{"id":673725,"date":"2022-02-09T12:54:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T10:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20220209-xronia-polla-jose\/"},"modified":"2022-02-09T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T13:00:31","slug":"20220209-xronia-polla-jose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20220209-xronia-polla-jose\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Jose!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Andalusian parentage,\u00a0<strong>Jose Angel Crespo<\/strong>\u00a0was born on February 9th, 1987 in the city of\u00a0<b>Lora Del Rio<\/b>, 57 kilometers from\u00a0<strong>Seville<\/strong>. He is a product of Sevilla\u2019s youth system, and it was there where he made his first steps in professional football.<\/p>\n<p>He played for two years for\u00a0<strong>Sevilla\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0B team, while his first team debut came in\u00a0<strong>December\u00a0<\/strong><strong>2005<\/strong>\u00a0in a match against\u00a0<strong>Getafe<\/strong>. In August 2007 he became a more prominent member of the squad, playing in a left-back role.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 he was loaned out to\u00a0<strong>Racing Santander<\/strong>\u00a0and the following season he became a free agent and decided to join\u00a0<strong>Padova\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0<strong>Italy<\/strong>, with whom he completed his first full season, making 43 appearances. The team reached the final of the promotion Play Offs but was beaten by\u00a0<strong>Novara,\u00a0<\/strong>but the\u00a0<strong>Spaniard\u00a0<\/strong>had already booked his place in\u00a0<strong>Serie A<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bologna<\/strong>\u00a0came calling and signed up\u00a0<strong>Crespo,<\/strong>\u00a0who featured in 10 matches before joining\u00a0<strong>Hellas Verona<\/strong>\u00a0on loan. With\u00a0<strong>Verona,<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Spanish<\/strong>\u00a0defender played in 17 matches as the club won automatic promotion by finishing second. After one more season with\u00a0<strong>Bologna,<\/strong>\u00a0he returned to the\u00a0<strong>Primera<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Division<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>Cordoba,<\/strong>\u00a0again on loan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cordoba<\/strong>\u00a0decided to sign the Andalusian ace on a permanent deal in March 2015, but just two months later, his excellent appearances led him to the\u00a0<strong>English Premier<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>League<\/strong>.\u00a0<b>Aston Villa<\/b>\u00a0signed the\u00a0<strong>Spaniard<\/strong>\u00a0for 500.000 Euros. After a six-month spell in\u00a0<strong>English<\/strong>\u00a0he was loaned out to\u00a0<b>Rayo Vallecano<\/b>, which was the last stop in his career before he became a resident of\u00a0<strong>Thessaloniki<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He is now into his sixth season with the <strong>Double-headed Eagle<\/strong> and he has already achieved so much. 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