José Catalá
José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos (born 1 January 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Ejea as a central defender or a left back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Villajoyosa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Ejea | ||
| 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– | Ejea | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2018 | |||
Football career
Born in Villajoyosa, Alicante, Valencian Community, Catalá emerged through local Valencia CF's youth ranks, making his senior debut in Segunda División B where he successively represented hometown's 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. He was instrumental as they avoided relegation in their first-ever year in the competition, totalling 2,444 minutes of action and scoring once.[1]
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.[2] He finished his first year in La Liga with 30 official 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 – opening the score on 3 January 2011 in a 2–0 home win against UD Almería,[3] as the side eventually finished fourth and qualified to the UEFA Champions League.
After leaving the Yellow Submarine, Catalá made just 27 appearances in two seasons combined for Real Murcia and Apollon Limassol, the latter in the Cypriot First Division. On 8 August 2014 he changed teams and countries again, joining Veria F.C. in the Superleague Greece.[4]
Catalá made his debut for his new team on 24 August 2014, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–2 home win 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.[5]
In the following years, Catalá played in the Spanish third division.[6]
Club statistics
- 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[7] | Segunda División B | 19 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Villajoyosa (loan) | 2004–05[7] | Segunda División B | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[7] | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| Alicante | 2007–08[7] | Segunda División B | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2008–09[7] | Segunda División | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | ||
| Total | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 5 | ||
| Villarreal | 2009–10[7] | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11[7] | La Liga | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2011–12[7] | 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[7] | Segunda División | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| Apollon Limassol | 2013–14[8] | Cypriot First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Veria | 2014–15[8] | Superleague Greece | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Racing Ferrol | 2015–16[7] | Segunda División B | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2016–17[7] | Segunda División B | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| Total | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||
| Jumilla | 2017–18[7] | Segunda División B | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |
| Career total | 218 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 254 | 9 | ||
- Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
- Las Palmas respira ante un Villarreal B que jugó casi 80 minutos (2–5) en inferioridad (Las Palmas breathe against Villarreal B who played nearly 80 minutes (2–5) undermanned); El Mundo, 8 May 2010 (in Spanish)
- Catalá: "El partido contra el Barcelona hay que olvidarlo" (Catalá: "We have to forget about game against Barcelona"); Marca, 4 April 2011 (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 2015-06-29 at the Wayback Machine; Veria FC, 8 August 2014 (in Greek)
- Αποδεσμεύσεις ποδοσφαιριστών (Terminated players); 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.
- "Catalá". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
External links
- José Catalá at BDFutbol
- José Catalá at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- José Catalá at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)