José María Ceballos
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{family name hatnote|Ceballos|Vega|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = José María Ceballos
| image = JoseCeballos.JPG
| caption = Ceballos in 2007
| fullname = José María Ceballos Vega
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|9|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pámanes, Spain
| death_date =
| height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Cayón
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Racing Santander
| years1 = 1987–1989 | clubs1 = Rayo Cantabria | caps1 = 30 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1988–2003 | clubs2 = Racing Santander | caps2 = 426 | goals2 = 0
| totalcaps = 456 | totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =
}}
José María Ceballos Vega (born 7 September 1968) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He made 460 competitive appearances for Racing de Santander, being the player with the most for the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cantabria/noticia-porteros-racing-luciran-proxima-temporada-camiseta-homenaje-vistio-jose-ceballos-20230706133144.html|title=Los porteros del Racing lucirán la próxima temporada una camiseta homenaje a la que vistió José Ceballos|trans-title=Racing goalkeepers to don next season shirt that honours that worn by José Ceballos|publisher=Europa Press|language=Spanish|date=6 July 2023|accessdate=6 January 2024}}
Club career
Born in Pámanes, Cantabria, Ceballos only played for local club Racing de Santander during his career, which spanned 16 professional seasons. He started as a senior with Rayo Cantabria, at the time the reserve team, and was already first-choice at the age of 20 in the 1989–90 campaign, suffering relegation from Segunda División.
Ceballos made his debut in La Liga on 5 September 1993, in a 1–0 home win against Rayo Vallecano,{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1993/09/06/pagina-23/1272069/pdf.html|title=Pineda decide para el Racing|trans-title=Pineda decides for Racing|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Ernesto|last=Vicario|language=Spanish|date=6 September 1993|accessdate=1 May 2014}} going on to start in most of that and the following seven seasons, always in the top division. Racing dropped back to the second tier in 2001, and he retired two years later aged 35.{{cite news|url=http://racing.eldiariomontanes.es/noticias/2013-01-31/jose-ceballos-gato-pamanes-201301311941.html|title=José Ceballos: 'El gato de Pámanes'|trans-title=José Ceballos: 'The cat of Pámanes'|newspaper=El Diario Montañés|language=Spanish|date=31 January 2013|accessdate=17 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019063008/http://racing.eldiariomontanes.es/noticias/2013-01-31/jose-ceballos-gato-pamanes-201301311941.html|archivedate=19 October 2013}}
Ceballos returned to his only team in 2007, being named its youth sides' goalkeeper coach.{{cite news|url=http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20070927/deportes/racing/futuro-porteria-racing-pasa-200709271753.html|title=El futuro de la portería del Racing pasa por Ceballos|trans-title=Future in Racing goal passes through Ceballos|newspaper=El Diario Montañés|language=Spanish|date=27 September 2007|accessdate=17 October 2013}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|1522}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019063010/http://racing.eldiariomontanes.es/leyendas/ceballos.html Racing Santander archives] {{in lang|es}}
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Category:People from Trasmiera
Category:21st-century Spanish people
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Cantabria
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Segunda División B players
Category:Rayo Cantabria players