Josué Prieto Currais (born 27 February 1993), commonly known as Josu, is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays as a
left back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
or a
left midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
CF Peralada.
Club career
Journeyman
Born in
Langreo
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,
Asturias
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, Josu emerged through
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
's youth system at
La Masia
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, where he played alongside future
Spanish
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international
Gerard Deulofeu
Gerard Deulofeu Lázaro (; born 13 March 1994) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays for Serie A club Udinese Calcio, Udinese. Mainly a Forward (association football), forward, he can also play as a Winger (associa ...
. He only competed in the lower leagues or amateur football in his own country, his first professional experience being with
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (or SJK Seinäjoki or SJK) is a Finnish professional football club from the city of Seinäjoki. The club plays in the Veikkausliiga, the highest tier of the Finnish league system. Their home ground is OmaSP Stadion, wh ...
in the Finnish
Ykkönen
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.
Josu signed with Polish club
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in January 2015. Also in that year he joined
Kerala Blasters FC
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in the
Indian Super League
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, scoring his first goal as a professional on 6 October to help to a 3–1 home win against
NorthEast United FC
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.
On 14 December 2016, Josu converted his
penalty shootout
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attempt against
Delhi Dynamos FC
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to help his team reach
the final
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against
Atlético de Kolkata
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(eventually lost). He subsequently returned to Spain, moving to
Segunda División B
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side
Extremadura UD
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.
FC Cincinnati
On 7 May 2017, Josu signed with
United Soccer League
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club
FC Cincinnati
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for one year; he was announced eight days later, with coach
Alan Koch describing him as a varied player, writing, "He is an attack-minded
left back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
, but can also play further up the field if needed." On 29 June, in his new team's first match against
Chicago Fire Soccer Club
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during their
semi-final run in the
U.S. Open Cup
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, he scored in the 3–1 shootout win.
On 8 August 2017, Josu agreed to an extension that would keep him at
Nippert Stadium
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through the
2018 season. On 16 April 2018, however, the club announced that they had reached a mutual agreement with the player to terminate his contract, indicating that he would be returning to Spain but not disclosing what his plans were or if he would continue playing professionally.
Lahti
On 8 December 2018, after a brief spell back in his homeland with
UE Llagostera
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, Josu returned to Finland and its
Veikkausliiga
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with
FC Lahti
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.
References
External links
Lahti official profile
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1993 births
Living people
People from Langreo
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Asturias
Association football defenders
Association football midfielders
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Tercera Federación players
UE Olot players
Extremadura UD footballers
UE Costa Brava players
CF Peralada players
Veikkausliiga players
Ykkönen players
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
SJK Akatemia players
FC Lahti players
Ekstraklasa players
Górnik Łęczna players
Indian Super League players
Kerala Blasters FC players
USL Championship players
Wilmington Hammerheads FC players
FC Cincinnati (2016–18) players
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Finland
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Poland
Expatriate footballers in India
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States