José Antonio Luque

José Antonio Luque
Personal information
Full name	José Antonio Luque Ramírez
Date of birth	16 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Marchena, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1999	Sevilla B
1999–2000	Linense
2000–2008	Recreativo
2007	→ Écija (loan)
2008–2009	Écija
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name 2 José Antonio Luque Ramírez (born 16 February 1974 in Marchena, Seville, Andalusia) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

After playing five seasons with Sevilla FC's reserves, Luque joined another side in Andalusia and the third division, Real Balompédica Linense, where he remained one year. In 2000 he signed for Recreativo de Huelva, being second-choice in his beginnings but being the most used goalkeeper in 2002–03's La Liga, in a campaign where the oldest club in Spain also reached the Copa del Rey final;^[1] during that year, he shared teams with Manuel Almunia – later of Arsenal fame.

In the following season, now in the second level, Luque lost his place to newly signed Toño, regained it again when his competitor left for Racing de Santander and battled with him again when he returned in January 2006, on loan. In 2005–06, as Recre returned to the top flight after a three-year absence, he only conceded 22 goals in 24 matches, but was ineligible to receive the Ricardo Zamora Trophy due to the number of games played.

Surprisingly, Luque was deemed surplus to requirements by new Recreativo manager Marcelino García Toral, only being allowed to train separately. In January 2007 he moved to neighbours Écija Balompié on loan, helping as the club preserved its division three status; returning to Huelva for the 2007–08 campaign he found himself third-choice, behind new acquisitions Mariano Barbosa and Stefano Sorrentino.

Luque retired from football in 2009 at the age of 35, after one season with Écija. Subsequently, he began training his hometown club.

References

^ "Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar" (in Spanish). El País. 29 June 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

José Antonio Luque at BDFutbol
Stats at Footballdatabase

[1] "Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar" (in Spanish). El País. 29 June 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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