Isaac Jové Rubí
Isaac Jové Rubí (born 21 February 1980), known simply as Isaac, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a current manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isaac Jové Rubí | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Ginés | |||
| Cartagonova | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | Ciudad Murcia | 14 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | → Udinese (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Logroñés (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Lorca Deportiva CF | 41 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Almería | 31 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Lorca Deportiva CF | 55 | (4) |
| 2007–2009 | Salamanca | 75 | (9) |
| 2009–2012 | Murcia | 98 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | Iraklis | 36 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Niki Volou | 34 | (10) |
| 2014–2015 | Orihuela | 14 | (2) |
| 2015 | CF Lorca Deportiva | 4 | (3) |
| Total | 410 | (48) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015–2017 | CF Lorca Deportiva (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Algar | ||
| 2019 | Niki Volou | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He amassed Segunda División totals of 227 matches and 20 goals over seven seasons, mainly in representation of Lorca Deportiva, Salamanca and Murcia (two years apiece).
Playing career
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Isaac started his career with newly created Ciudad de Murcia, winning promotion from Tercera División in 2001. Afterwards, he was loaned to Udinese Calcio in Italy, but did not appear in one single game with the club, being posteriorly loaned to CD Logroñés.
Isaac then played one season each with Lorca Deportiva CF in Segunda División B and UD Almería in Segunda División, returning to the former after they promoted to the second level. He was an undisputed starter in his second year, but the Murcian side were relegated.
Subsequently, Isaac stayed in his country's division two, playing with UD Salamanca and Real Murcia.[1][2] He finished his professional career at the age of 34, after two seasons with as many teams in the Greek second tier.
Coaching career
After retiring, Jové spent two years as an assistant manager at CF Lorca Deportiva.[3] On 8 June 2017, he was named head coach of amateurs CD Algar.[4]
References
- El Murcia y el Cartagena apuestan por la veteranía (Murcia and Cartagena bet on veterans); Super Deporte, 13 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- Isaac Jové abandona la plantilla del Murcia tras rescindir su contrato (Isaac Jové leaves Murcia squad after terminating his contract); La Información, 15 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- Isaac Jové se retira del fútbol y pasa a ser segundo entrenador del Lorca Deportiva (Isaac Jové retires from football and becomes Lorca Deportiva's assistant manager); Lorca Deportiva, 21 August 2015 (in Spanish)
- El CD Algar confía la misión de entrenador a Isaac Jové (CD Algar trust Isaac Jové with manager task); Sport Cartagena, 9 June 2017 (in Spanish)