Joselu
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| 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) |
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*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,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Stuttgart
- German people of Spanish descent
- Spanish footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga footballers
- Segunda División footballers
- Segunda División B footballers
- Celta de Vigo footballers
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Real Madrid C.F. players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers