José Antonio Vélez Jiménez (born 16 September 1983), known as Ñoño, is a Spanish former footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could also play as a left winger.Ñoño Velez Jimenez; at Gimnàstic Tarragona (in Spanish)
Club career Born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Ñoño began his career with local Gimnàstic de Tarragona, and made his senior debut on 27 November 2004 by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 away win over Terrassa FC in the Segunda División.Bolo sentencia en tiempo de descuento (Bolo decides it in injury time); Mundo Deportivo, 28 November 2004 (in Spanish) He finished the season on loan to CD Alcoyano of Segunda División B.El Marino ficha a Ñoño como sustituto de Guaya (Marino sign Ñoño as a replacement for Guaya) ; La Voz de Asturias, 18 July 2007 (in Spanish)
Ñoño stayed in the third level for the 2005–06 campaign, appearing rarely for UE Sant AndreuMercado de fichajes (Transfer market); at Marca (in Spanish) and moving all the way down to the regional leagues with FC Andorra. In summer 2007 he returned to the third tier, signing for Marino de Luanco.
Subsequently, Ñoño spent four seasons with CF Pobla de Mafumet, Gimnàstic's farm team. On 10 July 2012 he was promoted to the main squad,Ñoño, Aleix i Joel Coch, i Eugeni jugaran al primer equip (Ñoño, Aleix and Joel Coch and Eugeni will play with first team); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 10 July 2012 (in Catalan) making his official debut on 2 September against RCD Espanyol BToca recuperarse, y rápido. (Time to recover, and quickly.); Blog del Nàstic, 2 September 2012 (in Spanish) and scoring his first goal later that month in the 3–2 loss at CE L'Hospitalet.Derrota que hunde al Nàstic en el pozo. (Defeat that sinks Nàstic in bottom.); Blog del Nàstic, 30 September 2012 (in Spanish)
On 7 June 2013, Ñoño opted to not renew his contract with Gimnàstic, and was released.Haro i Ñoño no renoven amb el Nàstic (Haro and Ñoño do not renew with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 7 June 2013 (in Catalan) Two weeks later, he joined neighbouring CF Reus Deportiu also of division three.Noño, el primer fichaje del CF Reus (Ñoño, first CF Reus signing); Diari de Tarragona, 20 June 2013 (in Spanish)
Personal life Ñoño's younger brother, Francisco, was also a footballer. Both played for Gimnàstic and Pobla.Fran Vélez pide irse (Fran Vélez asks to leave); Diari de Tarragona, 22 June 2013 (in Spanish)
References
External links
La Segunda B profile