José Serrano (footballer, born 1981)

José Serrano
	Serrano in action for Levante in 2007
Personal information
Full name	José Manuel Serrano Arenas
Date of birth	17 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Seville, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2004	Sevilla B
2004–2005	Xerez
2005–2007	Levante B
2007–2008	Levante
2008–2010	Rayo Vallecano
2010–2012	Cádiz
2012–2013	Torreblanca
2013–2018	Alcalá
Total
International career
1997–1998	Spain U16
1998–1999	Spain U17
1999–2000	Spain U18
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Manuel Serrano Arenas (born 17 March 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Serrano 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

^ 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

José Serrano at BDFutbol
José Serrano at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
José Serrano at Soccerway

[1] 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)

[2] Levante 1–5 Valencia; ESPN Soccernet, 11 May 2008

[3] 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)

[4] El Alcalá hace un fichaje de 'Primera': José Serrano (Alcalá make a 'Primera' signing: José Serrano); Estadio Deportivo, 19 August 2013 (in Spanish)

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