José Cerveró San Braulio (3 September 1949 – 17 July 2024) was a Spanish footballer who played as a left back. He played 277 official matches for Valencia CF between 1974 and 1983, winning the Copa del Rey (1978–79), the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1979–80) and the UEFA Super Cup (1980).[1]
Career
editBorn in Real in the Province of Valencia, Cerveró spent his entire playing career with Valencia CF, apart from the 1971–72 season with Melilla CF in the Tercera División on loan due to his national service.[2] He made his first-team debut for his main club in La Liga on 6 January 1974 under manager Alfredo Di Stéfano, in a 1–0 loss at CD Málaga.[3] On 27 February, in his seventh game, he scored one of only two goals for the club to conclude a 2–0 home win over Valencian Community neighbours Elche CF, shooting from near the corner kick quadrant.[4]
Cerveró played nine games of Valencia's Copa del Rey conquest in 1978–79, including the final on 30 June that they won 2–0 against Real Madrid in the national capital.[5] This qualified the team to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup of 1979–80 which they won, later taking the UEFA Super Cup against Nottingham Forest with Cerveró playing both matches of a win on the away goals rule.[6]
After his playing career, Cerveró managed small clubs in his local area from 1994 to 2018, among them UD Alzira.[7]
References
edit- ^ Aparicio, C. (17 July 2024). "Fallece a los 74 años el exjugador del Valencia, José Cerveró" [Ex-Valencia player José Cerveró dies aged 74]. La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Calderay, Antonio (18 July 2024). "Fallece Cerveró, ex jugador del Valencia C.F. y del Melilla C.F." [Cerveró, ex-Valencia C.F. and Melilla C.F. player, dies] (in Spanish). Melilla Hoy. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Lloret, Paco (7 January 2023). "Pepe Cerveró, la regularidad por bandera" [Pepe Cerveró, regularity as a flag]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "2–0: El Valencia encontró el fruto a su incesante ataque" [2–0: Valencia found the fruit of their incessant attack]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 February 1974. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Montalt, Manolo (5 April 2022). "1979, Kempes y la senyera toman Madrid" [1979, Kempes and the flag of Valencia take Madrid]. Plaza Deportiva (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "La primera Supercopa de Europa del fútbol español cumple 40 años" [Spanish football's first European Super Cup turns 40] (in Spanish). COS Panamá. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Roselló, Tomàs (18 July 2023). "José Cerveró: Un mite del futbol valencià" [José Cerveró: A legend of Valencian football]. Levante-EMV (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 July 2024.