José Antonio Culebras Arenas (born 16 January 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career Culebras was born in Puertollano, Province of Ciudad Real. In his professional career, spent mainly in the Segunda División, he played for CD Toledo, CD Numancia,El central Culebras, primer fichaje del Numancia (Stopper Culebras, first signing of Numancia); Marca, 16 July 2010 (in Spanish)Emocionante despedida de José Antonio Culebras (Emotional José Antonio Culebras farewell); Vavel, 3 August 2012 (in Spanish)Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish) Levante UD and CD Tenerife, being relegated from La Liga with all the clubs except the first, with which he competed in the second division in the 1999–2000 campaign (also suffering relegation).José Antonio Culebras: Una historia de fútbol (José Antonio Culebras: A football story); Desde Soria, 15 January 2019 (in Spanish)
On 13 May 2001, Culebras made his debut in the Spanish top flight, playing the full 90 minutes for Numancia in a 1–0 home win against CA Osasuna.Un puntapié de Ojeda mantiene vivo al Numancia (Ojeda kick keeps Numancia alive); El País, 14 May 2001 (in Spanish) He amassed second-tier totals of 247 matches and 11 goals over ten seasons.
Culebras retired in 2022 aged 43, following amateur spells with SD Almazán and SD Tardelcuende.Culebras se despide del fútbol activo (Culebras says goodbye to active football); El Mirón de Soria, 22 May 2022 (in Spanish)
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