Jesús Vázquez (footballer, born 1980)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vázquez and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.

Antonio Jesús Vázquez Muñoz (born 18 January 1980), known as Jesús Vázquez, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Jesús Vázquez

Vázquez in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Jesús Vázquez Muñoz
Date of birth	(1980-01-18) 18 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Santa Olalla, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Extremadura
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Extremadura B
1999–2002	Extremadura	74	(9)
2002–2006	Tenerife	147	(13)
2006–2011	Recreativo	175	(16)
2011–2013	Deportivo La Coruña	20	(0)
2013–2017	Recreativo	131	(7)
Total		547	(45)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Recreativo B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played 382 Segunda División games and scored 34 goals over 12 seasons, representing mainly Tenerife and Recreativo (four years apiece). He added 105 appearances in La Liga in a 19-year senior career, with the second club as well as Deportivo.

Club career

Born in Santa Olalla del Cala, Province of Huelva, Andalusia, Vázquez first played professionally in the Segunda División, with CF Extremadura and CD Tenerife, for a total of seven years. In the 2001–02 season, whilst with the former, he scored a career-best six goals in 39 games but saw his team get relegated.

For the 2006–07 campaign, Vázquez joined Recreativo de Huelva,^[1] recently promoted to La Liga, going on to be an undisputed first choice for his hometown club. He never appeared in less than 29 matches during his tenure, precisely when the side were relegated from the top flight at the end of 2008–09.^[2]

Vázquez left Recre in late June 2011 at age 31, and signed with Deportivo de La Coruña for two years.^[3] He spent his first season nursing a serious leg injury,^[4][5] but still contributed 1,029 minutes in 12 starts to help the team to return to the top division after only one year.

On 12 July 2013, Vázquez returned to the Estadio Nuevo Colombino, with the club still in the second tier.^[6] He totalled 71 league appearances in his first two years (four goals), but was relegated at the end of the second.^[7]

Vázquez announced his retirement in May 2017, at the age of 37.^[8] After one season as manager of Recreativo's reserves in the regional leagues,^[9] he was appointed youth system coordinator.^[10]

Honours

Deportivo

• Segunda División: 2011–12

References

1. Jesús Vázquez se marcha del Tenerife y ficha por el Recreativo de Huelva (Jesús Vázquez leaves Tenerife and signs for Recreativo de Huelva); ABC, 16 June 2006 (in Spanish)
2. La vuelta después de Navidad, un historia dispar para el Recreativo con un balance equilibradísimo en el 4 de Enero (Return after Christmas, uneven story for Recreativo with quite balanced record on 4 January); Huelva Hoy, 2 January 2020 (in Spanish)
3. Jesús Vázquez, presentado como nuevo jugador del Deportivo (Jesús Vázquez, announced as new Deportivo player); Europa Press, 29 June 2011 (in Spanish)
4. Jesús Vázquez pasará por quirófano tras lesionarse en el entrenamiento (Jesús Vázquez to go under the knife after injury in training); La Voz de Galicia, 13 March 2012 (in Spanish)
5. Jesús Vázquez recibe el alta médica tras superar lesión peroné (Jesús Vázquez cleared by medical staff after recovering from fibula injury); ABC, 17 July 2012 (in Spanish)
6. Jesús Vázquez regresa al Recreativo (Jesús Vázquez returns to Recreativo); Marca, 12 July 2013 (in Spanish)
7. El Recreativo cumple un lustro en el infierno (Recreativo celebrate five years in hell); Diario de Huelva, 31 May 2020 (in Spanish)
8. Jesús Vázquez anuncia su retirada (Jesús Vázquez announces his retirement); Huelva Información, 7 May 2017 (in Spanish)
9. Jesús Vázquez se hace cargo del Atlético Onubense (Jesús Vázquez takes charge of Atlético Onubense); Huelva Información, 19 September 2017 (in Spanish)
10. Jesús Vázquez, nuevo coordinador de la cantera (Jesús Vázquez, new youth system coordinator); Recreativo Huelva, 4 July 2019 (in Spanish)

External links

• Jesús Vázquez at BDFutbol
• Jesús Vázquez at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Jesús Vázquez at Soccerway