Jesús Turiel
Personal information
Full name Jesús Ángel Turiel de la Cruz[1]
Date of birth (1973-10-06) 6 October 1973[1]
Place of birth Málaga, Spain[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1987–1993 Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1997 Valladolid B 116 (20)
1995–2001 Valladolid 82 (7)
1997–1998 → Toledo (loan) 22 (3)
2001–2004 Alavés 84 (2)
2004–2005 Elche 24 (0)
2005–2007 Hércules 58 (3)
2007–2009 Pontevedra 62 (2)
Total 448 (37)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Ángel Turiel de la Cruz (born 6 October 1973) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Turiel was born in Málaga, Andalusia. During his early career, the defensive-minded player with good heading ability represented Real Valladolid (which also loaned him, in 1997–98, to CD Toledo)[2] and Deportivo Alavés – being signed immediately after the 2001 UEFA Cup final[3]– after which he returned to Segunda División, representing Elche CF and Hércules CF.[4]

In the summer of 2007, Turiel joined Segunda División B club Pontevedra CF,[5] being released after two promotionless campaigns. Overall, he appeared in 135 matches each in La Liga and the second tier in 12 professional seasons, scoring eight and seven goals respectively.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jesús A. TURIEL De la Cruz". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 Hidalgo Chacel, Santiago (17 January 2015). "Jugar contra tu alma" [Playing against one's soul]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "El Alavés presenta a Turiel, su primer refuezo de la temporada" [Alavés present Turiel, their first addition of the season]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 5 July 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "El Hércules ficha a Redondo y Turiel y hoy inicia el trabajo" [Hércules sign Redondo and Turiel and start working today]. ABC (in Spanish). 20 July 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Rascado, Tino (28 May 2008). "Turiel está convencido de que el Pontevedra lo dará todo para superar al Ceuta en Pasarón" [Turiel is convinced Pontevedra will give it their all to best Ceuta at Pasarón]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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