Joselu

Joselu

Personal information
Full name	José Luís Sanmartín Mato
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Real Madrid B
Number	9
Youth career
2002–2008	Castilla
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Real Madrid B	21	(3)
2009	→ Celta (loan)	2	(0)
2009–	Real Madrid	72	(40)
International career‡
2008–2009	Spain U19	11	(3)
2009	Spain U20	1	(0)
2009–	Spain U21	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 March 2010

Template:Spanish name 2 José Luís Sanmartín Mato, aka Joselu (born 27 March 1990), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla as a striker.

Early life

Joselu was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and attended school in the country for four years, when his family returned to Spain. He has two older sisters.

Football career

Joselu played his two first professional matches for local Celta de Vigo, with the Galicians in the second division, late in the 2008–09 season. Since the age of 18, at about the same time he made his debuts with the main squad, he played with the B team in the third level.

Late in the 2009 summer, he was purchased by Real Madrid, being immediately loaned to his former team for a further season. He was relatively used during the second division campaign, but only found the net four times as the team finished in 12th position.

Joselu was Real Madrid Castilla's top scorer in the 2010–11 season, alongside Álvaro Morata, but the team failed to promote in the playoffs. On 21 May 2011, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, replacing Karim Benzema for the last ten minutes of a home fixture against UD Almería; he scored almost immediately off a Cristiano Ronaldo cross, making it 8–1 for the hosts.

On 20 December 2011, in his second official appearance for the main squad, Joselu substituted Benzema in the 77th minute of the home match against SD Ponferradina, for the season's Copa del Rey. He scored the 4–1 – in an eventual 5–1 win – two minutes later.

In his second season with Castilla, Joselu became an essential offensive unit for manager Alberto Toril, and responded by scoring 26 goals (19 in the regular season and seven in the playoffs) which made him the competition's top scorer, as his team promoted to division two after five years, as champions; he subsequently attracted the attention of several European clubs.

Statistics

Club

Last update: 9 June 2012

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celta B	2008–09	21	3	—		—		21	3
	Total	21	3	—		—		21	3
Celta	2008–09	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2009–10	24	4	4	0	—		28	4
	Total	26	4	4	0	—		30	4
Real Madrid B	2010–11	36	14	—		—		36	14
	2011–12	36	26	—		—		36	26
	Total	72	40	—		—		72	40
Real Madrid	2010–11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	2011–12	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
	Total	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2
Career totals		120	48	5	1	0	0	125	49

International

Spain U19

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	2009-05-21	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Czech Republic	2–0	5–1	UEFA Under-19 Football Championship qualifier
2	2009-07-21	Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol, Ukraine	Turkey	2–1	2–1	UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
3	2009-07-24	Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol, Ukraine	Serbia	1–0	1–2	UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Spain U21 No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref. 1 2009-09-04 Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Spain Poland 1–0 2–0 2011 UEFA Under-21 Football Championship qualifier Honours Club Real Madrid Castilla Segunda División B: 2011–12 References External links Real Madrid official profile BDFutbol profile Futbolme profile Template:Es icon