Carmelo José González Jiménez (born 9 July 1983), known simply as Carmelo, is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
 Carmelo (left) lining up for Buriram United in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carmelo José González Jiménez | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Las Palmas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Las Palmas B | ||
| 2001–2005 | Las Palmas | 120 | (14) |
| 2005–2008 | Levante | 37 | (5) |
| 2007 | → Hércules (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Numancia (loan) | 38 | (7) |
| 2008–2013 | Sporting Gijón | 91 | (7) |
| 2013–2014 | Buriram United | 50 | (36) |
| 2015–2016 | Suphanburi | 31 | (10) |
| 2016 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2017–2023 | Arucas | ||
| International career | |||
| 2000 | Spain U16 | 5 | (2) |
| 2001 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Spain U19 | 9 | (5) |
| 2003 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2004 | Spain U21 | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He spent most of his professional career with Las Palmas, Sporting de Gijón (competing in La Liga with both clubs) and in the Thai Premier League.
Club career
editBorn in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Carmelo graduated from hometown UD Las Palmas' youth ranks. In his first appearance with the main squad, in 2001–02's La Liga, he scored in a 3–0 away win against RCD Mallorca on 26 August 2001,[1] and would play a further three seasons with the club in the second (two)[2] and third divisions (one).
Carmelo joined Levante UD in 2005–06 on a four-year contract,[3] where he would be a key figure in the Valencian Community side's promotion to the top level. He appeared in only six matches the following campaign, finishing it with Hércules CF on loan.
In 2007–08, Carmelo moved to CD Numancia still owned by Levante,[4] scoring seven goals (third-best in squad) en route to another top-flight promotion.[5] He then switched the next season to another promotee, Sporting de Gijón,[6] netting in back-to-back wins in October against Mallorca, CA Osasuna and Deportivo de La Coruña[7][8][9] as the Asturians retained their league status.
In the following three seasons, Carmelo struggled with injury[10][11] but managed to be relatively used, only being able to score once[12] in a combined 58 games however. The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2011–12 campaign.
Carmelo left Sporting in February 2013,[13] moving abroad for the first time shortly after as he signed with Thai Premier League's Buriram United FC.[14] He won the national championship in his first year, being top scorer in the process.[15]
In early July 2016, aged 33, Carmelo switched countries and joined Al-Ittihad Kalba SC in the UAE Football League.[16] The following season, he returned to his homeland and signed with Arucas CF in the Canarian regional divisions.[17]
Club statistics
edit| Club | Division | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Las Palmas | La Liga | 2001–02 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| Segunda División | 2002–03 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||
| Segunda División | 2003–04 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 4 | |||
| Segunda División B | 2004–05 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 6 | |||
| Total | 120 | 14 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 125 | 14 | ||||
| Levante | Segunda División | 2005–06 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||
| La Liga | 2006–07 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 5 | ||||
| Hércules | Segunda División | 2006–07 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Numancia | Segunda División | 2007–08 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 7 | ||
| Total | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 7 | ||||
| Sporting Gijón | La Liga | 2008–09 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 8 | ||
| La Liga | 2009–10 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| La Liga | 2010–11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| La Liga | 2011–12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| Segunda División | 2012–13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 91 | 7 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 100 | 9 | ||||
| Buriram United | Thai Premier League | 2013 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 36 | 26 | |
| Thai Premier League | 2014 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 37 | 17 | ||
| Total | 45 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 0 | — | 70 | 41 | |||
| Career totals | 353 | 69 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 0 | — | 395 | 79 | |||
Honours
editNumancia
Buriram United[15]
- Thai Premier League: 2013, 2014
- Thai FA Cup: 2013
- Thai League Cup: 2013
- Kor Royal Cup: 2013, 2014
Spain U17
Spain U19
Individual
- Thai Premier League Top Scorer: 2013[15]
References
edit- ^ Las Palmas sorprende al Mallorca (Las Palmas surprise Mallorca); El País, 27 August 2001 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carmelo se exige aún más (Carmelo pushes himself even further); Diario AS, 4 November 2003 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carmelo ficha por cuatro años y costará 420.00 euros (Carmelo signs for four years and will cost 420.00 euros); Diario AS, 7 July 2005 (in Spanish)
- ^ Numancia: se asegura la cesión de Carmelo. (Numancia: loan of Carmelo confirmed.); esFutbol, 17 August 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia] (in Spanish). Desde Soria. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ El Sporting ficha a Carmelo (Sporting sign Carmelo); El Comercio, 1 August 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mallorca 0–2 Sporting Gijón; ESPN Soccernet, 5 October 2008
- ^ Sporting Gijón 2–1 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 19 October 2008
- ^ Deportivo La Coruña 0–3 Sporting Gijón; ESPN Soccernet, 26 October 2008
- ^ Carmelo estará tres meses de baja tras ser operado (Carmelo to miss three months after undergoing surgery); Marca, 22 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carmelo: "La segunda vuelta fue mala para mí" (Carmelo: "The second part of the season was bad for me"); Diario AS, 5 May 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Reparto de puntos en el debut de Tejada (Points shared in Tejada's debut); Europa Press, 5 February 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carmelo queda desligado del Sporting (Carmelo cuts ties with Sporting) Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Sporting Gijón, 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Carmelo, el primer canario que jugará en la Liga de Tailandia (Carmelo, first Canarian to play in Thai League); La Provincia, 13 February 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c Doblete para el Buriram tailandés al ganar la "FA Cup" (Double for Thailand's Buriram after win in "FA Cup"); El Diario Vasco, 11 November 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Ittihad Kalba complete foreign quota with Carmelo Gonzalez and Salam Shaker signings; Sport 360, 6 July 2016
- ^ "Carmelo González, un galáctico en el Arucas" [Carmelo González, galactic at Arucas] (in Spanish). La Provincia. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Carmelo: Carmelo González Jiménez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Carmelo". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ Carmelo at ESPN FC
- ^ "España vence a Alemania y se proclama campeona de Europa Sub-19" [Spain beat Germany and are crowned Under-19 European champions] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 28 July 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2018.