Joselu

Full name	José Luís Sanmartín Mato
Date of birth	27 March 1990 (1990-03-27) (age 21)
Place of birth	Stuttgart, Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker

José Luís Sanmartín Mato, aka Joselu (born 27 March 1990), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla as a striker.

Early life

Joselu was born in Stuttgart, Germany,and attended school in the country for four years, when his family returned to Spain. He has two older sisters.

Football career

Joselu played his two first professional matches for local Celta de Vigo, with the Galicians then in the second division, late in the 2008–09 season. Since the age of only 14, he started appearing with the B team, in the third level.
Late in the 2009 summer, he was purchased by Real Madrid, being immediately loaned to his former team for a further season.^[2] He was relatively used during the second division campaign, but only found the net four times as the team finished in 12th position.
Joselu was Real Madrid Castilla's top scorer in the 2010–11 season, but the team failed to promote in the playoffs. On 21 May 2011, he made his first-team - and La Liga - debut, replacing Karim Benzema for the last ten minutes of a home fixture against UD Almería; he scored almost immediately off a Cristiano Ronaldo cross, making it 8–1 for the hosts.^[3]