José Manuel Pérez Rodríguez (born 24 May 1985) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

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, Pérez graduated from local

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 senior debuts with the C-team in the 2004–05 season, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. Two years later he first featured with the reserves, being promoted from

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

, and on 11 November 2007 played his first game as a professional, starting in a 1–0 away win against

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. On 28 January 2009 Pérez joined

Lucena CF Lucena Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Lucena, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1968, it was dissolved in 2015. History ''Lucena Club de Fútbol'' was founded in 1968. It was originally ...

, also in the third division. He then continued his career in the same category but also in the fourth level, representing

CD Alcalá Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in División de Honor Andaluza - Group 1, and plays home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá ...

Sporting Villanueva Promesas Sporting Villanueva Promesas is a Spanish football club based in Villanueva del Fresno, in the autonomous community of Extremadura, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Villanueva del Fresno'', with a 3,000-seat capacity. History Sport ...

and Racing de Ferrol, achieving promotion to division three with the latter in

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by appearing in 32 matches and scoring once. On 14 July 2014, Pérez moved to Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.La Cultural cierra dos nuevos fichajes, Pérez y Pablo Coutado (Cultural completes two new signings, Pérez and Pablo Coutado)
; León Noticias, 14 July 2014

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Jose Manuel 1985 births Living people Footballers from Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sevilla FC C players Sevilla Atlético players Lucena CF players CD Alcalá players Racing de Ferrol footballers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Burgos CF footballers