Sergio Mora Sánchez (born 30 August 1979) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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, currently a

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. He amassed

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totals of 223 matches and 11 goals over eight seasons, in representation of Hércules,

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, Alavés,

UCAM Murcia UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes. History Founded in 1985 u ...

and

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...

. In

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, he totalled 47 appearances for the latter club 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 Lig ...

Playing career

Mora was born in

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. A product of hometown club

's youth ranks, he appeared in 21 games for its first team during 2002–03's

, in an eventual relegation. His debut in the competition came on 6 October 2002, in a 2–2 home draw against

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. Subsequently, competing mainly in

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, Mora went on to represent

CF Gandía Club de Fútbol Gandía is a Spanish football team based in Gandia, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it plays in Tercera Federación, holding home matches at '' Estadio Guillermo Olagüe'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats ...

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

(both on loan),

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3 and plays its hom ...

Benidorm CF Benidorm Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Benidorm, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1964 and dissolved in 2011 it held home matches at ''Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor'', which had a capacity of 6,000. ...

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1928 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a 4,850-sea ...

and

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo ...

, helping the latter promote to

for the first time ever in 2010. He scored his first professional goal on 11 September of that year, the last in a 4–1 away loss to

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

. He was a regular at the Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo the following five seasons, only appearing in less than 20 matches in 2014–15. On 4 July 2015, at the age of 35, Mora signed with fellow league team

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. He was an undisputed starter during his tenure, as they returned to the top flight after ten years. Mora joined

UCAM Murcia CF Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in Murcia. Founded in 1999 it plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio de La Condomina'', with ...

also in the second tier on 13 July 2016, after agreeing to a one-year contract. On 22 December, after featuring rarely, he moved to Getafe of the same league. On 20 August 2017, after having taken the field a 0–0 away draw against

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, Mora became the first player of ''Geta'' to appear in all three divisions for the club. One year later, he announced his retirement.

Coaching career

Mora was appointed assistant manager to

José Bordalás José "Pepe" Bordalás Jiménez (born 5 March 1964) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. His playing career ended due to injury without a first-team appearance for Hércules, and he made his professiona ...

at Getafe in the summer of 2019. On 8 July 2021, he returned to Hércules as head coach.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Alavés *

: 2015–16

References

External links

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