José Antonio 'Chechu' Dorado Ramírez (born 10 July 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Dorado alternated between Segunda División and Segunda División B until the age of 29. He started his senior career with Deportivo Aragón, then went on to represent UE Lleida, SD HuescaDorado renueva, Felipe Manoel vuelve al Villarreal (Dorado renews, Felipe Manoel returns to Villarreal); Marca, 15 December 2008 (in Spanish)Chechu Dorado suma otro récord personal (Chechu Dorado adds another personal record) ; Diario del AltoAragón, 12 January 2010 (in Spanish) and Real Betis.Dorado, nuevo jugador del Betis a falta del examen médico (Dorado, new Betis player pending medical); El Mundo, 18 July 2010 (in Spanish)
Dorado scored two goals in 33 games in the 2010–11 season"Pichichi" Molina enseña al Betis el rumbo ante otro histórico ("Pichichi" Molina shows way to Betis against another historic); Diario AS, 29 August 2010 (in Spanish)Miki Roqué y Dorado se convierten en delanteros y firman la remontada del Betis (Miki Roqué and Dorado turn forwards and sign Betis comeback); Diario AS, 16 October 2010 (in Spanish) to help the latter club to return to La Liga as champions, after a two-year absence. He made his debut in the competition on 27 August 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 derby away victory over Granada CF.Liga BBVA: El Betis vuelve a Primera con tres puntos dorados y agónicos (0–1) (BBVA League: Betis return to Primera with three golden and agonising points (0–1)); Goal, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish) He contributed 2,890 minutes during the campaign as they retained their status, scoring his only goal in the Spanish top flight on 31 March 2012 in another match against a team from his native region, Málaga CF (2–0 away win).Excesivo castigo en La Rosaleda (Excessive punishment at La Rosaleda); Marca, 31 March 2012 (in Spanish)
On 22 January 2013, Dorado returned to the second division, joining Villarreal CF.Dorado se marcha del Betis para firmar por el Villarreal (Dorado leaves Betis to sign for Villarreal) ; Liga BBVA, 31 March 2012 (in Spanish) He started in all his 11 league appearances in his first year, going on to achieve another promotion.
On 6 July 2015, Dorado signed a two-year deal with Rayo Vallecano after his contract expired.Dorado nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano (Dorado new player of Rayo Vallecano) ; Rayo Vallecano, 6 July 2015 (in Spanish) He scored once from 38 matches in 2017–18, as the side returned to the top tier after the first-place finish.
In January 2019, the 36-year-old Dorado moved to Real Zaragoza. On 13 July that year, he agreed to a contract at third-division SD Ejea.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsZaragoza B2000–01Segunda División B360———3602001–02240———2402002–03380———3802003–04340———340Total13200000001320Lleida2004–05Segunda División27020——2902005–0615030——1802006–0737100——371Total791500000841Huesca2007–08Segunda División B36120—304112008–09Segunda División39000——3902009–1041000——410Total11612000301211Betis2010–11Segunda División33250——3822011–12La Liga33110——3412012–137020——90Total733800000813Villarreal2012–13Segunda División11000——1102013–14La Liga19020——2102014–151506030—240Total450803000560Rayo Vallecano2015–16La Liga10040——1402016–17Segunda División23010——2402017–1838100——3812018–19La Liga1020——30Total721700000791Zaragoza2018–19Segunda División8000——80Ejea2019–20Segunda División B24000——2402020–2116000——160Total400000000400Career total565630030306016
Honours Betis Segunda División: 2010–11
Rayo Vallecano Segunda División: 2017–18
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