José María Ceballos

José María Ceballos
Personal information
Full nameJosé María Ceballos Vega
Date of birth7 September 1968
Place of birthPámanes, Spain
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
CD Cayón
Racing Santander
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1989Rayo Cantabria
1988–2003Racing Santander426(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ceballos and the second or maternal family name is Vega.

José María Ceballos Vega (born 7 September 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Pámanes, Cantabria, Ceballos only played for local Racing de Santander during his career, which spanned 16 professional seasons. He started as a senior with Deportivo Rayo Cantabria, at the time the reserve team, and was already first-choice at the age of 20 in the 1989–90 campaign, suffering relegation from Segunda División.

Ceballos made his debut in La Liga on 5 September 1993, in a 1–0 home win against Rayo Vallecano,[1] going on to start in most of that and the following seven seasons, always in the top division. Racing dropped down to the second level in 2001, and he retired two years later at nearly 35.[2]

Ceballos returned to his only team in 2007, being named its youth sides' goalkeeper coach.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Pineda decide para el Racing" [Pineda decides for Racing] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 6 September 1993. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. "José Ceballos: 'El gato de Pámanes'" [José Ceballos: 'The cat of Pámanes'] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. "El futuro de la portería del Racing pasa por Ceballos" [Future in Racing goal passes through Ceballos] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

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