José Luis Ablanedo Iglesias (; born 22 August 1962) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Mieres Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern Spain, with approximately 38,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baíña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, ...

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, Ablanedo played the vast majority of his career with local

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

, making his senior debut whilst still a junior in a

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

match against amateurs

CD Turón Club Deportivo Turón is a football team based in the parish of Turón in Mieres, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1925, the team plays in . The club's home ground is '' Estadio José Manuel Fernández Felgueroso'', which has a ...

in November 1980. He spent several years with the reserves in the lower leagues, and played his first

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game with the main squad on 22 April 1984 in a 3–0 away loss against

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. Ablanedo was definitely promoted to the first team for the 1985–86 season, and contributed a career-best 43 matches and four goals as Sporting finished in fourth position the following campaign. He spent 1991–92 on loan to

RCD Español Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

also in the top flight, and retired with his main club in June 1994 at age 31.

Personal life

Ablanedo's younger brother,

Juan Carlos Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until his abdication on 19 June 2014. In Sp ...

, was also a footballer. A

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, he played solely for Sporting, and they were hence known as ''Ablanedo I'' and ''Ablanedo II''.Qué fue de… Ablanedo (What happened to… Ablanedo)

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, 20 June 2008 (in Spanish)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ablanedo, Jose Luis 1962 births Living people 20th-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Mieres, Asturias Men's association football central defenders La Liga players Segunda División B players Sporting Atlético players Sporting de Gijón players RCD Espanyol footballers