José Espinal

{{Infobox football biography

| name = José Espinal

| fullname = José Elpys Espinal Marte

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

| height = {{Height|m=1.78}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = Atalanta | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = Alzano | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2002–2003 | clubs3 = AlbinoLeffe | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2003–2004 | clubs4 = Nuova Albano | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2004 | clubs5 = Saronno | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2004–2005 | clubs6 = Sapri | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs7 = Sanremese | caps7 = 27 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2006–2009 | clubs8 = Novara | caps8 = 48 | goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2008–2009 | clubs9 = → Gela (loan) | caps9 = 18 | goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2009 | clubs10 = → Rovigo (loan) | caps10 = 11 | goals10 = 4

| years11 = 2009–2010 | clubs11 = Cesena | caps11 = 1 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2010 | clubs12 = → Giacomense (loan) | caps12 = 14 | goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2010–2012 | clubs13 = Eupen | caps13 = 56 | goals13= 8

| years14 = 2012–2013 | clubs14 = Verbano | caps14 = 13 | goals14= 4

| years15 = 2013–2015 | clubs15 = Carlin's Boys | caps15 = | goals15=

| years16 = 2015–2016 | clubs16 = Pietra Ligure | caps16 = | goals16=

| years17 = 2018– | clubs17 = Ospedaletti Calcio | caps17 = | goals17=

| nationalyears1 = 2014 | nationalteam1 = Dominican Republic | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| ntupdate = 3 September 2014

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José Elpys Espinal Marte (born 14 November 1982) is a Dominican former footballer who played as a forward. He also holds Italian citizenship.

He is the twin brother of Vinicio Espinal.{{cite news|url=http://www.forzanovara.it/acquistato_ESPINAL.htm|title=ACQUISTATO L'ATTACCANTE JOSE' ESPINAL.

|date=2006-06-28|accessdate=2010-01-28|publisher=forzanovara.it|language=Italian}}

Career

Along with his twin brother Edwards Vinicio Espinal, both started their career at Atalanta. José left for Serie C1 clubs from 2001 to 2003 and from 2003 to 2005 played at Serie D clubs. He played all 4 matches in promotion playoffs 2005, and scored 5 goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.calciodilettante.org/Serie_D_04_05/playoff_promozione_girone_I.htm|title=PLAY-OFF PROMOZIONE GIRONE I|accessdate=2010-01-28|publisher=calciodilettante.org|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195945/http://www.calciodilettante.org/Serie_D_04_05/playoff_promozione_girone_I.htm|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}}

In 2005, he returned to professional football for Sanremese at Serie C2. In the next season he signed for Novara of Serie C1. He failed secured a regular place in 2007–08 season, and left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione clubs on loan.

On 31 August 2009, José Espinal was swapped for Christian Jidayi of Cesena.{{cite news|url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2306:scambio-col-novara-josspinal-jidayi-ferretti-al-pavia&catid=1:news&Itemid=124 |title=Scambio col Novara Josè Espinal - Jidayi, Ferretti al Pavia |date=2009-08-31 |accessdate=16 July 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722032220/http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2306%3Ascambio-col-novara-josspinal-jidayi-ferretti-al-pavia&catid=1%3Anews&Itemid=124 |archivedate=22 July 2011 |publisher=AC Cesena |language=Italian |url-status=dead }} He played his first Serie B match for Cesena on 5 January 2010.

On 20 January 2010 he was loaned to Giacomense.{{cite news|url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/notizie/news/espinal-alla-giacomense.html|title=Espinal alla Giacomense|date=2010-01-20|accessdate=2010-01-23|publisher=AC Cesena|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722032155/http://www.cesenacalcio.it/notizie/news/espinal-alla-giacomense.html|archivedate=2011-07-22}}

On 13 July 2010 he signed a one-year contract for the newly promoted Belgian club AS Eupen.{{cite news|url=http://www.as-eupen.be/de/news/espinal-jose-elpsys |title=ESPINAL José Elpsys |date=2010-07-13 |accessdate=2010-07-13 |publisher=AS Eupen |language=German |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714181306/http://www.as-eupen.be/de/news/espinal-jose-elpsys |archivedate=2010-07-14 }}

In December 2013, Espinal joined to Carlin's Boys.{{cite news|url=http://www.sanremonews.it/2013/12/16/leggi-notizia/argomenti/sport/articolo/calcio-botto-di-mercato-della-carlins-boys-arriva-in-nerazzurro-dal-verbano-elpys-jose-espinal.html|title=Calcio: 'botto' di mercato della Carlin's Boys, arriva in nerazzurro dal Verbano Elpys Josè Espinal |date=2013-12-16|accessdate=2014-08-31|publisher=San Remo News|language=Italian}}

Internationally, José received his first call for Dominican Republic in August 2011 to participate in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against El Salvador and Surinam, but he did not appear. He made his senior debut on 30 August 2014, when he was a starter in a lost friendly against El Salvador.

References

External links

[http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/2010/calcio/serieb/giocatori/giocatore_jose%27_elpys_espinal_272658969.shtml Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport] {{in lang|it}}
[http://aic.football.it/scheda/16966/espinal-jose-elpys.htm Profile at Football.it] {{in lang|it}}

Category:1982 births

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Category:Belgian Pro League players

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