# Fran Beltrán

Francisco José Beltrán Peinado (born 3 February 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Celta.

## Club career
### Rayo Vallecano

Born in Madrid, Beltrán joined Rayo Vallecano's youth system in 2013 from Getafe CF. He made his senior debut with the former's reserves on 13 December 2015 at the age of just 16, starting in a 1–1 Tercera División home draw against CD San Fernando de Henares.
Beltrán was a regular for the first team during the 2016 pre-season, being the most utilised player by manager José Ramón Sandoval. He made his professional debut on 20 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away loss to Elche CF in the Segunda División.
Beltrán scored his first goal as a professional on 29 October 2016, his team's first in a 3–2 defeat at CD Tenerife. An undisputed starter during the 2017–18 season, he contributed 40 appearances as his side returned to La Liga as champions.

### Celta

On 1 August 2018, Beltrán signed a five-year contract with top-flight club RC Celta de Vigo, for a reported fee of € 8 million. He played his first league match on 18 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw with RCD Espanyol, and on 7 January 2019 he scored his first such goal to equalise in a 2–1 loss to Athletic Bilbao also at Balaídos.
Beltrán was sent off in the 25th minute of a 2–0 home loss against Granada CF on 15 September 2019 for a foul on Yangel Herrera that was confirmed by video assistant referee review; teammate Jorge Sáenz had already been ejected through the same technology.

## International career

Beltrán won caps for Spain at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. He made his debut for the latter age group on 14 November 2018, playing 20 minutes of a 4–1 friendly win over Denmark in Logroño.
Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021. Beltrán's first senior appearance took place in that match, a 4–0 victory in Leganés.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 26 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Rayo Vallecano B | 2015–16 | Tercera División | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 1 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 0 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Total | Total | 71 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 74 | 1 |
| Celta | 2018–19 | La Liga | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 1 |
| Celta | 2019–20 | La Liga | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 1 |
| Celta | 2020–21 | La Liga | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 3 |
| Celta | 2021–22 | La Liga | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 1 |
| Celta | 2022–23 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 0 |
| Celta | 2023–24 | La Liga | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 37 | 0 |
| Celta | Total | Total | 196 | 6 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 211 | 6 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 290 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 7 |

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 0 |

## Honours

Rayo Vallecano
* Segunda División: 2017–18