José Carlos Fernández Vázquez (born 17 July 1987), known as José Carlos, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a left winger or a

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for Ríotinto Balompié.

Club career

Sevilla

Born in

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, Province of Huelva, José Carlos grew in

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

's youth system, making his first-team debut on 15 February 2009 as he played two minutes in a 2–0 away win against

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. He added five more the following week, in the 1–0 home victory over

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also in

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. On 3 April 2010, as a second-half substitute, José Carlos scored his first league goal for Sevilla in their 3–0 home defeat of CD Tenerife. Previously, in that season's

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against

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, he had netted twice in a 5–1 home rout.

AEK Athens

With the arrival of new coach Gregorio Manzano, José Carlos fell out favour and was sent on loan to FC Cartagena in the

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, until June 2011. He agreed terms with

AEK Athens F.C. AEK FC ( el, ΠΑΕ A.E.K. ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; ''Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos'', meaning ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a Greek professional football club based in Nea Filade ...

late into that month, signing a one-year deal with the Greek club and reuniting with his former Sevilla coach (main squad and reserves) Manuel Jiménez as well as teammate Cala. José Carlos scored his first competitive goal for AEK against

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in a

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, the game's only in a home fixture. He added a second in the same competition – 1–2 group stage home loss to

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– as the team only earned three points in six matches.

Rayo Vallecano

In July 2012, José Carlos returned to Spain and joined Rayo Vallecano of the top division. After being regularly used in his first season, he suffered a serious

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injury which took him out of the majority of the following.

Córdoba

On 12 July 2014, José Carlos signed a one-year deal with

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

who had just promoted to the top flight. His only appearance for the side occurred on 25 October 2014, and it consisted of 18 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

; a day later, he again suffered an injury. José Carlos terminated his contract on 13 November 2014.

Later career

On 9 December 2015, after trials at Recreativo de Huelva and

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, José Carlos signed a short-term deal with the latter club. He contributed 557 minutes during the campaign, and his team suffered relegation from the second tier. José Carlos moved to Gimnàstic de Tarragona on 5 July 2016, on a one-year contract. He then represented CD Castellón and Recreativo (both in the

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) as well as his local club Ríotinto Balompié ( Andalusia regional leagues).José Carlos vuelve al Riotinto para poner más ilusión en el nuevo proyecto de club (José Carlos returns to Riotinto to add to the illusion of the club's new project)
Tinto Noticias, 22 July 2022 (in Spanish)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jose Carlos 1987 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Huelva Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Sevilla FC C players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players FC Cartagena footballers Rayo Vallecano players Córdoba CF players CF Badalona Futur players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Castellón footballers Recreativo de Huelva players Super League Greece players AEK Athens F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece