José Espinal

José Espinal
Personal information
Full name	José Elpys Espinal Marte
Date of birth	14 November 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	Atalanta
2001–2002	Alzano
2002–2003	AlbinoLeffe
2003–2004	Nuova Albano
2004	Saronno
2004–2005	Sapri
2005–2006	Sanremese
2006–2009	Novara
2008–2009	→ Gela (loan)
2009	→ Rovigo (loan)
2009–2010	Cesena
2010	→ Giacomense (loan)
2010–2012	Eupen
2012–2013	Verbano
2013–2015	Carlin's Boys
2015–2016	Pietra Ligure
2018–	Ospedaletti Calcio
International career‡
2014	Dominican Republic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2014

José Elpys Espinal Marte (born 14 November 1982) is a Dominican former footballer who played as a forward. He also holds Italian citizenship.

He is the twin brother of Vinicio Espinal.^[1]

Career

Along with his twin brother Edwards Vinicio Espinal, both started their career at Atalanta. José left for Serie C1 clubs from 2001 to 2003 and from 2003 to 2005 played at Serie D clubs. He played all 4 matches in promotion playoffs 2005, and scored 5 goals.^[2]

In 2005, he returned to professional football for Sanremese at Serie C2. In the next season he signed for Novara of Serie C1. He failed secured a regular place in 2007–08 season, and left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione clubs on loan.

On 31 August 2009, José Espinal was swapped for Christian Jidayi of Cesena.^[3] He played his first Serie B match for Cesena on 5 January 2010.

On 20 January 2010 he was loaned to Giacomense.^[4]

On 13 July 2010 he signed a one-year contract for the newly promoted Belgian club AS Eupen.^[5]

In December 2013, Espinal joined to Carlin's Boys.^[6]

Internationally, José received his first call for Dominican Republic in August 2011 to participate in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against El Salvador and Surinam, but he did not appear. He made his senior debut on 30 August 2014, when he was a starter in a lost friendly against El Salvador.

References

^ "ACQUISTATO L'ATTACCANTE JOSE' ESPINAL" (in Italian). forzanovara.it. 2006-06-28. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
^ "PLAY-OFF PROMOZIONE GIRONE I" (in Italian). calciodilettante.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
^ "Scambio col Novara Josè Espinal - Jidayi, Ferretti al Pavia" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2009-08-31. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^ "Espinal alla Giacomense" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
^ "ESPINAL José Elpsys" (in German). AS Eupen. 2010-07-13. Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
^ "Calcio: 'botto' di mercato della Carlin's Boys, arriva in nerazzurro dal Verbano Elpys Josè Espinal" (in Italian). San Remo News. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-08-31.

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian)
Profile at Football.it (in Italian)

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[1] "ACQUISTATO L'ATTACCANTE JOSE' ESPINAL" (in Italian). forzanovara.it. 2006-06-28. Retrieved 2010-01-28.

[2] "PLAY-OFF PROMOZIONE GIRONE I" (in Italian). calciodilettante.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2010-01-28.

[3] "Scambio col Novara Josè Espinal - Jidayi, Ferretti al Pavia" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2009-08-31. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

[4] "Espinal alla Giacomense" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-01-23.

[5] "ESPINAL José Elpsys" (in German). AS Eupen. 2010-07-13. Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-13.

[6] "Calcio: 'botto' di mercato della Carlin's Boys, arriva in nerazzurro dal Verbano Elpys Josè Espinal" (in Italian). San Remo News. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-08-31.

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