Kike Mateo Explained

Kike Mateo
Fullname:Enrique Mateo Montoya
Birth Date:30 December 1979
Birth Place:Murcia, Spain
Height:1.80NaN0
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1998
Years2:1998–1999
Years3:1999–2000
Years4:2000
Years5:2000–2002
Years6:2002–2003
Years7:2003–2004
Years8:2004–2005
Years9:2005–2007
Years10:2007–2010
Years11:2010–2012
Years12:2012–2013
Years13:2013–2015
Years14:2015
Clubs1:Pinatar
Clubs2:Bullense
Clubs3:Orihuela
Clubs4:Ciudad Murcia
Clubs5:Mallorca B
Clubs6:Orihuela
Clubs7:Lorca Deportiva CF
Clubs8:Eibar
Clubs9:Hércules
Clubs10:Sporting Gijón
Clubs11:Elche
Clubs12:UCAM Murcia
Clubs13:Orihuela
Clubs14:CF Lorca Deportiva
Caps1:8
Caps2:24
Caps3:41
Caps4:23
Caps5:29
Caps6:20
Caps7:41
Caps8:42
Caps9:61
Caps10:74
Caps11:55
Caps12:15
Caps13:?
Totalcaps:433
Goals1:6
Goals2:6
Goals3:14
Goals4:11
Goals5:3
Goals6:1
Goals7:6
Goals8:8
Goals9:11
Goals10:14
Goals11:3
Goals12:2
Goals13:5
Totalgoals:90
Manageryears1:2017–2019
Managerclubs1:Ciudad Murcia

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2005/06/19/EMD20050619009MDG.pdf Un 'milagro' llamado Eibar (A 'miracle' called Eibar)
  2. http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/sporting/es/desarrollo/1015938.html Kike Mateo, nuevo jugador del Sporting (Kike Mateo, new Sporting player)
  3. http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/252989/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739 Sporting Gijon 1–2 Getafe
  4. http://www.marca.com/marcador/futbol/2008_09/primera/jornada_4/rma_spo/ El Real Madrid derrocha en las rebajas (Real Madrid excels in sale)
  5. http://www.elcomercio.es/gijon/20090208/deportes/futbol/sporting-amilana-ante-barca-200902081742.html El Sporting aguanta el tipo pero no logra vencer (Sporting holds its own but does not win)
  6. http://www.marca.com/2010/05/20/futbol/equipos/sporting/1274363338.html 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")
  7. http://www.nostresport.com/futbol/SegundaA/muestraNoticia.html?id=13037 El Elche presenta a Kike Mateo y Héctor Verdés (Elche presents Kike Mateo and Héctor Verdés)