Jesuli

Jesuli was born in Seville. After making his professional debut with hometown's Sevilla FC, playing one game in the closing stages of the 1996–97 season (a 3–1 home win over RCD Espanyol), with the Andalusia side ultimately being relegated from La Liga, the skilled player alternated between the A and B sides before being definitely promoted for the 1998–99 campaign, which ended in a return to the top division. Signing in the 2000 summer transfer window, Jesuli would serve his most successful stint at RC Celta de Vigo, scoring seven league goals in his third year as the Galician team qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever. That earned him a return move to his first club, which coincided which Celta's 2004 relegation. In his second spell at Sevilla, Jesuli appeared sporadically: he was restricted to Copa del Rey matches in 2006–07 and not registered at all – alongside teammate Fernando Sales – in the following season, while also hampered by several injuries. In January 2008, Jesuli was loaned to Segunda División team CD Tenerife for the rest of the campaign, where he would also feature sparingly. Having subsequently returned to Sevilla he was left to train with the reserves, as he was not part of coach Manuel Jiménez's plans.

Controversy

According to newspaper El Mundo, Jesuli was recorded by Iñaki Badiola, president of Real Sociedad, in a conversation where he confirmed that the players of Tenerife received around €6.000 each to lose the…

Celta

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000 Sevilla

Copa del Rey: 2005–06, 2006–07 UEFA Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07