José Manuel Jiménez Ortiz (born 21 December 1981), known as Mané, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Over eight seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 183 matches and five goals in representation of Almería (four years, two spells) and Getafe (four years). He also spent a few months in the Israeli Premier League late into his 18-year senior career, with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Playing career Born in Tarifa, Province of Cádiz, Mané started playing professional football with lowly Real Balompédica Linense and CD Díter Zafra, being limited to just eight Segunda División B games with the latter team. In 2003, he moved to Atlético Madrid B of the same level.Mané: "Firmo el ascenso del Almería y del Cádiz" (Mané: "I sign that Almería and Cádiz are promoted"); Diario AS, 16 September 2006 (in Spanish)
For 2005–06, Mané progressed to the Segunda División, joining Ciudad de Murcia and scoring two league goals during his spell at the Estadio de La Condomina.Un mermado Lorca poco puede hacer en La Condomina (Undermanned Lorca have nothing going on at La Condomina); Mundo Deportivo, 28 November 2005 (in Spanish)Manita histórica del Ciudad de Murcia a costa del Málaga B (Historic Ciudad de Murcia fiver at the expense of Málaga B); Mundo Deportivo, 6 February 2006 (in Spanish) The following season he moved clubs again, this time to UD Almería; he quickly became first-choice, being instrumental in the side's first-ever promotion to La Liga.Los 'héroes' del ascenso a Primera del Almería, con variadas vivencias (The 'heroes' of Almería promotion to Primera, with various fates) ; Ideal, 26 December 2008 (in Spanish)
Mané's Almería performances were much admired over the course of 2007–08, represented by him being named in Sky Sports pundit Guillem Balagué's team of the campaignLa Liga dream team; Sky Sports, 15 May 2008 as the Andalusians overachieved and finished eighth. The player scored twice in the process, in 1–1 draws with RCD Mallorca and Recreativo de Huelva.El Mallorca no pasa del empate en Almería (Mallorca can only draw in Almería); El Mundo, 23 September 2007 (in Spanish)Recre y Almería, contentos con el empate (Recre and Almería, happy with draw); El Mundo, 6 January 2008 (in Spanish)
On 3 June 2009, after appearing in 105 competitive matches for Almería (he would eventually total 125 across two spells),Los 38 jugadores 'centenarios' de la UD Almería (UD Almería's 38 'centurion' players); Diario de Almería, 8 December 2022 (in Spanish) Mané signed a four-year contract with Getafe CF.Mané abandona el Almería y ficha por el Getafe por cuatro temporadas (Mané leaves Almería and signs with Getafe for four seasons); La Voz de Galicia, 4 June 2009 (in Spanish) An undisputed starter throughout his first season,Mané es el segundo jugador que más veces aparece en las alineaciones del Getafe (Mané is the player with the second-most presences in Getafe's lineups); Ideal, 11 February 2010 (in Spanish) he scored his first goal for the Madrilenians on 13 April 2010, in a 3–0 home win over Villarreal CF.; ESPN Soccernet, 13 April 2010
On 3 July 2013, aged nearly 32, Mané moved abroad for the first time, agreeing to a two-year deal at Maccabi Tel Aviv FC.Defender "Mane" agrees 2-year-deal at MTA; Maccabi Tel Aviv, 3 July 2013 He made his debut 20 days later, starting against Győri ETO FC in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League.באזל, את מוכנה? צפו ב-1:2 של מכבי על גיור (Basel, are you ready? See Maccabi's 1:2 on Győr); One, 23 July 2013 (in Hebrew) He returned to former club Almería on 23 December, signing for 18 months.El Almería cierra el fichaje de Mané (Almería complete signing of Mané); UD Almería, 23 December 2013 (in Spanish)
Managerial career Mané retired in June 2018 at the age of 36, after two seasons with amateurs Algeciras CF.El Algeciras ficha a Mané y despide a Charly (Algeciras sign Mané and release Charly); Andalucía Información, 30 November 2016 (in Spanish) He then became their sporting director, leaving his post in early November 2019 after falling out with the board of directors.Mané abandona la dirección deportiva del Algeciras (Mané leaves Algeciras' sporting direction); Europa Sur, 1 November 2019 (in Spanish)
In summer 2020, Mané was hired as youth manager at UD Castellar.Berlanga, nuevo técnico del Castellar, con Mario Pérez de segundo (Berlanga, new manager of Castellar, with Mario Pérez as sidekick); Europa Sur, 7 August 2020 (in Spanish) On 22 April 2022, he took charge of the first team.Mané y Alexis de la Paz ya trabajan para llevar a la UD Castellar a la Primera Andaluza (Mané and Alexis de la Paz already working to take UD Castellar to Primera Andaluza); 8Directo, 22 April 2022 (in Spanish)
Personal life From 2007 to 2009, Mané Ortiz was one of three Almería players with that surname, José Ortiz and Juan Manuel Ortiz being the others.Los Ortiz: un lujo para el Almería (The Ortiz: luxury for Almería); Diario AS, 18 February 2009 (in Spanish)
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