José Manuel Fontán Mondragón (born 11 February 2000) is a Spanish
footballer who plays as either a
left-back or a
centre-back
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for Portuguese club
FC Arouca.
Club career
Born in
Vilagarcía de Arousa,
Pontevedra,
Galicia
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Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
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, Fontán joined
RC Celta de Vigo
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's youth setup in 2011, after representing
Arosa SC and UD San Miguel de Deiro.
He made his senior debut with
the reserves on 14 October 2018, coming on as a late
substitute for
Diego Alende in a 0–3
Segunda División B
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away loss against
Atlético Madrid B.
Fontán made his professional debut for Celta on 23 January 2020, starting in a 1–2 loss at
CD Mirandés, for
the season's
Copa del Rey. His
La Liga debut occurred on 1 October, as he started in a 0–3 home loss against
FC Barcelona but was taken off in the 32nd minute due to an injury.
On 27 July 2021, Fontán renewed his contract until 2025, being definitely promoted to the main squad. On 18 June of the following year, he was loaned to
Eredivisie side
Go Ahead Eagles
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for
the season.
On 21 August 2023, Fontán was loaned to
Segunda División
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side
FC Cartagena for the
2023–24 season. On 4 July of the following year, he signed for
FC Arouca in the Portuguese
Primeira Liga
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on a two-year contract.
Personal life
Fontán's twin brother
Javier is also a footballer.
Their father, also named
Javier, was also a footballer and a defender; both represented Arosa as a senior.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Spanish twins
Footballers from Vilagarcía de Arousa
Men's association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División B players
RC Celta Fortuna players
RC Celta de Vigo players
FC Cartagena footballers
Eredivisie players
Go Ahead Eagles players
F.C. Arouca players
Spain men's under-21 international footballers
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal