José María Cela

José María Cela

Personal information
Full name	José María Cela Ranilla
Date of birth	(1969-12-17) 17 December 1969
Place of birth	Zamora, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Valladolid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Medinense	31	(11)
1989–1990	Valladolid B
1990–1992	Real Madrid B	18	(0)
1991–1992	→ Numancia (loan)	36	(4)
1992–1994	Sporting Gijón	30	(2)
1994–1995	Barcelona B	27	(7)
1995–1996	Lleida	22	(3)
1996–1997	Numancia	22	(3)
1997–1999	RKC Waalwijk
International career
1990	Spain U19	3	(0)
1990	Spain U20	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cela and the second or maternal family name is Ranilla.

José María Cela Ranilla (born 17 December 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and current research fellow at Rovira i Virgili University.

Club career

Born in Zamora, Castile and León, Cela started his football career at Real Valladolid's youth team and was eventually noticed by Real Madrid who signed him for their reserve team. He made his La Liga debut with Sporting Gijón.

After two seasons in Gijón, he found himself jumping from club to club each season, including a spell in FC Barcelona's reserve team, until he eventually settled at Dutch side RKC Waalwijk where he ended his career in 1999 after two seasons.

Personal life

Once Cela retired from football, he completely disconnected himself from the industry and went on to work in the field of educational research at Catalan university Rovira i Virgili where he has participated in several projects of both national and international research.

External links

• José María Cela at BDFutbol