Sergio Calatayud Lebrón (born 2 March 1990), known as Cala, is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for El Palo.

Club career

Cala was born in

Antequera Antequera () is a city and municipality in the Comarca de Antequera, province of Málaga, part of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (''el corazón de An ...

Province of Málaga The province of Málaga ( ) is located in Andalusia, Spain. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south and by the provinces of Cádiz to the west, Seville to the northwest, Córdoba to the north, and Granada to the east. The province ...

. Raised in local

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

's youth ranks, he made his senior debut with the reserves in the

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. He played his first competitive match with the first team on 3 March 2011, coming on as a substitute for Quincy Owusu-Abeyie in the 69th minute of a 7–0

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away loss against

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. After leaving the

La Rosaleda Stadium Estadio La Rosaleda (; literally The Rose Garden) is a football stadium in the city of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain. It is the home stadium of Málaga CF in Segunda División and was previously that of Club Deportivo Málaga, of which M ...

, Cala represented in quick succession

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

CD El Palo El Palo Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1971 it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio San Ignacio'', with a 2,000-seat capacity. History The club w ...

and

Real Jaén Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Jaén, Spain, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Nuevo Estadio de La Vict ...

, with all the clubs competing in the

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 ...

. He moved abroad for the first time on 22 July 2016, signing with

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side

Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, or J-Södra, is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish second division Superettan in 2018 after relegation from the 2017 Allsvenskan. J ...

for the remainder of the season and leaving in early June 2017.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cala 1990 births Living people People from Antequera Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Málaga Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Atlético Malagueño players Málaga CF players CF Fuenlabrada footballers El Palo FC players Real Jaén footballers Antequera CF footballers Allsvenskan players Jönköpings Södra IF players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden 21st-century Spanish sportsmen