José Juan Luque Jiménez (born 16 October 1977) is a Spanish retired professional

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who played as a left winger.

Club career

Born in

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, Luque started playing professionally for

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, appearing mostly for the reserves. His debut in

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was on 1 March 1997 in a 2–3 away loss against

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, and he appeared in nine matches as the season ended in relegation. In the summer of 1998, after one season with

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905 and refounded in 2012, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, and holds home games at ''Estadio Nu ...

in the

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, Luque moved to Atlético de Madrid. He played with the ''Colchoneros'' mostly in the second level, and also represented the B-team before leaving the club on 30 June 2002; he was also loaned to Albacete Balompié for five months, in January 1999. Luque split 2002–03 with

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and Elche CF, the former in the top flight. Subsequently, he joined

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, ...

(the first of his two spells), being rarely used over one and a half years and signing for

Ciudad de Murcia Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, was a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the namesake autonomous community. They played at the 16,000-seater ''Estadio de La Condomina''. Ciudad Murcia was reloca ...

in the 2005 winter

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. He scored a career-best 20 goals in his first full campaign as his side narrowly missed on top division promotion, being crowned joint-top scorer alongside

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of Recreativo de Huelva. In 2007–08, Luque finished third in the

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race, but Ciudad, now renamed

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, was eventually relegated to division three. In very late August 2009, after having completed the pre-season with Málaga – he even started and scored in a 1–3 loss against

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in that year's

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– he was released and soon moved to fellow league team Real Murcia, on a free transfer. He only appeared in one fourth of the league matches during the season, and his team also dropped down a tier. In January 2011, after 325 games and 75 goals in the two major levels of Spanish football (but only 49/3 in the top level), 33-year-old Luque had his first abroad experience, signing for

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from Hungary.

Honours

Atlético Madrid *

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: 2001–02 Diósgyőr * Nemzeti Bajnokság II: 2010–11

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luque, Juan Jose 1977 births Living people People from Vega del Guadalquivir Sportspeople from the Province of Seville Spanish footballers Footballers from Andalusia Association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players CD Badajoz players Atlético Madrid B players Albacete Balompié players Atlético Madrid footballers RCD Espanyol footballers Elche CF players Málaga CF players Ciudad de Murcia footballers Granada 74 CF footballers Real Murcia players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Diósgyőri VTK players Spain youth international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Hungary Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary