José Manuel Serrano Arenas (born 17 March 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently assistant manager of Russian Premier League club Rodina Moscow.
Club career Serrano was born in Seville, Andalusia. After spending four years with local Sevilla FC's reserves, without any first-team appearances, he stayed one season with neighbouring Segunda División side Xerez CD and then switched to Levante UD.José Serrano: "Va a ser una experiencia bonita" (José Serrano: "This is going to be a beautiful experience"); Diario de Cádiz, 30 August 2010 (in Spanish)
Initially, Serrano played almost exclusively with the reserves in the Segunda División B, making his first-team and La Liga debut aged 25 years and 10 months in a 2–4 home defeat against Sevilla on 28 January 2007.2–4: El Sevilla se exhibe a costa de los errores del Levante (2–4: Sevilla show off at the expense of Levante's mistakes); ABC, 28 January 2007 (in Spanish) The following campaign, he scored in a 1–5 loss to Valencia CF also at the Estadi Ciutat de València as Levante were already relegated.Levante 1–5 Valencia; ESPN Soccernet, 11 May 2008
For 2008–09, Serrano joined Madrid club Rayo Vallecano, recently returned to the second division, appearing in only 20 league games out of 84 over two years and being released, after which he signed a two-year contract with Cádiz CF, returning to his native region.Serrano: "Es el mejor sitio a donde podía venir" (Serrano: "It's the best place I could come to"); El Desmarque, 31 August 2010 (in Spanish)
On 19 August 2013, the 32-year-old Serrano moved to amateurs CD Alcalá from Tercera División.El Alcalá hace un fichaje de 'Primera': José Serrano (Alcalá make a 'Primera' signing: José Serrano); Estadio Deportivo, 19 August 2013 (in Spanish)
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