Joselu

Joselu
Joselu (2011)
Personnel
Surname	José Luis Sanmartín Mato
birthday	March 27, 1990
place of birth	Stuttgart ,  Germany
size	192 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
1999-2002	SD Silleda
2002-2008	Celta Vigo
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2008-2009	Celta Vigo B	21 0(3)
2009-2010	Celta Vigo	26 0(4)
2010–2012	Real Madrid Castilla	73 (40)
2011	real Madrid	1 0(1)
2012-2013	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	25 0(5)
2013-2014	→  Eintracht Frankfurt  (loan)	24 0(9)
2014-2015	Hannover 96	30 0(8)
2015-2016	Stoke City	22 0(4)
2016-2017	→  Deportivo La Coruña  (loan)	20 0(5)
2017-2019	Newcastle United	46 0(6)
2019–	Deportivo Alavés	0 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2008-2009	Spain U-19	11 0(3)
2009	Spain U-20	1 0(0)
2009-2011	Spain U-21	4 0(1)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2018/19

José Luis Sanmartín Mato (born March 27, 1990 in Stuttgart , Germany ), better known as Joselu , is a Spanish football player . It is mostly used as a storm tip .

Career

In the club

Joselu (r.) With Cristiano Ronaldo and Emmanuel Adebayor in his only game for Real Madrid (2011)

Joselu was born to Spanish parents in Stuttgart and returned to Galicia as a child , where he began playing football at SD Silleda . In 2002 he moved to the Celta Vigo youth team . For the 2008/09 season he rose to the B-team and made his debut on May 9, 2009 against UD Las Palmas in the first team, which was playing in the Segunda División at that time .

In the summer of 2009 Real Madrid signed the striker for the second team Castilla , but loaned him to Celta for another season. This season Joselu made 24 appearances and four hits in the second Spanish division. On May 21, 2011, the last matchday of the 2010/11 season , Joselu made his debut with the professionals of Real Madrid as part of the 8-1 win over UD Almería and scored his first goal for Real after assisting Cristiano Ronaldo . With Real Madrid Castilla he was promoted to the Segunda División in 2011/12 and was the top scorer in Group I of the Segunda División B with 19 goals . In the promotion and final play-offs, he scored seven more goals for his team.

For the 2012/13 season , Joselu moved to Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with a contract that was valid until June 30, 2016. On September 16, 2012, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 5-3 away defeat against SC Freiburg . He scored his first Bundesliga goal on September 26, 2012 in a 3-0 win against VfB Stuttgart . In his first season in Germany Joselu played 25 league games and scored five goals.

For the 2013/14 season Joselu moved on loan to first division competitor Eintracht Frankfurt . In Frankfurt, however, the striker was not without controversy and was often on the bench until he was given confidence in the home game against FC Schalke 04 on November 23, 2013 (13th matchday) in the home game against FC Schalke 04 and he was given by Was allowed to run up at the beginning. In the 3-3 draw, the Spaniard scored two of the three Frankfurt goals. He scored his first Europa League goal on February 20, 2014 in the round of 16 against FC Porto . There he met the 1: 2 connecting goal.

For the 2014/15 season Joselu joined Hannover 96 ; he signed a contract until June 30, 2018. After one season, the Hanoverians announced the move Joselus to Stoke City .

For the season 2017/18 Joselu changed for five million pounds to Newcastle United . He stayed there for two years before moving back to Spain for the 2019/20 season and joining Deportivo Alavés .

National team

Joselu played the U-19 European Championship with Spain in 2009 , where his team was eliminated in the preliminary round. On September 4, 2009 he made his debut for the U-21 national team against Poland .

After moving to TSG Hoffenheim, Joselu announced that he wanted to take on German citizenship so that he might even play for the German national soccer team . However, according to the current FIFA statutes, he is no longer allowed to switch to the German national team because he did not have German citizenship at the time of his first international assignment for Spain in an official competition.

Web links

Commons : Joselu  - Collection of Images

• Joselu in the database of weltfussball.de
• Joselu in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Joselu in the database of BDFutbol.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joselu: “Somos el mejor equipo de la segunda vuelta” ( Memento of the original of October 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: realmadrid.com , accessed May 11, 2011  
2. ↑ Joselu will storm for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the future
3. ↑ eintracht.de: Joselu becomes an eagle bearer ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2nd of July 2013 
4. ↑ Joselus double pack is only enough for one point (kicker.de, accessed on November 23, 2013)
5. ↑ Match report Porto-Frankfurt Transfermarkt.de
6. ↑ Hannover 96 obliges Joselu ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , hannover96.de of June 9, 2014 
7. ↑ Joselu switches to Stoke City FC ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Internet presence of Hannover 96, accessed on June 16, 2015 
8. ^ Joselu moves on , Stoke City website, accessed August 18, 2015
9. ↑ Joselu completes Alavés move (English), nufc.co.uk, accessed on July 15, 2019
10. ↑ rp-online.de: Spaniard Joselu wants to play for Germany , August 9, 2012, accessed on August 9, 2012
11. ↑ See FIFA Statutes - Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes Standing Orders of the Congress , p. 65, Part 2 (Regulations), Section III (Eligibility), § 8.1.a (as of July 2013); first FIFA-relevant assignment on July 21, 2009 in the European Championship game of the Spanish U-19s against Turkey ( memento of the original from January 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .