José María "Mami" Quevedo García (born 1 June 1969) is a Spanish retired

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who played mostly as a

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Club career

Born in

Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...

, Quevedo's professional career began with local Cádiz CF, making his

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debut in 1989–90 (11 matches during the season). Alongside another club youth graduate, Kiko, he would be instrumental in the

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ns successive successful struggles with

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three years in a row. After Cádiz's relegation in 1993, Quevedo moved with Kiko to Atlético Madrid, but failed to settle unlike the

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, signing for

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club c ...

after just one season. In his

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he scored a career-best 13 goals, helping the team to barely avoid top-flight relegation, and added ten the following campaign. Quevedo then joined Cádiz neighbours

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 E ...

– one promotion and one relegation – and

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

, helping the

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side to remain three consecutive years in the top tier. He retired in June 2004 at the age of 35 with his first club, in division two.

Personal life

Quevedo shared birthplace and date with Arteaga, also a Cádiz youth graduate. On 26 December 1999, he married television presenter Cristina Tàrrega.Cristina Tárrega y 'Mami' Quevedo están esperando su primer hijo (Cristina Tárrega and 'Mami' Quevedo expect their first son)

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, 24 September 2003 (in Spanish)

References

External links

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Stats and bio at Cadistas1910
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quevedo, Jose Maria 1969 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Cádiz Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Cádiz CF players Atlético Madrid footballers Real Valladolid players Sevilla FC players Rayo Vallecano players Beijing Guoan F.C. non-playing staff Shanghai Shenhua F.C. non-playing staff Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China