José Juan Luque Jiménez (born 16 October 1977) is a Spanish

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in Cantillana,

Province of Seville The Province of Seville () is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and Córdoba in the ...

, Luque started playing professionally for

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

, appearing mostly for the reserves. His debut in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

was on 1 March 1997 in a 2–3 away loss against

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

, and he appeared in nine matches as the season ended in relegation. In summer 1998, after one season with

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905, it currently plays in , and holds home games at '' Estadio Nuevo Vivero'', with a 15,198-seat capacity. History Fo ...

in the second division, Luque moved to Atlético de Madrid. He played with the ''Colchoneros'' mostly in the second level, and also represented the B-team before leaving the club on 30 June 2002; he was also loaned to

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

for five months, in January 1999. Luque split 2002–03 with

RCD Espanyol 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 ...

and

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

, the former in the top flight. Subsequently, he joined

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 ...

(the first of his two spells), being rarely used over one and a half years and signing for

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 ...

in the 2005 winter

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. He scored a career-best 20 goals in his first full campaign as his side narrowly missed on top division promotion, being crowned joint-top scorer alongside

Ikechukwu Uche Ikechukwu Uche (born 5 January 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Known for his acrobatic goal celebrations, he spent most of his professional career in Spain, having arrived in the country before the ...

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain. Founded on 23 December 1889, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play in , holding home ...

. In 2007–08, Luque finished third in the

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race, but Ciudad, now renamed

Granada 74 CF Granada 74 Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Granada 74, was a Spanish football team based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It has not registered in any competition since 2009, it held home matches at ''Estadio La ...

, was eventually relegated to

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. In very late August 2009, after having completed the pre-season with Málaga – he even started and scored in a 1–3 loss against

Atlante F.C. Atlante Fútbol Club, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. Founded in 1916 as Sinaloa, also later named as Lusitania, then as U-53 ...

in that year's Peace Cup– he was released and soon moved to fellow league team

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 ...

, on a free transfer. He only appeared in one fourth of the league matches during the season, and his team also dropped down a tier. In January 2011, after 325 games and 75 goals in the two major levels of Spanish football (but only 49/3 in the top level), 33-year-old Luque had his first abroad experience, signing for

Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a professional Association football, football club, part of the Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc. Founded in 1910 by the local working clas ...

from Hungary.

Honours

Atlético Madrid *

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 ...

: 2001–02 Diósgyőr *

Nemzeti Bajnokság II The NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Ke ...

: 2010–11

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luque, Juan Jose 1977 births Living people People from Vega del Guadalquivir Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players CD Badajoz players Atlético Madrid B players Albacete Balompié players Atlético Madrid footballers RCD Espanyol footballers Elche CF players Málaga CF players Ciudad de Murcia footballers Granada 74 CF footballers Real Murcia CF players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Diósgyőri VTK players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary