{"id":13204,"date":"2025-07-13T00:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/cazorla-40-signs-new-contract-with-oviedo-work-still-in-progress\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T00:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:13:03","slug":"cazorla-40-signs-new-contract-with-oviedo-work-still-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/cazorla-40-signs-new-contract-with-oviedo-work-still-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Cazorla, 40, Signs New Contract with Oviedo\u2014Work Still in Progress!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n    <span class=\"timestamp\">Christmas, December 12, 2025, 05:14 PM ET<\/span>\n  <\/div>\n<p>Santi Cazorla is not yet ready to step away from his football career.<\/p>\n<p>At 40 years old, he is set to return to La Liga next season after signing a new contract with Real Oviedo.<\/p>\n<p>Oviedo announced on Saturday that Cazorla has agreed to a one-year extension, following the expiration of his previous deal this summer.<\/p>\n<p>This agreement positions Cazorla as a key player in the Oviedo squad as the club makes its return to Spain\u2019s top division after a 24-year absence.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure>\n      <picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0621%2Fr1509605_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0621%2Fr1509605_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0621%2Fr1509605_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0621%2Fr1509605_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"><br \/>\n        <\/source><br \/>\n        <\/source>\n      <\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Santi Cazorla is returning to La Liga with Real Oviedo next season. <cite>Juan Manuel Serrano Arce\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The former Arsenal and Villarreal midfielder played a crucial role in helping Oviedo achieve promotion, scoring a pivotal goal in the playoffs against Mirandez last month.<\/p>\n<p>Cazorla last played in La Liga in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He spent seven years with the Oviedo youth system before starting his professional career at Villarreal, as Oviedo faced severe financial difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>After a three-year stint with Al Sadd in Qatar, he returned to Oviedo in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his successful career, Cazorla represented Spain 81 times and was part of the squad that won consecutive UEFA European Championships in 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Fan Take:<\/strong> This news is exciting for soccer fans as Cazorla&#8217;s return brings a veteran presence to the pitch, enhancing the competitive spirit of La Liga. His experience and skill could inspire a new generation of players, revitalizing interest in the sport and contributing to Oviedo&#8217;s journey back to the top tier of Spanish football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas, December 12, 2025, 05:14 PM ET Santi Cazorla is not yet ready to step away from his football career. At 40 years old, he is set to return to La Liga next season after signing a new contract with Real Oviedo. Oviedo announced on Saturday that Cazorla has agreed to a one-year extension, following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4029,876,40,46,4030,3449,499,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-13204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-cazorla","9":"tag-contract","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-oviedowork","13":"tag-progress","14":"tag-signs","15":"tag-soccer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}