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Ones to Watch

Jose Manuel Jurado

Date of Birth: 29/06/1986
Team: General
Position: Midfielder

Player Profile

Growing up at Real Madrid can be difficult for any young player, with the Santiago Bernabeu not a place for the feint-hearted. Few academy graduates make the grade in the Spanish capital and are often forced to carve out a career elsewhere. That has proven to be the case with Jurado, who, after seeing his opportunities limited at Real, crossed the city divide in 2006 to join Atletico Madrid. He made a bright start to life at Vicente Calderon, with injuries to a number of his team-mates allowing him to make more appearances than even he would have expected. Having then slipped back down the pecking order, he was loaned to Real Mallorca for the 2008/09 campaign. A stand-out season with the men from the Balearic Islands has helped to bring him back into favour at Atletico and he will be looking to round off an impressive season in style.