José Manuel Serrano Arenas (born 17 March 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender.
 Serrano in action for Levante in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Manuel Serrano Arenas | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Seville, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sevilla | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | Sevilla B | 156 | (7) |
| 2004–2005 | Xerez | 24 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Levante B | 52 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Levante | 39 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Rayo Vallecano | 20 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Cádiz | 28 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Torreblanca | ||
| 2013–2018 | Alcalá | 177 | (5) |
| Total | 496 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Spain U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Spain U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Spain U18 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editSerrano was born in Seville, Andalusia. After spending four years with local Sevilla FC's reserves, without any first-team appearances, he stayed one season with neighbouring Segunda División side Xerez CD and then switched to Levante UD.
Initially, Serrano played almost exclusively with the reserves in the Segunda División B, making his first-team and La Liga debut aged almost 26 in a 2–4 home defeat against Sevilla on 28 January 2007.[1] The following campaign, he scored in a 1–5 home loss to Valencia CF as Levante were already relegated.[2]
For 2008–09, Serrano joined Madrid club Rayo Vallecano, recently returned to the second division, appearing in only 20 league games out of 84 over the course of two years and being released, after which he signed a two-year contract with Cádiz CF, returning to his native region.[3]
On 19 August 2013, the 32-year-old Serrano moved to amateurs CD Alcalá from Tercera División.[4]
References
edit- ^ 2–4: El Sevilla se exhibe a costa de los errores del Levante (2–4: Sevilla show off at the expense of Levante's mistakes); ABC, 28 January 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ Levante 1–5 Valencia; ESPN Soccernet, 11 May 2008
- ^ Serrano: "Es el mejor sitio a donde podía venir" (Serrano: "It's the best place I could come to"); El Desmarque, 31 August 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Alcalá hace un fichaje de 'Primera': José Serrano (Alcalá make a 'Primera' signing: José Serrano); Estadio Deportivo, 19 August 2013 (in Spanish)
External links
edit- José Serrano at BDFutbol
- José Serrano at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- José Serrano at Soccerway