Josico

José Joaquín Moreno Verdú (born 6 January 1975), known as Josico, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of UD San Sebastián de los Reyes.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moreno and the second or maternal family name is Verdú.
Josico
Personal information
Full name José Joaquín Moreno Verdú[1]
Date of birth (1975-01-06) 6 January 1975[1]
Place of birth Hellín, Spain[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SS Reyes (manager)
Youth career
Albacete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Hellín
1995–1998 Albacete 97 (7)
1998–2002 Las Palmas 129 (12)
2002–2008 Villarreal 152 (5)
2008–2009 Fenerbahçe 14 (0)
2009–2011 Las Palmas 37 (2)
Total 429 (26)
National team
1996–1997 Spain U21 7 (1)
Teams managed
2013–2014 Las Palmas (youth)
2014 Las Palmas
2014–2015 Las Palmas B
2015–2016 Jumilla
2017 Atlético Baleares
2017–2018 Elche
2019– SS Reyes
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His 16-year professional career was mainly associated with Las Palmas and Villarreal (six years apiece), and he amassed La Liga totals of 240 matches and 13 goals over nine seasons.

Playing career

Born in Hellín, Province of Albacete, Josico made his debut in La Liga with Albacete Balompié in the 1995–96 season, immediately after joining from local amateurs Hellín Deportivo. He played in 28 matches (scoring twice), but his team was relegated after five consecutive years in the top level; his first game in the competition occurred on 18 November 1995, as he featured the full 90 minutes in a 0–3 away loss against FC Barcelona.[2]

Josico went on to represent UD Las Palmas for four seasons, joining Villarreal CF for 2002–03 campaign, where he played a major part in the club's domestic and European consolidation: in 2004–05 the player appeared in 29 contests – 28 as a starter – as the Valencian Community side finished third, as well as being the undisputed captain.

Deemed surplus to requirements by Villarreal boss Manuel Pellegrini, Josico joined Fenerbahçe S.K. on 28 August 2008 as the Süper Lig side was coached by former Spain manager Luis Aragonés.[3] After just one season in Turkey, where he was used sparingly, he was released, and quickly signed with one of his first clubs, Las Palmas in the second division, at the same time of a former teammate, Antonio Guayre.

In late May 2011, after having contributed with 25 games to his team's league status preservation, 36-year-old Josico announced his retirement from professional football.[4] He returned to the Canary Islands the following year, being charged with watching the opposing teams.[5]

Coaching career

Josico was appointed Las Palmas' first-team manager on 26 May 2014, replacing fired Sergio Lobera after a 2–3 home loss against Recreativo de Huelva.[6] He still managed to lead the side to the sixth position in the regular season, then ousted Sporting de Gijón 2–0 on aggregate in the top flight promotion playoffs.[7]

On 3 July 2014, Josico moved to the Canarians' reserve team, in Segunda División B.[8] In the following years, he continued working in the lower leagues.[9][10]

Managerial statistics
As of 22 December 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Las Palmas 26 May 2014 3 July 2014 6 3 2 1 6 5 +1 050.00 [11]
Las Palmas B 3 July 2014 9 March 2015 28 8 6 14 41 45 −4 028.57 [12]
Jumilla 10 November 2015 15 February 2016 13 5 3 5 14 20 −6 038.46 [13]
Atlético Baleares 15 March 2017 13 June 2017 13 8 3 2 19 9 +10 061.54 [14]
Elche 20 November 2017 27 February 2018 13 5 4 4 17 13 +4 038.46 [15]
SS Reyes 8 November 2019 Present 8 2 1 5 11 14 −3 025.00 [16]
Total 81 31 19 31 108 106 +2 038.27 —

Honours

Club

Villarreal

International

Spain U21

References
  1. "José Joaquín Moreno Verdú "JOSICO"" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  2. El Barcelona estrena liderato (Barcelona leaders for the first time); El País, 19 November 1995 (in Spanish)
  3. Josico joins Fenerbahçe; Fenerbahçe SK, 28 August 2008
  4. Josico se retira: "Es el momento de decir adiós" (Josico retires: "It's time to say goodbye"); Marca, 26 May 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. Josico, nuevo 'espía' de los rivales de la UD Las Palmas (Josico, new UD Las Palmas rivals' 'spy'); Sport8, 17 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. Lobera es destituido y Josico y Javi Guerrero toman el mando (Lobera is fired and Josico and Javi Guerrero take over); Diario AS, 26 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. Las Palmas, un paso más cerca de Primera (Las Palmas, one step closer to Primera); Europa Press, 15 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. Josico, nuevo entrenador de Las Palmas Atlético (Josico, new manager of Las Palmas Atlético) Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine; UD Las Palmas, 3 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. Armando de la Morena, nuevo entrenador del Atlético Baleares (Armando de la Morena, new manager of Atlético Baleares)‚ El Mundo, 21 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  10. Oficial | Josico, nuevo entrenador del Elche C.F. (Official | Josico, new manager of Elche C.F.); Elche CF, 20 November 2017 (in Spanish)
  11. "Josico: José Joaquín Moreno Verdú". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  12. "Josico: José Joaquín Moreno Verdú". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  13. "Josico: José Joaquín Moreno Verdú". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  14. "Josico: José Joaquín Moreno Verdú". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  15. "Josico: José Joaquín Moreno Verdú". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  16. "Josico: José Joaquín Moreno Verdú". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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