Jesuli
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Antonio Mora Nieto | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
Jesús Antonio Mora Nieto (born January 24, 1978 in Seville, Andalusia), aka Jesuli, is a retired Spanish footballer, who played as a winger.
Football career
After making his professional debuts with hometown Sevilla FC, playing one match in the closing stages of 1996–97, a 3–1 home win over RCD Espanyol, with the Andalusia side ultimately relegated, skilled Jesuli alternated between the A and B sides before being definitely promoted for 1998–99, which ended in a return to the top level.
Signing in the 2000 Summer transfer window, Jesuli would serve his most successful stint at Celta de Vigo (with seven league goals in his third year, as the Galicia outfit achieved UEFA Champions League qualification). That earned him a return move to his first club, which coincided which Celta's 2004 relegation.
In his second spell at the Andalusia side, Jesuli would appear sporadically - restricted to cup matches in 2006–07 and not registered at all (alongside teammate Fernando Sales) during 2007–08, while also hampered by several injuries.[1][2]
On January 2008, Jesuli was loaned to Segunda División side CD Tenerife for the rest of 2007–08, where he would also feature sparingly. Having returned to Sevilla at the end of the season, he was left to train with the club's B team, as he was not part of coach Manuel Jiménez's plans.
Controversy
According to newspaper El Mundo, Jesuli was recorded by Iñaki Badiola, president of Real Sociedad, in a conversation where he confirmed that the players of Tenerife received around €6.000 each to lose the last match of 2007–08, against Málaga CF. As a result (1–2 away loss), the latter achieved promotion, while the Basque side remained in the second level.[3]
Jesuli was injured at that time so he did not play the aforementioned match. During the conversation, Badiola and Jesuli also speculate that the possible money dealer was Lorenzo Sanz (former president of Real Madrid), whose son, Fernando Sanz, occupied the chairman position with Málaga.
The captains of Tenerife denied such accusations, while stating that Jesuli's was probably joking or under pressure to make such declarations.[4] Lorenzo Sanz declared that the accusation was ridiculous, while a spokesperson for the Royal Spanish Football Federation initially affirmed that they already knew the case but it was investigated and rejected at that time. The federation, however, later denied that there were any current formal complaints about possible bribery, as the spokesperson's declarations were actually about a different match.
Surprisingly, a few hours later, Jesuli also denied that Tenerife's players received money to arrange the match in a press release, whereas Badiola insisted in the media that he received consent from the player to record the conversation, and that the player was ready to go further with the issue.[5]
A few days later, El Mundo published the second part of the recorded conversation, where Jesuli is supposed to show that he knew Badiola was recording the conversation.
Honours
References
- ^ Jesuli setback for Sevilla
- ^ Jesuli sidelined for Sevilla
- ^ Jesuli reconoce que cobró con el Tenerife por perder ante el Málaga (Jesuli admits being paid to lose against Málaga); Diario Marca, 1 December 2008 Template:Es icon
- ^ Juanma y Manolo Martínez niegan las acusaciones de Jesuli (Juanma and Manolo Martínez deny Jesuli's accusations); Diario Marca, 1 December 2008 Template:Es icon
- ^ Jesuli demandará a Badiola (Jesuli will press charges against Badiola); Diario Marca, 3 December 2008 Template:Es icon