Jordi Pablo Ripollés (born 1 January 1990) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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, and the current

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La Roda CF La Roda Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in La Roda, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1999 it plays in Segunda División B – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Deportes'', which h ...

. Having started out at

Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...

and excelling for

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at youth level, his senior career was blighted by injuries.

Club career

Born in

Vinaròs Vinaròs () is a city located in eastern Spain and the capital of the Baix Maestrat in the province of Castelló. It is in the border between the Valencian Country and Catalonia. Vinaròs is a fishing harbour and tourist destination. History ...

Province of Castellón Castellón (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló) is a province in the northern part of the Valencian Community. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia to the south, Teruel to the west, Tarragona to the north, and by the Mediterranean Sea ...

, Jordi Pablo began his career with local

Vinaròs CF Vinaròs Club de Fútbol is a football team based in Vinaròs, in Castellón province, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1965, it plays in Regional Preferente – Group 1. Its stadium is ''El Cervol'', which has a c ...

, joining

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...

's youth system at the age of 8. He made his debut for the first team of the latter in April 2009, appearing in two consecutive defeats: 0–2 at home against

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

for

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and 0–3 at

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in the

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– this was due to the injury of

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, lost for the season also in that month. In late July 2009, Jordi Pablo joined Málaga on a four-year deal, with Villarreal retaining a rebuying option in the first three. Late into preseason he suffered a severe knee injury against

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, going on to miss the entire 2009–10. On 17 August 2010, Jordi Pablo was loaned to

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 spe ...

in the

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. However, in the Murcian team's first pre-season match, he injured his right leg, being sidelined for the first months of the new campaign and again failing to play in any competitive games. On 1 August 2011, Málaga cancelled Jordi Pablo's contract. He immediately returned to Villarreal's reserves, in the second level; on 22 October 2011 he made his first appearance since 26 April 2009, playing the last 29 minutes against

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing ho ...

in a 1–3 away defeat. Jordi Pablo all but competed in

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in the following years, his only season in the second tier being spent with

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Esta ...

in 2014–15 as that club was reinstated following Murcia's relegation due to financial irregularities. In August 2016, following a

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injury while playing for

, the 26-year-old retired from football but, as he still was under contract, was immediately named their assistant coach.

International career

Jordi Pablo played for Spain's under-17 at the 2007 FIFA World Cup held in

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, helping the nation to a final runner-up spot after a

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loss to

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. After his performances (three goals, four matches),¿Los conoces? Estos fueron los finalistas del Mundial sub17 de 2007 (Do you know them? These were the under17 World Cup finalists in 2007)
''Marca'', 26 October 2017 (in Spanish) he was promoted to the under-19s.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pablo, Jordi 1990 births Living people People from Vinaròs Footballers from the Province of Castellón Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Villarreal CF B players Villarreal CF C players Villarreal CF players Málaga CF players FC Cartagena footballers Atlético Madrid B players La Roda CF players CD Mirandés footballers Spain men's youth international footballers