José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos (born 1 January 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played 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) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| 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 | 20 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Dos Hermanas | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 326 | (12) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editBorn in Villajoyosa, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Catalá emerged through local club Valencia CF's youth ranks, making his senior debut in the Segunda División B where he successively represented Villajoyosa CF, Valencia CF Mestalla and Alicante CF. In the 2007–08 season, he helped the latter to promote to Segunda División.[1][2]
After suffering immediate relegation with Alicante, Catalá continued in that level with Villarreal CF's reserves.[3] He was instrumental as they avoided relegation in their first-ever year in the competition, totalling 2,444 minutes and scoring once.[4]
Catalá was promoted to the first team for the 2010–11 campaign, aged already 25.[5] He managed to provide stiff competition to veteran Joan Capdevila, inclusively relegating the European and World Champion to the bench in some games.[6] 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[7]– opening the 2–0 home win against UD Almería on 3 January 2011[8] as the side eventually finished fourth and qualified for the UEFA Champions League.[9]
After leaving the Yellow Submarine, Catalá totalled just 27 appearances in two seasons for Real Murcia CF[7] and Apollon Limassol FC, the latter in the Cypriot First Division. On 8 August 2014, he changed teams and countries again, joining Veria F.C. of Super League Greece.[10]
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.[11] 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.[12] After failing to perform overall, player and club agreed to mutually terminate the contract on 26 May 2015.[13]
In the following years, Catalá played in the Spanish third division.[14][15]
Career statistics
edit- 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[16] | Segunda División B | 19 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Villajoyosa (loan) | 2004–05[16] | Segunda División B | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[16] | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| Alicante | 2007–08[16] | Segunda División B | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2008–09[16] | Segunda División | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | ||
| Total | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 5 | ||
| Villarreal | 2009–10[16] | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11[16] | La Liga | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2011–12[16] | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Murcia | 2012–13[16] | Segunda División | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| Apollon Limassol | 2013–14[17] | Cypriot First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Veria | 2014–15[17] | Super League Greece | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| Racing Ferrol | 2015–16[16] | Segunda División B | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2016–17[16] | Segunda División B | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| Total | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||
| Jumilla | 2017–18[16] | Segunda División B | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |
| Career total | 214 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 255 | 9 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
edit- ↑ Girona, Alicante y Huesca acompañan al Rayo a la División de Plata (Girona, Alicante and Huesca go with Rayo to Silver Division); Diario AS, 15 June 2008 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Catalá: «Al que tiene ilusión le da igual Primera que Segunda B» (Catalá: "He who is hungry does not care if he's in Primera or Segunda B"); La Voz de Galicia, 14 July 2015 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Catalá: "En casa debemos seguir igual de fuertes" (Catalá: "We must remain as strong at home"); Diario AS, 10 December 2009 (in Spanish)
- ↑ 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 firma con el primer equipo para tres temporadas (Catalá signs with the first team for three seasons); Marca, 25 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)
- 1 2 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
- ↑ Garrido: "Agradezco al Villarreal todo lo que me ha dado" (Garrido: "I thank Villarreal for everything they have given me"); RTVE, 22 December 2011 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Παίκτης της Βέροιας ο Jose Manuel Catala Mazuecos (José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos a Veria player) Archived 29 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Veria FC, 8 August 2014 (in Greek)
- ↑ Βέροια – Ξάνθη 3–2 (Veria – Xanthi 3–2); Sport 24, 24 August 2014 (in Greek)
- ↑ Εργοτέλης – Βέροια 2–2 (Ergotelis – Veria 2–2); Sport 24, 8 November 2014 (in Greek)
- ↑ Αποδεσμεύσεις ποδοσφαιριστών (Terminated players) Archived 26 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Veria FC, 26 May 2015 (in Greek)
- ↑ Catalá, la solución en el medio campo (Catalá, the midfield answer); La Voz de Galicia, 19 January 2017 (in Spanish)
- ↑ 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)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 José Catalá at BDFutbol
- 1 2 José Catalá at Soccerway
External links
edit- José Catalá at BDFutbol
- José Catalá at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)