Roberto Platero

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| name = Roberto Platero

| image =

| fullname = Roberto Francisco Platero Ibáñez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santoña, Spain

| height = {{height|m=1.72}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

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| youthyears1 =

| youthyears2 = 2002–2005

| youthclubs1 = Santoña

| youthclubs2 = Racing Santander

| years1 = 2005–2008

| years2 = 2007

| years3 = 2008–2011

| years4 = 2009

| years5 = 2009–2010

| years6 = 2010–2011

| years7 = 2011

| years8 = 2011–2012

| years9 = 2012

| years10 = 2012–2013

| years11 = 2013–2014

| years12 = 2014–2015

| years13 = 2015–2016

| years14 = 2016–2018

| years15 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = Racing B

| clubs2 = Racing Santander

| clubs3 = Numancia

| clubs4 = → Ponferradina (loan)

| clubs5 = → Barakaldo (loan)

| clubs6 = → Poli Ejido (loan)

| clubs7 = Noja

| clubs8 = Laredo

| clubs9 = Siete Villas

| clubs10 = Gimnástica

| clubs11 = Santoña

| clubs12 = Gimnástica

| clubs13 = Rayo Cantabria

| clubs14 = Portugalete

| clubs15 = Siete Villas

| caps1 = 80

| caps2 = 1

| caps3 = 0

| caps4 = 7

| caps5 = 23

| caps6 = 22

| caps7 = 3

| caps8 = 5

| caps9 = 4

| caps10 = 16

| caps11 = 33

| caps12 = 12

| caps13 = 20

| caps14 = 17

| caps15 = 47

| totalcaps = 290

| goals1 = 39

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| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 4

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 1

| goals8 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 1

| goals11 = 17

| goals12 = 11

| goals13 = 16

| goals14 = 12

| goals15 = 11

| totalgoals = 117

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Roberto Francisco Platero Ibáñez (born 31 December 1986) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Platero was born in Santoña, Cantabria. A product of Racing de Santander's youth system, he spent several years mainly registered with their reserves, only appearing once for the first team: on 17 June 2007, in the season's closing round, he played 20 minutes in a 0–2 La Liga home loss against Real Betis.[https://archive.today/20120729071233/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=204143&cc=5739 Racing Santander 0–2 Real Betis]; ESPN Soccernet, 17 June 2007

Purchased by CD Numancia in the summer of 2008,[http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/futbol/noticias/651830/07/08/El-Numancia-ficha-al-delantero-Platero-para-las-tres-proximas-temporadas.html El Numancia ficha al delantero Platero para las tres próximas temporadas (Numancia sign forward Platero for the following three seasons)]; El Economista, 12 July 2008 (in Spanish) Platero went on to serve three loans in his first three years, at SD Ponferradina (six months), Barakaldo CF and Polideportivo Ejido, with all the clubs from the Segunda División B.[https://www.marca.com/2010/08/11/futbol/equipos/numancia/1281521416.html El Numancia cede a Platero al Polideportivo Ejido (Numancia loan Platero to Polideportivo Ejido)]; Marca, 11 August 2010 (in Spanish) He competed solely in the lower leagues until his retirement.[http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/v/20110819/deportes/futbol-regional/santones-roberto-platero-ficha-20110819.html El santoñés Roberto Platero ficha por el Noja de Viadero (Santoña's own Roberto Platero signs for Viadero's Noja)]; El Diario Montañés, 19 August 2011 (in Spanish)[https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2016/11/22/radio_bilbao/1479831473_935701.html SD Amorebieta y Portugalete, protagonistas (SD Amorebieta and Portugalete, protagonists)]; Cadena SER, 22 November 2016 (in Spanish)