| José Manuel | |
| Fullname: | José Manuel Colmenero Crespo |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Gijón, Spain |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Llano 2000 |
| Youthclubs2: | Sporting Gijón |
| Years1: | 1992–1996 |
| Years2: | 1992–1993 |
| Years3: | 1994–1999 |
| Years4: | 1996–1997 |
| Years5: | 1999–2003 |
| Years6: | 2000 |
| Years7: | 2000–2001 |
| Years8: | 2002 |
| Years9: | 2003 |
| Years10: | 2003–2004 |
| Years11: | 2004–2005 |
| Years12: | 2005–2006 |
| Years13: | 2006–2009 |
| Years14: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs2: | → Ribadesella (loan) |
| Clubs4: | → Mallorca (loan) |
| Clubs6: | → Compostela (loan) |
| Clubs7: | → Numancia (loan) |
| Clubs8: | → Hannover 96 (loan) |
| Clubs9: | → Poli Ejido (loan) |
| Clubs14: | Marino |
| Caps1: | 84 |
| Caps3: | 63 |
| Caps4: | 34 |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Caps7: | 28 |
| Caps8: | 1 |
| Caps9: | 14 |
| Caps10: | 18 |
| Caps11: | 5 |
| Caps12: | 27 |
| Goals1: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 5 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
José Manuel Colmenero Crespo (born 29 November 1973), known as José Manuel, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.
José Manuel was born in Gijón, Asturias. A product of hometown's Sporting de Gijón youth academy, he was not very successful in his first stint with the club (only 12 first-team appearances over his first three seasons) but, after a loan spell with RCD Mallorca of Segunda División in the 1996–97 campaign,[1] with promotion, he returned as a full member of the main squad, but Sporting were relegated from La Liga in his first year back.[2]
Having attracted attention from Deportivo de La Coruña in 1999 and subsequently purchased for €300.000, José Manuel would then begin a series of loan spells in the first and second divisions,[3] [4] adding to this a very short experience with Germany's Hannover 96 in the Bundesliga (also on loan, alongside compatriots – in the same situation – Fernando and Jaime).[5]
Finally released in June 2003, he resumed his career mainly in the Segunda División B,[6] retiring well into his 30s.[7] During this timeframe he played mainly for CD Roquetas, in the third tier but also in Tercera División.[8] [9]