José Espinal
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Elpys Espinal Marte | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
|
Carlin's Boys | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Atalanta | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Alzano | 14 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | AlbinoLeffe | 5 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Nuova Albano | 11 | (1) |
| 2004 | Saronno | 10 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Sapri | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Sanremese | 27 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Novara | 48 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | → Gela (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2009 | → Rovigo (loan) | 11 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Cesena | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Giacomense (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Eupen | 56 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | F.C. Verbano Calcio | 13 | (4) |
| 2013– | Carlin's Boys | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014– | Dominican Republic | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 March 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2014 |
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José Elpys Espinal Marte (born 14 November 1982) is a Dominican footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Carlin's Boys and the Dominican Republic national team. He also holds Italian citizenship.
He is the twin brother of Vinicio Espinal.[1]
Career
Along with his twin brother Edwards Vinicio Espinal, both started their career at Atalanta. José left for Serie C1 clubs from 2001 to 2003 and from 2003 to 2005 played at Serie D clubs. He played all 4 matches in promotion playoffs 2005, and scored 5 goals.[2]
In 2005 he returned to professional football for Sanremese at Serie C2. In the next season he signed for Novara of Serie C1. He failed secured a regular place in 2007-08 season, and left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione clubs on loan.
On 31 August 2009, José Espinal was swapped for Christian Jidayi of Cesena.[3] He played his first Serie B match for Cesena on 5 January 2010.
On 20 January 2010 he was loaned to Giacomense.[4]
On 13 July 2010 he signed a one-year contract for the newly promoted Belgian club AS Eupen.[5]
In December 2013, Espinal joined to Carlin's Boys.[6]
Internationally, José received his first call for Dominican Republic in August 2011 to participate in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against El Salvador and Surinam, but he did not appeared. He made his senior debut on 30 August 2014, when he was a starter in a loss friendly against El Salvador.
References
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External links
- Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian)
- Profile at Football.it (Italian)
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Santo Domingo
- Dominican Republic footballers
- Atalanta B.C. players
- U.C. AlbinoLeffe players
- Novara Calcio players
- A.C. Cesena players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Belgian Second Division players
- Association football forwards
- Rovigo Calcio players
- F.C. AlzanoCene 1909 players
- U.S. Sanremese Calcio players
- A.C. Giacomense players
- Twin sportspeople
- Twin people from the Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic international footballers
- Dominican Republic expatriate footballers
- Dominican Republic expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Dominican Republic expatriates in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
