Kike Mateo

Enrique 'Kike' Mateo Montoya (born 30 December 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and manager.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mateo and the second or maternal family name is Montoya.
Kike Mateo
Personal information
Full name Enrique Mateo Montoya
Date of birth (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979
Place of birth Murcia, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Pinatar 8 (6)
1998–1999 Bullense 24 (6)
1999–2000 Orihuela 41 (14)
2000 Ciudad Murcia 23 (11)
2000–2002 Mallorca B 29 (3)
2002–2003 Orihuela 20 (1)
2003–2004 Lorca Deportiva CF 41 (6)
2004–2005 Eibar 42 (8)
2005–2007 Hércules 61 (11)
2007–2010 Sporting Gijón 74 (14)
2010–2012 Elche 55 (3)
2012–2013 UCAM Murcia 15 (2)
2013–2015 Orihuela ? (5)
2015 CF Lorca Deportiva
Total 433 (90)
Teams managed
2017–2019 Ciudad Murcia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Born in Murcia, Mateo spent until the age of 25 in the third and fourth divisions, when he signed with SD Eibar in the summer of 2004. During the second level campaign he did not miss one single game, as the Basque team nearly achieved an historical La Liga promotion, eventually finishing fourth;[1] subsequently he played another two seasons in division two, with Hércules CF, also appearing and scoring regularly.

In 2007–08, Mateo proved instrumental for Sporting de Gijón, whom he joined in July 2007 as a free agent,[2] netting a squad-best 12 goals as the Asturias club returned to the top flight after a ten-year absence. He made his competition debut on 31 August 2008 in a 1–2 home loss against Getafe CF,[3] and scored his first goal two rounds later, in a 1–7 demolition defeat at Real Madrid[4]– as Sporting avoided relegation in the last matchday, his other goal of the season came against FC Barcelona (1–3 loss at the Camp Nou on 8 February 2009)[5]– and he appeared in a total of 24 matches, 14 from the bench.[6]

On 16 July 2010, aged nearly 31, Mateo signed with Elche CF in the second tier, for three years.[7] He left at the end of his second season, and resumed his career in the lower leagues.

References
  1. Un 'milagro' llamado Eibar (A 'miracle' called Eibar); Mundo Deportivo, 19 June 2005 (in Spanish)
  2. Kike Mateo, nuevo jugador del Sporting (Kike Mateo, new Sporting player); Marca, 12 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. Sporting Gijon 1–2 Getafe; ESPN Soccernet, 31 August 2008
  4. El Real Madrid derrocha en las rebajas (Real Madrid excels in sale); Marca, 24 September 2008 (in Spanish)
  5. El Sporting aguanta el tipo pero no logra vencer (Sporting holds its own but does not win); El Comercio, 8 February 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. Kike Mateo se despide: "No he rendido por la falta de oportunidades" (Kike Mateo says goodbye: "I did not produce due to lack of opportunities"); Marca, 20 May 2010 (in Spanish)
  7. El Elche presenta a Kike Mateo y Héctor Verdés (Elche presents Kike Mateo and Héctor Verdés) Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine; Nostre Sport, 21 July 2010 (in Spanish)
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