Club career José Callejón

1 club career

1.1 real madrid
1.2 espanyol
1.3 return real madrid
1.4 napoli

club career
real madrid

a product of real madrid youth ranks, callejón born in motril, granada, andalusia. made professional debut b-team in may 2007, , played 4 games in season s segunda división without scoring goal.

in 2007–08 campaign, callejón appeared in 37 matches , netted 21 times, finishing club top scorer in segunda división b.

espanyol

callejón taking corner espanyol in 2009

at end of season, callejón left real madrid (with twin brother juanmi) , signed four-season contract rcd espanyol. made la liga debut on 20 september 2008 late substitute in 1–1 home draw against getafe cf.

on 15 march 2009, espanyol struggled immensely in league – ranking in tenth position – callejón scored first goal catalans in 3–3 home draw against rcd mallorca. continued undisputed starter under mauricio pochettino in following seasons, operating winger.

on 15 january 2011, callejón scored twice espanyol defeated sevilla fc away 2–1. missed 1 league game , netted 6 goals pericos, finished comfortably in mid-table.

return real madrid

on 23 may 2011, callejón re-joined real madrid on five-year contract, effective of 1 july, reported fee of €5.5 million. on 16 july, played first match merengues in 4–1 friendly win on los angeles galaxy, scoring first goal of game in 30th minute.

on 2 october 2011, callejón netted first official goal real madrid after coming on midway through second half of away fixture against former club espanyol; scored cristiano ronaldo assist in eventual 4–0 win did not celebrate goal, instead raising arms in air in mark of respect former employer.

profiting fact real madrid had qualified uefa champions league group stage group leaders, callejón handed rare start manager josé mourinho on 22 november 2011, , responded scoring brace in 6–2 home triumph against nk dinamo zagreb. added 2 in last round @ afc ajax (3–0).

as starter, callejón continued impressive scoring form: on 17 december, scored once in 6–2 away win against sevilla, , in tie against sd ponferradina season s copa del rey netted 3 of team s 7 aggregate goals, scoring 1 away , 2 @ home.

on 14 january 2012, callejón scored winner in 2–1 success @ mallorca, helping visitors come behind 84th-minute long-range strike. in following matchday, added another, closing score in 4–1 home win on athletic bilbao.

napoli

callejón (wearing no.7) playing napoli against barcelona, 2014

on 9 july 2013, italian club s.s.c. napoli announced had reached agreement transfer of callejón €10 million. four-year deal confirmed 2 days later.

callejón scored in serie debut on 25 august, netting opener in 3–0 home win on bologna f.c. 1909, , went on find net further 7 times in first 20 official appearances. on 22 october, scored first goal in europe new team, grabbing team s first in 2–1 triumph @ olympique de marseille in champions league group stage.

on 3 may 2014, callejón set dries mertens third goal in 3–1 success on acf fiorentina in final of campaign s coppa italia. scored once in final game of season, 5–1 home win against hellas verona f.c. on 18 may; strike after 5 minutes napoli s 100th goal in competitions season, , 20th overall.

callejón netted first goal of 2014–15 on opening day of serie campaign, opener in 2–1 win on genoa cfc. second came on 24 september, scored @ stroke of half-time put napoli 3–2 against u.s. città di palermo in eventual 3–3 home draw. on 19 october, scored twice in 2–2 draw @ internazionale, 4 of game s goals coming in match s last 11 minutes.

in derby del sole match against a.s. roma on 2 november, callejón hit post , had shot saved off line before finding net late on in napoli s 2–0 victory. strike took league goal tally 8 on season, 2 more closest competitors, , included in serie team of week lineup.

on 17 september 2015, callejón scored twice in napoli s first game of uefa europa league group stage, 5–0 home routing of club brugge kv. same competition, away fc midtjylland on 22 october, volleyed long pass kalidou koulibaly open 4–1 victory; uefa dubbed latter effort contender goal of group stage .

on 9 april 2017, callejón marked 200th appearance azzurri 57th goal, in 3–0 league win on s.s. lazio.