José Catalá
José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos is a Spanish footballer who plays for AD San Juan de Mozarrifar as a central defender or a left back.Born in Villajoyosa, Alicante, Valencian Community, Catalá emerged through local club Valencia CF's youth ranks, making his senior debut in Segunda División B where he successively represented Villajoyosa CF, Valencia CF Mestalla and Alicante CF. He helped the latter promote to Segunda División, in 2008.
After suffering immediate relegation with Alicante, Catalá continued in that level with Villarreal CF's reserves. He was instrumental as they avoided relegation in their first-ever year in the competition, totalling 2,444 minutes of action and scoring once.
Catalá was promoted to the first team for the 2010–11 season, aged already 25. He managed to provide stiff competition to veteran Joan Capdevila, inclusively relegating the European and World Champion to the bench in some games. He finished his first year in La Liga with 30 official matches to his credit – 16 in the league, five in the Copa del Rey and nine in a semi-final run in the UEFA Europa League – opening the score on 3 January 2011 in a 2–0 home win against UD Almería, as the side eventually finished fourth and qualified to the UEFA Champions League.
After leaving the Yellow Submarine, Catalá made just 27 appearances in two seasons combined for Real Murcia and Apollon Limassol, the latter in the Cypriot First Division. On 8 August 2014 he changed teams and countries again, joining Veria F.C. of the Superleague Greece.
Catalá made his debut for his new team on 24 August 2014, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–2 home win over Skoda Xanthi FC. His first start occurred against Ergotelis FC, his two mistakes resulting in both of the opposition's goals in an eventual 2–2 away draw; after failing to perform overall, player and club agreed to mutually terminate the contract on 26 May 2015.
In the following years, Catalá played in the Spanish third division.Club statistics
