José Antonio Vélez Jiménez (born 16 September 1983), known as Ñoño, is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

left winger In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

Club career

Born in

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain). It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada ar ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

, Ñoño began his career with local

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

, and made his senior debut on 27 November 2004 by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 away win over

Terrassa FC Terrassa Futbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Terrassa, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1906, it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa'', with a capacity of 7,500 sp ...

in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

. He finished the season on loan to

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of the Valencian Community. Founded in 1928, it plays in , holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a capacity of 4,850 seats. Hi ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...

.El Marino ficha a Ñoño como sustituto de Guaya (Marino sign Ñoño as a replacement for Guaya)
;

La Voz de Asturias ''La Voz de Asturias'' is a newspaper in Spain. Published in Oviedo, it serves Asturias. It was founded in 1923 by José Tartiere Lenegre. Until 2012 it was a printed newspaper, after which it ceased publication. Four years later, in 2016, in re ...

, 18 July 2007 (in Spanish) Ñoño stayed in the third level for the 2005–06 campaign, appearing rarely for

UE Sant Andreu Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu () is a Spanish football club based in the district of Sant Andreu in Barcelona, Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in , holding home matches at '' Camp Municipal Narcís Sala'', with an all-seated capacity of 6,56 ...

and moving all the way down to the regional leagues with

FC Andorra Futbol Club Andorra is a professional football club based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, that currently competes in , in the Spanish league system. The club was founded in 1942 and currently plays its home fixtures at Estadi Nacional. In spite ...

. In summer 2007 he returned to the third tier, signing for

Marino de Luanco Club Marino de Luanco is a Spanish football team based in Luanco, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1931 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Miramar'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. History Marino Luanco was founde ...

. Subsequently, Ñoño spent four seasons with

CF Pobla de Mafumet Club de Fútbol Pobla de Mafumet is a Spanish football club based in La Pobla de Mafumet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1953, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal'', which has a capacity of 1,700 spectato ...

, Gimnàstic's

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. On 10 July 2012 he was promoted to the main squad, making his official debut on 2 September against

RCD Espanyol B Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona "B" is the reserve team of the RCD Espanyol, club based in Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The team was founded in 1991 and plays in the , holding home matches at the 3,000-seat capa ...

and scoring his first goal later that month in the 3–2 loss at

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in , holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet, wit ...

. On 7 June 2013, Ñoño opted to not renew his contract with Gimnàstic, and was released. Two weeks later, he joined neighbouring

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before ...

also of division three.

Personal life

Ñoño's younger brother,

Francisco Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de A ...

, was also a footballer. Both played for Gimnàstic and Pobla.Fran Vélez pide irse (Fran Vélez asks to leave)
Diari de Tarragona, 22 June 2013 (in Spanish)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nono 1983 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Tarragona Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Men's association football utility players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Alcoyano footballers UE Sant Andreu footballers FC Andorra players Marino de Luanco footballers CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers CF Reus Deportiu players UE Cornellà players CE L'Hospitalet players FC Ascó players