José María Cela

José María Cela
Personal information
Full name José María Cela Ranilla
Date of birth (1969-12-17) 17 December 1969
Place of birth Zamora, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
?–1990 Real Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Real Madrid Castilla ? (?)
1991–1992Numancia (loan) ? (?)
1992–1994 Sporting Gijón 30 (2)
1994–1995 Barcelona B 25 (7)
1995–1996 Lleida 26 (3)
1996–1997 Numancia 27 (3)
1997–1999 RKC Waalwijk ? (?)
National team
1990 Spain U19 3 (0)
1990 Spain U20 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2015.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cela and the second or maternal family name is Ranilla.

José María Cela Ranilla (born 17 December 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and current research fellow at Rovira i Virgili University.

Club career

Born in Zamora, Castile and León, Cela started his football career at Real Valladolid's youth team and was eventually noticed by Real Madrid who signed him for their reserve team. He made his La Liga debut with Sporting Gijón.

After two seasons in Gijón, he found himself jumping from club to club each season, including a spell in FC Barcelona's reserve team, until he eventually settled at Dutch side RKC Waalwijk where he ended his career in 1999 after two seasons.

Personal life

Once Cela retired from football, he completely disconnected himself from the industry and went on to work in the field of educational research at Catalan university Rovira i Virgili where he has participated in several projects of both national and international research.[1]

References

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