Quique de la Mata

Enrique "Quique" González de la Mata Villalba (born 8 July 1984), is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD El Palo as a central midfielder.

Quique de la Mata
Personal information
Full name Enrique González de la Mata Villalba
Date of birth (1984-07-08) 8 July 1984
Place of birth Málaga, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 El Palo
Youth career
Málaga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Málaga B 35 (0)
2003–2004 → Linares (loan) 21 (1)
2005–2006 → Marbella (loan) 19 (1)
2007–2008 Jerez 33 (9)
2008–2010 Lucena 57 (5)
2010–2011 Cultural Leonesa 33 (5)
2011–2012 Jaén 22 (2)
2012–2013 Melilla 26 (1)
2013–2014 Guijuelo 30 (1)
2014– El Palo 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2014
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de la Mata and the second or maternal family name is Villalba.

Club career

Born in Málaga, Andalusia, Quique graduated from local Málaga CF's youth system, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2002–03 season, in Segunda División B. After a loan spell with CD Linares he returned to the B's, and on 29 January 2005 played his first game with the main squad, featuring the last 16 minutes in a 0–3 home loss against Xerez CD for the Segunda División championship;[1] he spent the 2005–06 campaign with UD Marbella, also on loan.

In 2007 Quique was released by Málaga, and resumed his career in the third level but also in Tercera División, representing Jerez CF, Lucena CF,[2] Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Jaén,[3] UD Melilla,[4] CD Guijuelo[5] and CD El Palo.[6]

References
  1. El Xerez arrasa al Málaga B de José Mari Bakero (Xerez crushes José Mari Barkero's Málaga B); El Mundo Deportivo, 30 January 2005 (in Spanish)
  2. Quique ficha por el Lucena para la próxima temporada (Quique signs for Lucena for next season); ABC de Sevilla, 5 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. Quique González firma por una temporada con opción a otra (Quique González signs for one season with the option for another); Ideal, 14 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. Quique de la Mota ficha por el Melilla (Quique de la Mota [sic] signs for Melilla); Ideal, 30 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. El Guijuelo firma a Quique de la Mota, centrocampista de 29 años (Guijuelo signs Quique de la Mota [sic], 29-year-old midfielder); La Gaceta de Salamanca, 30 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. El ex del CD Guijuelo, Quique de la Mota, firma por el CD El Palo (Former Guijuelo player, Quique de la Mota [sic], signs for CD El Palo); La Tribuna de Salamanca, 11 July 2014 (in Spanish)
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