Fernández | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Escurial, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mallorca | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1988 | Mallorca | 174 | (27) |
| 1988–1997 | Zaragoza | 276 | (63) |
| 1997–1998 | Puebla | 34 | (7) |
| 1998–2000 | Xerez | 57 | (1) |
| Total | 524 | (95) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 1983 | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Spain | 6 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013–2014 | Xerez | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Francisco Higuera Fernández (born 30 January 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder – sometimes he could appear in the forward position.
Nicknamed Paquete, he appeared in 367 La Liga games over the course of 12 seasons (76 goals), in representation of Mallorca and Zaragoza.
Higueras was born in Escurial, Province of Cáceres. After playing in all the youth categories at RCD Mallorca he made his senior debut at only 17, in a 3–0 Segunda División home win against Deportivo de La Coruña on 10 October 1982, and finished his first season with 16 matches and two goals as the Balearic Islands club promoted to La Liga. His first appearance in the top level occurred on 24 September 1983 in a 0–3 loss at Atlético Madrid, and he went on to experience two relegations from the category with the team.
In the 1988 summer, Higuera signed with Real Zaragoza, being an everpresent fixture with the Aragonese. In the 1993–94 campaign he scored a career-best 12 goals while also scoring the decisive penalty in the shootout win over Celta de Vigo, in the Copa del Rey final, and being instrumental in the team's 1995 victory in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, all this while often partnered offensively with Juan Esnáider, Miguel Pardeza and Gustavo Poyet (they recorded, in 1994–95, an impressive 5–4 away win against FC Barcelona for the Supercopa de España).
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