José_Catalá
José Catalá
Spanish footballer
José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos (born 1 January 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Gerena as a central defender or a left back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 39) | ||
| Place of birth | Villajoyosa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gerena | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Valencia B | 19 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | → Villajoyosa (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Alicante | 43 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Villarreal B | 33 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Villarreal | 29 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Murcia | 22 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Apollon Limassol | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Veria | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Racing Ferrol | 44 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Jumilla | 30 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Ejea | 25 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | San Juan Mozarrifar | 22 | (1) |
| 2021– | Gerena | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:03, 2 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Born in Villajoyosa, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Catalá emerged through local club Valencia CF's youth ranks, making his senior debut in Segunda División B where he successively represented Villajoyosa CF, Valencia CF Mestalla and Alicante CF. He helped the latter promote to Segunda División, in 2008.
After suffering immediate relegation with Alicante, Catalá continued in that level with Villarreal CF's reserves.[1] He was instrumental as they avoided relegation in their first-ever year in the competition, totalling 2,444 minutes of action and scoring once.[2]
Catalá was promoted to the first team for the 2010–11 season, aged already 25. He managed to provide stiff competition to veteran Joan Capdevila, inclusively relegating the European and World Champion to the bench in some games.[3] He finished his first year in La Liga with 30 competitive matches to his credit – 16 in the league, five in the Copa del Rey and nine in a semi-final run in the UEFA Europa League[4]– opening the score on 3 January 2011 in a 2–0 home win against UD Almería[5] as the side eventually finished fourth and qualified to the UEFA Champions League.
After leaving the Yellow Submarine, Catalá totalled just 27 appearances in two seasons for Real Murcia[4] and Apollon Limassol, the latter in the Cypriot First Division. On 8 August 2014 he changed teams and countries again, joining Veria F.C. of the Super League Greece.[6]
Catalá made his debut for his new team on 24 August 2014, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–2 home victory over Skoda Xanthi FC. His first start occurred against Ergotelis FC, his two mistakes resulting in both of the opposition's goals in an eventual 2–2 away draw. After failing to perform overall, player and club agreed to mutually terminate the contract on 26 May 2015.[7]
In the following years, Catalá played in the Spanish third division.[8]
- As of match played on 13 May 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Valencia B | 2006–07[9] | Segunda División B | 19 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Villajoyosa (loan) | 2004–05[9] | Segunda División B | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[9] | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| Alicante | 2007–08[9] | Segunda División B | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2008–09[9] | Segunda División | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | ||
| Total | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 5 | ||
| Villarreal | 2009–10[9] | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11[9] | La Liga | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2011–12[9] | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Murcia | 2012–13[9] | Segunda División | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| Apollon Limassol | 2013–14[10] | Cypriot First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Veria | 2014–15[10] | Super League Greece | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Racing Ferrol | 2015–16[9] | Segunda División B | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2016–17[9] | Segunda División B | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| Total | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||
| Jumilla | 2017–18[9] | Segunda División B | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |
| Career total | 218 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 254 | 9 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Catalá: "En casa debemos seguir igual de fuertes" (Catalá: "We must remain as strong at home"); Diario AS, 10 December 2009 (in Spanish)
- El Cádiz hace una oferta a Catalá, defensa del Murcia (Cádiz make an offer to Catalá, Murcia defender); El Desmarque, 12 July 2013 (in Spanish)
- Villarreal ease to victory; ESPN Soccernet, 3 January 2011
- Παίκτης της Βέροιας ο Jose Manuel Catala Mazuecos (Jose Manuel Catala Mazuecos a Veria player) Archived 29 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Veria FC, 8 August 2014 (in Greek)
- Αποδεσμεύσεις ποδοσφαιριστών (Terminated players) Archived 2015-05-26 at the Wayback Machine; Veria FC, 26 May 2015 (in Greek)
- José Manuel Catalá se convierte en el octavo fichaje del FC Jumilla (José Manuel Catalá becomes FC Jumilla's eighth signing); Tele Jumilla, 21 July 2017 (in Spanish)
- "Catalá: José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- José Catalá at BDFutbol
- José Catalá at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- José Catalá at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)