José Manuel Casado Bizcocho (born 9 August 1986) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

Casado was born in Coria del Río, Province of Seville. He started his youth career at Sevilla FC and finished it at FC Barcelona, only representing the Catalans' C team (soon to be extinct) and subsequently returning to his previous club, spending two seasons with reserves Sevilla Atlético in the Segunda División.[1]

A defensive stalwart for the B's, Casado also appeared twice for the main squad during 2007–08, the first being on 11 November 2007 in a 3–2 away loss against Villarreal CF.[2] In the following years, after the latter's relegation, two consecutive La Liga loans ensued, both in Andalusia: first with Recreativo de Huelva,[3] where he played half of the season's matches, and newly promoted Xerez CD,[4] where he was featured more but ultimately met the same fate, relegation.

Casado was definitely released by Sevilla in July 2010, signing a two-year deal with Rayo Vallecano.[5] He was first choice in his debut campaign as the club returned to the top flight after an absence of eight years; he continued to start for the Madrilenians, collecting 29 yellow cards and two red over two seasons in the process.

On 29 September 2013, still recovering from a severe knee injury which prevented a move to Levante UD,[6] Casado signed a 2+3 contract with fellow top-tier side Málaga CF.[7] He made his competitive debut on 8 February of the following year, playing the second half of the 4–1 away defeat to former club Rayo.[8]

Casado was transferred to UD Almería on 30 January 2015 after agreeing to an 18-month deal.[9] On 8 June, after their relegation from the main division, he was released.[10]

On 27 August 2015, Casado joined Championship side Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer, signing a one-year contract.[11] In January 2016, he left by mutual agreement.[12]

In late January 2017, after almost a year without a club, Casado moved to CD Numancia following a successful trial.[13]

References

  1. ^ "¿Qué fue de los integrantes del Sevilla Atlético de Segunda división?" [What happened to members of Sevilla Atlético of Segunda división?] (in Spanish). Sevillismo en Vena. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "El Villarreal sufre, pero sigue arriba" [Villarreal suffer, but remain on top] (in Spanish). Sport. 11 November 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ^ El Recreativo de Huelva presenta a Casado (Recreativo de Huelva present Casado); Marca, 23 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Casado jugará cedido en el Xerez (Casado will play on loan at Xerez); Marca, 25 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ José Manuel Casado firma con el Rayo Vallecano por dos temporadas (José Manuel Casado signs with Rayo Vallecano for two seasons); Diario AS, 20 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Casado no jugará en el Levante, al menos momentáneamente (Casado will not play for Levante, at least not right now); Diario AS, 12 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Málaga CF incorpora al defensa José Manuel Casado (Málaga CF add defender José Manuel Casado); Málaga CF, 29 September 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El Rayo cambia posesión por goles (Rayo trade possession for goals); Marca, 8 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ El Almería ficha al lateral Casado, del Málaga, y cede a Quique al Racing de Santander (Almería sign full-back Casado, from Málaga, and loan Quique to Racing de Santander); UD Almería, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Doce jugadores están con contrato en la primera plantilla del Almería (Twelve players have contract in Almería's first team); UD Almería, 8 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ "Jose Manuel Casado signs for Bolton Wanderers". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  12. ^ "OUTGOING: @JMCasado20 has left #BWFC after a mutual agreement was reached to cancel his contract". Twitter. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  13. ^ "El Numancia ficha al lateral zurdo Casado" [Numancia sign left-back Casado] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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