Isaac Jové Rubí (born 21 February 1980) is a Spanish

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and former player who played as an

attacking midfielder 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. ...

. He is the current general director of

Deportivo Marítimo Deportivo Marítimo is a football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2024, the team plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Mundial 82''. History On 28 June 2024, it was announced that Deportivo Marítimo was founded ...

. He amassed

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totals of 227 matches and 20 goals over seven seasons, mainly in representation of

Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol Lorca Deportiva is a Spanish football club based in Lorca, in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2012, the club play in . Lorca holds it home games at ''Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco,'' which has an ...

Salamanca Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and city in Spain, capital of the Province of Salamanca, province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the ...

and

Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

(two years apiece).

Playing career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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, Jové started his career with newly created

Ciudad de Murcia Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, was a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the namesake autonomous community. They played at the 16,000-seater ''Estadio de La Condomina''. Ciudad Murcia was reloc ...

, winning promotion from

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 ...

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. Afterwards, he was loaned to

Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian fo ...

in Italy, but did not appear in one single game for the club, being posteriorly loaned to

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club ha ...

. Jové then played one season each with

Lorca Deportiva CF Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football club in Lorca, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2002 it was dissolved ten years later, they held their home matches at ''Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco'', which ...

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 ...

and

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

in the

, returning to the former after they promoted to the second level. He was an undisputed starter in his

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, but the Murcian side were relegated. Subsequently, Jové stayed in his country's division two, representing

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

and

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

. He finished his professional career at the age of 34, after two seasons with as many teams in the Greek second tier.

Coaching career

After retiring, Jové spent two years as an assistant manager at

CF Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol Lorca Deportiva is a Spanish football club based in Lorca, in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2012, the club play in . Lorca holds it home games at '' Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco,'' which has a ...

. On 8 June 2017, he was named head coach of amateurs CD Algar.El CD Algar confía la misión de entrenador a Isaac Jové (CD Algar trust Isaac Jové with manager task)
Sport Cartagena, 9 June 2017

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jove, Isaac 1980 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Barcelona Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Ciudad de Murcia footballers CD Logroñés footballers Lorca Deportiva CF footballers UD Almería players UD Salamanca players Real Murcia CF players Orihuela CF players Udinese Calcio players Football League (Greece) players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Niki Volos F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish football managers Primera Federación managers Tercera Federación managers CD Badajoz managers Niki Volos F.C. managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Expatriate football managers in Panama Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Panama 21st-century Spanish sportsmen