Jurado withEspanyol in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Manuel Jurado Marín | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1986-06-29)29 June 1986 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sanluqueño | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Real Madrid B | 95 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Real Madrid | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Atlético Madrid | 88 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | →Mallorca (loan) | 35 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Schalke 04 | 46 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | →Spartak Moscow (loan) | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Spartak Moscow | 48 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Watford | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Espanyol | 60 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al Ahli | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Changchun Yatai | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Cádiz | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 460 | (53) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Spain U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U17 | 16 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Spain U19 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Spain U21 | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
José Manuel Jurado Marín (born 29 June 1986) is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as amidfielder.
He played for both major teams inMadrid during his career,Real andAtlético, albeit with no success for the former. He amassedLa Liga totals of 186 games and 22 goals over eight seasons, also representing in the competitionMallorca andEspanyol.
In 2010, Jurado signed forSchalke 04, going on to appear in 71 competitive matches in two years and win two major trophies, including the2011 German Cup. He additionally had spells in Russia withSpartak, and England withWatford.
Born inSanlúcar de Barrameda,Cádiz, Jurado was a product ofReal Madrid's youth system, and was one ofReal Madrid Castilla's most important players alongsideJavi García.
He made his official debut for the senior team on 29 October 2005 in a 2–0 away win againstReal Betis,[1] and made six first-team appearances during his tenure, also taking the field againstOlympiacos F.C. inthe season'sUEFA Champions League.[2]

On 4 August 2006, Jurado moved to city rivalsAtlético Madrid for a reported fee of€3 million, signing a four-year contract.[3] However, like withÁlvaro Arbeloa before him, Real Madrid included a "special clause" in Jurado's contract, having the option of buying him back at the end of the2007–08 campaign for €6 million.
After playing 33 league games in2006–07, mainly due to serious injuries to teammatesMaxi Rodríguez andMartin Petrov, Jurado featured sparingly the following season, and was loaned toRCD Mallorca in July 2008. After outstanding performances during2008–09 and finishing as theBalearic Islands side's second top scorer,[4] he was recalled by theColchoneros.
On 10 November 2009, Jurado put pen to paper a new contract with Atlético, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2013. He celebrated his new deal by scoring the opening goal of the6–0 demolition ofUD Marbella in theCopa del Rey, in the same evening.[5]
During the2009–10 campaign, Jurado – still not an undisputed starter – was the player with the most official matches for the team, with a total of 64.[6] He also netted nine times overall as they reached the finals of boththe Spanish Cup and theUEFA Europa League, and came on as asubstitute inthe final of the latter competition.[7]
Jurado started2010–11 playing eight minutes in theUEFA Super Cupwin againstInter Milan.[8] On 30 August, he opened the scoring as Atlético defeatedSporting de Gijón 4–0 at home;[9] however, the following day, he was transferred toFC Schalke 04 in Germany for €13 million, reuniting with former Real Madrid teammateRaúl.[10]

On 4 December 2010, Jurado scored his firstBundesliga goal for Schalke, helping to a 2–0 home win againstFC Bayern Munich.[11] The following game he netted the first in a 2–1 victory atS.L. Benfica – after a chest pass from Raúl – for theChampions League group stage, which earned the club the first position after the final round;[12] the roles reversed in the quarterfinals second leg 2–1 home triumph against Inter (7–3 on aggregate), as the midfielderassisted the forward in the opening goal,[13] and the team ended their European campaign in the semi-finals with Jurado scoring their consolation in a 1–6 aggregate loss toManchester United.[14]
Jurado finishedhis only full season with theGelsenkirchen side with 44 appearances and eight goals all competitions comprised. One of those came inthe final of theGerman Cup, a 5–0 rout ofMSV Duisburg.[15]
On 4 September 2012, Jurado was loaned toFC Spartak Moscow in theRussian Premier League, in aseason-long move.[16] The move was made permanent only two months later, being rendered effective the following summer.[17]
Jurado recorded eight goals in 29 games in the2013–14 campaign, starting on 27 July 2013 with a brace in theOldest Russian derby, a 4–1 win at city rivalsFC Dynamo Moscow.[18] In the reverse fixture, which was also the last matchday, he started a comeback from 0–2 down to 3–2.[19]
On 22 July 2015, Jurado signed for newly promotedPremier League teamWatford on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reuniting with his compatriot and former Atlético managerQuique Sánchez Flores.[20] He made his debut inthe season opener on 8 August, starting in a 2–2 draw atEverton,[21] and played 30 games for the eventualsemi-finalists of theFA Cup without scoring.[22]
On 5 July 2016, Jurado returned to his homeland for the first time in six years, signing forRCD Espanyol again under Flores.[23]
On 21 June 2018, Jurado moved toAl Ahli Saudi FC of theSaudi Professional League.[24] The following 28 February, he joinedChina League One sideChangchun Yatai FC.[25]
Jurado returned to Spain on 22 July 2019, with the 33-year-old agreeing to a three-year contract withSegunda División'sCádiz CF as afree agent.[26][27]
Jurado played forSpain atunder-16,under-17,under-19 andunder-21 levels, and represented the nation at the2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid | 2004–05 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Atlético Madrid | 2006–07 | La Liga | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | La Liga | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
| 2009–10 | La Liga | 38 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17[d] | 0 | — | 64 | 9 | ||
| 2010–11 | La Liga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 88 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 129 | 13 | ||
| Mallorca (loan) | 2008–09 | La Liga | 35 | 9 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 9 | ||
| Schalke 04 | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11[a] | 3 | — | 44 | 8 | |
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | 1[f] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 9 | ||
| Spartak Moscow (loan) | 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 2013–14 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 32 | 8 | |
| 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 3 | |||
| 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 66 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 77 | 14 | |||
| Watford | 2015–16 | Premier League | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| Espanyol | 2016–17 | La Liga | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | La Liga | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 3 | ||||
| Al Ahli | 2018–19 | Saudi Professional League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| Changchun Yatai | 2019 | China League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cádiz | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 368 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 458 | 49 | ||
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