Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Manuel García Naranjo | ||
Date of birth | 28 July 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Rociana del Condado, Spain | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Genk | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Recreativo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Recreativo B | 67 | (26) |
2013–2015 | Recreativo | 6 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Villarreal B (loan) | 26 | (4) |
2014 | → Villarreal (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Gimnàstic | 36 | (16) |
2016–2017 | Celta | 0 | (0) |
2017– | Genk | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2017. |
José Manuel García Naranjo (born 28 July 1994), commonly known as Naranjo, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Belgian club K.R.C. Genk as a forward.
Born in Rociana del Condado, Huelva, Andalusia, Naranjo graduated from local Recreativo de Huelva, and spent his first year as a senior with the B-team in Tercera División. On 2 June 2013 he first appeared for the main squad, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Sporting de Gijón for the Segunda División championship.
On 17 July 2014 Naranjo was loaned to Segunda División B's Villarreal CF B, in a season-long deal. He appeared in his first game with the first team on 4 December, starting in a 2–1 away win against Cádiz CF, for the campaign's Copa del Rey.
On 7 July 2015 Naranjo signed a three-year deal with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, newly promoted to the second level. He scored his first professional goal on 29 November, netting the game's only in an away success against CD Mirandés.
Naranjo also scored seven goals in a period of three months (between January and March 2016), including match-winners against CD Tenerife and Elche CF. On 1 May, he scored a brace in a 3–2 home win against Mirandés.