Tote (footballer)
 Tote playing for Hércules in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge López Marco | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1987 | Los Yébenes San Bruno | ||
| 1987–1993 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| 1993–1996 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1998 | Real Madrid C | ||
| 1998–1999 | Real Madrid B | 29 | (4) |
| 1999–2003 | Real Madrid | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Benfica (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Valladolid (loan) | 36 | (7) |
| 2003–2005 | Betis | 17 | (2) |
| 2005 | → Málaga (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Valladolid | 30 | (3) |
| 2006–2012 | Hércules | 179 | (29) |
| Total | 312 | (45) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Jorge López Marco (born 23 November 1978), commonly known as Tote, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.
He amassed Segunda División totals of 187 games and 31 goals over the course of six seasons, almost exclusively with Hércules. In La Liga he appeared for Real Madrid, Valladolid, Betis, Málaga and Hércules, adding 88/10 in a 16-year professional career.
Club career
After beginning his football grooming with Atlético de Madrid, Madrid-born Tote moved crosstown in 1993, joining Real Madrid's youth ranks. Playing mainly with its B-side after having begun with Real Madrid C, he received his first-team debut on 8 May 1999, as a late substitute in a 2–3 away loss against Real Sociedad.[1]
After an unsuccessful loan stint in Portugal with Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Tote was definitely promoted to the main squad, but only appeared in three games during the season as Real were crowned champions. The following year he was again loaned, now to Real Valladolid, and developed into a La Liga player, scoring his first goal against Málaga CF on 16 September 2001 (2–1 away win); one month later he added an hat-trick, in a 4–1 triumph at Athletic de Bilbao.[2]
Returning to Real he only made one league appearance, at Recreativo de Huelva, being subsequently sold to Real Betis on a five-year contract.[3] Injuries[4] and loss of form soon made him surplus to requirements and, during the 2005 January transfer window, he was loaned to neighbouring Málaga, where he failed to produce.
After a quick return spell with Valladolid, Tote signed a two-year link with another second division club, Hércules CF. In the 2009–10 season he contributed with four goals in 35 matches (2,439 minutes) as the Alicante team returned to the top division, after 13 years.
Honours
- Real Madrid
References
- ↑ El Madrid, engordar para morir (Madrid, gaining weight to die); ABC, 9 May 1999 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Valladolid apaliza al Athletic en San Mamés (Valladolid crushes Athletic at San Mamés); El Mundo, 14 October 2001 (Spanish)
- ↑ Tote and Contreras agree Betis moves; UEFA.com, 30 July 2003
- ↑ Tote missing for a month; UEFA.com, 11 September 2003