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José Manuel Roca Cases (born 28 February 1976) is a Spanish retired
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who played as a
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, and a
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.


Football career

Born in
Orihuela Orihuela (; ''Corpus Toponímic Valencià''. Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. 2009, València.) is a city and municipality located at the foot of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. The c ...
,
Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
, Roca only played lower league football in his country, representing
Real Madrid C Real Madrid Club de Fútbol C, commonly known as Real Madrid C, is a Spanish association football team, and is Real Madrid's second reserve team. They play in , holding their home games at La Ciudad del Real Madrid in Valdebebas outside the cit ...
,
Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team that plays in . It is Real Madrid's reserve team. They play their home games at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Reserve teams in Spain play in the ...
,
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 ...
,
CD Onda Club Deportivo Onda is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Onda, Castellón, in the autonomous community of Valencia (autonomous community), Valencia. Founded in 1921 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio La ...
,
CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a historical List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sabadell ( Catalonia) Founded in 1903, its first men's team plays in the . Its first CE Sabadell (women), women's tea ...
,
Palamós CF Palamós Club de Futbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Palamós, a town and commercial port in the ''Costa Brava'', in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in the late 19th century, it currently plays in , holding home matc ...
, Novelda CF,
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 ...
and
Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 seats. History On 4 August 1993, th ...
and appearing in 177
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 ...
games over 11 seasons. In the 1999–2000 campaign he was part of
Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...
's roster, but failed to take part in any official matches as the club promoted to
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 ...
. At already 32, Roca moved abroad, going on to spend the rest of his career in
Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
where he played for Panthrakikos FC, Olympiacos Volou 1937 FC (two spells) and Doxa Drama FC, for a total of 43 Superleague appearances. He retired in 2013 and immediately started coaching his last team, now in the second level.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roca, Jose Manuel 1976 births Living people People from Orihuela Footballers from the Province of Alicante Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Madrid C footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers Real Murcia CF players Villarreal CF players CE Sabadell FC footballers Palamós CF footballers Novelda CF players CD Badajoz players Orihuela CF players Super League Greece players Panthrakikos F.C. players Olympiacos Volos F.C. players Doxa Drama F.C. players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish football managers Super League Greece managers Olympiacos Volos F.C. managers Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) managers Pafos FC managers Segunda División B managers CF Villanovense managers Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Finland Veikkausliiga managers