José Serrano (footballer, born 1981)

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Serrano and the second or maternal family name is Arenas.
José Serrano
Serrano in action for Levante in 2007
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Serrano Arenas
Date of birth (1981-03-17) 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

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 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, freshly 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, 32-year-old Serrano moved to amateurs CD Alcalá from Tercera División.[4]

References
  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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