José Manuel Romero Urtasun (born 25 February 1977), known as Josetxo, is a Spanish former
footballer
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who played as a
central defender.
He played the vast majority of his professional career with
Osasuna
Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...
, appearing in 212
La Liga games over the course of ten seasons.
Club career
Osasuna
Josetxo was born in
Pamplona,
Navarre
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. Other than a
second division season-long loan at
SD Eibar in
1999–2000, he played the first 15 years of his career with hometown's
CA Osasuna, making his
La Liga debut on 1 December 2001 in a 1–2 away defeat against
Real Madrid
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; he had previously appeared with the club in the second level, as it returned to the top flight precisely as he was serving his loan.
In the
2000–01 campaign, after returning to his ''
alma mater'', Josetxo played the last of his three seasons with the
reserve side in
division three. He contributed with 36 games for a final eighth place, scoring three goals.
Josetxo appeared in 29 matches as Osasuna finished fourth in
2005–06, achieving
UEFA Champions League third qualifying round honours. In
the subsequent run in the
UEFA Cup, he played in nine contests to help his team reach the last four; in December 2006 he signed a three-year contract extension, going on to be regularly used in the following four years (he was also
sent off four times combined), always spent in the top tier.
Later years
On 5 July 2011, 34-year-old Josetxo left Osasuna and signed a one-year deal with
SD Huesca, in the second division.
El Huesca ficha a Josetxo (Huesca sign Josetxo)
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, 5 July 2011 (in Spanish) He retired at the end of the season.
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
Footballers from Pamplona
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
CA Osasuna B players
CA Osasuna players
SD Eibar footballers
SD Huesca footballers
Spain men's youth international footballers