José Gaspar (footballer)

José Manuel López Gaspar (born 12 July 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Mérida AD as a winger.

For the mythical pirate, see José Gaspar.
José Gaspar
Personal information
Full name José Manuel López Gaspar
Date of birth (1987-07-12) 12 July 1987
Place of birth Cáceres, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Mérida
Youth career
Cacereño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Cacereño
2007–2008 Albacete B 36 (0)
2008–2009 Mérida 21 (2)
2009–2011 Logroñés 51 (4)
2011–2012 Badajoz 29 (7)
2012–2014 Cacereño 54 (9)
2014–2016 Huesca 56 (13)
2016–2018 Hércules 49 (4)
2018 Cartagena 9 (1)
2018–2019 Cornellà 27 (4)
2019– Mérida 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:24, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Gaspar.

He played 15 Segunda División matches for Huesca but spent most of his career in Segunda División B, where he represented nine teams and made over 250 appearances.

Club career

Born in Cáceres, Extremadura, Gaspar made his senior debuts with CP Cacereño in 2005, in Tercera División. In the 2007 summer he moved to Albacete Balompié, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth level.

On 10 October 2007 Gaspar played his first match as a professional, coming on as a substitute in a 0–2 home loss against Xerez CD, for the season's Copa del Rey.[1] It was his maiden appearance with the first team, however.

In 2008 Gaspar moved to Mérida UD in Segunda División B. He continued to compete in the category in the following years, representing UD Logroñés,[2] CD Badajoz, Cacereño[3] and SD Huesca;[4] with the latter he achieved promotion to Segunda División in the end of the 2014–15 campaign, appearing in 37 matches and scoring a career-best 13 goals.

Gaspar made his debut in the second tier on 22 August 2015, starting in a 2–3 home loss against Deportivo Alavés.[5] On 19 August of the following year, he rescinded his contract,[6] signing for third-tier Hércules CF three days later.[7]

In January 2018, Gaspar signed for FC Cartagena after his release from Hércules.[8] He scored the only goal of their playoff semi-final win over RC Celta de Vigo B in June,[9] though the team lost the final by the same margin to Extremadura UD.

Gaspar joined UE Cornellà in August 2018.[10] After helping them to the playoff quarterfinals in his one season in Catalonia, he returned to the city of Mérida to sign for Mérida AD.[11]

References
  1. "Albacete 0–2 Xerez" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. "El Mérida UD se inscribe en Tercera" [Mérida UD inscribes itself in Tercera] (in Spanish). Hoy. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. "El Cacereño refuerza su delantera con el fichaje de Gaspar" [Cacereño bolsters its attack with the signing of Gaspar] (in Spanish). Hoy. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. "La SD Huesca se hace con Gaspar" [SD Huesca takes Gaspar] (in Spanish). Vavel. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. "El Alavés amarga la vuelta al Huesca" [Alavés bitters Huesca return] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. "José Gaspar rescinde su contrato con la SD Huesca" [José Gaspar rescinds contract with SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  7. "José Gaspar se convierte en el séptimo fichaje del Hércules" [José Gaspar becomes Hércules' seventh signing] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  8. Moya, Francisco J. (30 January 2018). "Gaspar, último fichaje del Cartagena" [Gaspar, Cartagena's final signing]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  9. "Un gol de Gaspar deja al Efesé a un paso del ascenso a Segunda tras vencer al Celta de Vigo B (1-0)" [A goal by Gaspar leaves Efesé one step from promotion to Segunda after beating Celta de Vigo B (1–0)]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 10 June 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  10. "Bienvenido, José Gaspar" [Welcome, José Gaspar] (in Spanish). UE Cornellà. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  11. "José Gaspar regresa al Romano" [José Gaspar returns to the Romano]. Hoy (in Spanish). 24 June 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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