Ñoño

Ñoño

Personal information
Full name	José Antonio Vélez Jiménez
Date of birth	(1983-09-16) 16 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Tarragona, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Pobla Mafumet B
Youth career
	Gimnàstic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Gimnàstic	2	(0)
2005	→ Alcoyano (loan)	8	(1)
2005–2006	Sant Andreu	11	(0)
2006–2007	Andorra	15	(5)
2007–2008	Marino	27	(1)
2008–2012	Pobla Mafumet	114	(12)
2012–2013	Gimnàstic	10	(1)
2013–2015	Reus	42	(0)
2015–2017	Cornellà	60	(4)
2017–2018	Hospitalet	15	(2)
2018–2019	Borges	15	(1)
2019–2022	Ascó	39	(3)
2022	Tortosa	9	(0)
2022–	Pobla Mafumet B	21	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:48, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

José Antonio Vélez Jiménez (born 16 September 1983), known as Ñoño, is a Spanish footballer who plays for CF Pobla de Mafumet B. Mainly a left-back, he can also operate as a left winger.[1]

Club career

Born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Ñoño began his career with local Gimnàstic de Tarragona, and made his senior debut on 27 November 2004 by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 away win over Terrassa FC in the Segunda División.[2] He finished the season on loan to CD Alcoyano of Segunda División B.[3]

Ñoño stayed in the third level for the 2005–06 campaign, appearing rarely for UE Sant Andreu[4] and moving all the way down to the regional leagues with FC Andorra. In summer 2007 he returned to the third tier, signing for Marino de Luanco.[3]

Subsequently, Ñoño spent four seasons with CF Pobla de Mafumet, Gimnàstic's farm team. On 10 July 2012 he was promoted to the main squad,[5] making his official debut on 2 September against RCD Espanyol B[6] and scoring his first goal with Nàstic later that month, against CE L'Hospitalet.[7]

On 7 June 2013, Ñoño opted to not renew his contract with Gimnàstic, and was released.[8] Late in the month, he signed with neighbouring CF Reus Deportiu also of division three.[9]

Personal life

Ñoño's younger brother, Francisco, was also a footballer. Both played for Gimnàstic and Pobla.[10]

References

1. Ñoño Velez Jimenez; at Gimnàstic Tarragona (in Spanish)
2. Bolo sentencia en tiempo de descuento (Bolo decides it in injury time); Mundo Deportivo, 28 November 2004 (in Spanish)
3. El Marino ficha a Ñoño como sustituto de Guaya (Marino sign Ñoño as a replacement for Guaya) Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine; La Voz de Asturias, 18 July 2007 (in Spanish)
4. Mercado de fichajes (Transfer market); at Marca (in Spanish)
5. Ñoño, Aleix i Joel Coch, i Eugeni jugaran al primer equip (Ñoño, Aleix and Joel Coch and Eugeni will play with first team); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 10 July 2012 (in Catalan)
6. Toca recuperarse, y rápido. (Time to recover, and quickly.); Blog del Nàstic, 2 September 2012 (in Spanish)
7. Derrota que hunde al Nàstic en el pozo. (Defeat that sinks Nàstic in bottom.); Blog del Nàstic, 30 September 2012 (in Spanish)
8. Haro i Ñoño no renoven amb el Nàstic (Haro and Ñoño do not renew with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 7 June 2013 (in Catalan)
9. Noño, el primer fichaje del CF Reus (Ñoño, first CF Reus signing); Diari de Tarragona, 20 June 2013 (in Spanish)
10. Fran Vélez pide irse (Fran Vélez asks to leave); Diari de Tarragona, 22 June 2013 (in Spanish)

External links

• Ñoño at BDFutbol
• Ñoño at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Ñoño at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• La Segunda B profile (in Spanish)
• Ñoño at Soccerway