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Full name
  
Jesus Rodriguez Tato

Number
  
18

2002–2004
  
Barcelona C

Role
  
Footballer

Weight
  
77 kg

Playing position
  
Forward

Place of birth
  
Murcia, Spain

Years
  
Team

Name
  
Jesus Tato

Height
  
1.79 m

Current team
  
Moghreb Tetouan

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Date of birth
  
(1983-07-12) 12 July 1983 (age 32)

Jesús Rodríguez Tato (born 12 July 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Roda CF as a forward or a winger.

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He spent most of his career in Segunda División, totalling 198 games and 36 goals in total of seven teams across a whole decade.

Murcia

Born in Murcia, Tato began his development at Real Murcia and concluded it at FC Barcelona, where he made his senior debut for the reserves in Tercera División. In 2004 he returned to his hometown team in La Liga and made his professional debut on 28 March in a 2–0 home win over RCD Mallorca, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Juanma; he made six further appearances off the bench, as the season ended with relegation.

Tato scored his first professional goal on 6 May 2006, a consolation in a 1–2 away loss against CD Castellón for the Segunda División championship. He followed it eight days later with a brace in a 3–1 win over CD Numancia at the Estadio de La Condomina, also assisting Nacho Garro.

Halfway through Murcia's promotion-winning season, Tato returned to Catalonia by joining Segunda División B team UE Lleida on loan. The following campaign, he remained in the same level at AD Ceuta, helping them to the play-offs.

Journeyman

In 2008, Tato signed with neighbours FC Cartagena, and renewed his link after winning promotion to division two via the play-offs in his first season. After a second campaign at the Estadio Cartagonova he moved to Albacete Balompié, where he netted a career-best 13 goals in his only season, which ended in relegation from the second tier.

Tato joined Xerez CD in June 2011, being officially presented on 8 July and hoping to help them gain promotion to the top flight, but he left in January 2013 for fellow second division side UD Las Palmas for the same reason. He extended his contract at the latter club in the 2013 summer, after helping it to the play-offs.

In February 2014, Tato signed for Girona FC for the remainder of the season, and remained a free agent from then until September, when he joined Real Zaragoza still in the second tier.

In July 2015, Tato moved abroad for the first time in his career at the age of 32, joining Morocco's Moghreb Tétouan alongside compatriot José Manuel Rueda. He switched to a third continent in September 2016, signing for FC Pune City ahead of the Indian Super League season. Tato played all but four games for the Stallions, who missed out on the play-offs, and headed the opening goal of a 1–1 draw at Delhi Dynamos FC on 27 October.

References

Jesús Tato Wikipedia