Coke (footballer)
Spanish footballer (born 1987)
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Jorge Andújar Moreno (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe anˈduxaɾ moˈɾeno]; born 26 April 1987), known as Coke ([ˈkoke]), is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
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Coke playing for Sevilla in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Andújar Moreno[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1987[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rayo Vallecano | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Rayo Vallecano B | ||
| 2005–2011 | Rayo Vallecano | 180 | (20) |
| 2011–2016 | Sevilla | 117 | (9) |
| 2016–2018 | Schalke 04 | 9 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Levante (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2018–2022 | Levante | 67 | (6) |
| 2022–2023 | Ibiza | 23 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Atlético Sanluqueño | 29 | (1) |
| Total | 442 | (42) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He began his career at Rayo Vallecano, who he helped rise from Segunda División B into La Liga, totalling 204 official games.[2] In 2011 he joined Sevilla, with whom he won the Europa League three times and made 173 appearances in all competitions.[3]
Club career
Rayo Vallecano
Born in Madrid, Coke was a product of Rayo Vallecano's youth system, being promoted to the main squad for the 2005–06 season at only 18, with the capital club in the Segunda División B. He helped it achieve promotion in his third year, and played 33 matches the following campaign as the team overachieved for a final fifth place (scoring three goals in as many wins, including the game's only at home against Hércules CF on 7 February 2009).[4]
Coke only missed 11 league games out of 84 the next two Segunda División seasons and scored 12 goals, with Rayo achieving promotion to La Liga by finishing second in 2011.[5][2]
Sevilla
In early June 2011, Coke signed with fellow top-flight club Sevilla FC, penning a four-year contract.[6] He made his top flight debut on 28 August, coming on for Fernando Navarro at half-time of the 2–1 home win against nearby Málaga CF.[7] He finished his first year with 32 appearances in all competitions.
Coke scored his first league goal with the Andalusians on 17 March 2013, grabbing a brace in a 4–0 home rout of Real Zaragoza.[8] On 14 May of the following year, he played the full 120 minutes and converted his penalty shootout attempt in the final of the UEFA Europa League against S.L. Benfica, as Sevilla went on to win the trophy.[9]
After the departure of Ivan Rakitić to FC Barcelona, Coke captained the team in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup on 12 August, a 2–0 defeat to Real Madrid at Cardiff City Stadium.[10] He featured less throughout the season as new signing Aleix Vidal was reconverted to right-back by coach Unai Emery,[11] but played 32 minutes as they retained their Europa League crown with a 3–2 victory over FC Dnipro on 27 May 2015.[12]
On the final day of the 2015–16 campaign, Coke was the first of three players sent off in a 3–1 loss at Athletic Bilbao, being shown a red card for dissent despite not leaving the substitutes' bench.[13] On 18 May 2016, in the Europa League final, he started as right midfielder in place of the injured Michael Krohn-Dehli[14] and scored twice in a 3–1 defeat of Liverpool in Basel, being subsequently named Player of the match.[15]
Schalke 04
On 31 July 2016, Coke signed for German club FC Schalke 04 on a three-year contract for a reported €5 million.[16] During a friendly with Bologna FC 1909 held the following week, he suffered a severe cruciate ligament injury to his right knee.[17][18]
Coke finally made his Bundesliga debut on 1 April 2017, starting in a 1–1 home draw with Borussia Dortmund in the Revierderby.[19] He scored his only goal for the Gelsenkirchen club 15 days later, equalising in a 2–1 loss at Darmstadt 98.[20]
Levante
On 16 December 2017, struggling with injury problems and lack of playing time, Coke returned to Spain and joined Levante UD on loan until the following 30 June.[21] Subsequently, the move was made permanent on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee estimated around €1.5 million.[22][23] He was sent off on 2 September 2018 in a 2–2 home draw with city rivals Valencia CF.[24]
Later career
On 1 September 2022, free agent Coke agreed to a one-year contract at UD Ibiza.[25] In August of the following year, after their second-tier relegation, he moved to Atlético Sanluqueño CF of Primera Federación;[26][27] he was already part of the club since March 2022, as investor alongside his former Sevilla teammate Cala.[28]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 2005–06 | Segunda División B | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 43 | 2 | |||
| 2007–08 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2008–09 | Segunda División | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 4 | |||
| 2009–10 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 7 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 180 | 20 | 17 | 2 | — | 7 | 0 | 204 | 22 | |||
| Sevilla | 2011–12 | La Liga | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12[b] | 2 | — | 38 | 5 | |||
| 2014–15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13[d] | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | 42 | 5 | ||
| Total | 117 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 15 | ||
| Schalke 04 | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Levante | 2017–18 | La Liga | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 48 | 8 | ||||
| Career total | 350 | 37 | 41 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 435 | 46 | ||
- Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
Honours
Rayo Vallecano
Sevilla
- UEFA Europa League: 2013–14,[9] 2014–15,[12] 2015–16[15]
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 2015–16
- UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 2014,[10] 2015
