José Luis 'Pepelu' Vidal Romero (born 27 August 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Atlético Antoniano as a forward.
Club career Born in Lebrija, Province of Seville, Vidal joined Real Betis' youth setup in 2006, aged 11.Pepelu Vidal: “Mi sueño es jugar en el Benito Villamarín con la camiseta del Betis” (Peplu Vidal: "My dream is to play at Benito Villamarín with a Betis shirt"); Desde El Municipal, 28 May 2013 On 30 July 2013 he signed a contract extension with the Andalusians.El canterano Pepelu amplía su vinculación con el Real Betis Balompié (Youth player Pepelu extends his link with Real Betis Balompié) ; Real Betis, 30 July 2013
On 28 November 2013, while still a junior, Vidal made his first-team debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 away loss against Lyon in that season's UEFA Europa League.Lyon defeat Betis as both advance; UEFA, 28 November 2013 On 20 January 2015, after appearing rarely with the reserves, he was loaned to Tercera División club Algeciras CF until June.Principio de acuerdo con el Real Betis Balompie para la cesión del delantero “Pepelu” (Agreement in principle with Real Betis for the loan of forward "Pepelu"); Algeciras CF, 20 January 2015
On 24 July 2015 Vidal was released by the Verdiblancos.Pepelu se desvincula del Real Betis (Pepelu leaves Real Betis); Real Betis, 24 July 2015 He subsequently joined Recreativo de Huelva, being initially assigned to the reserves in the regional leagues.
Pepelu joined Club Atlético Antoniano in December 2015. After scoring 15 goals in 20 appearances, he signed for Getafe CF B on 5 August 2016.Pepelu Vidal ficha por el filial del Getafe (Pepelu Vidal signs for Getafe's reserves); Huelva24, 5 August 2016
On 28 October 2016, Pepelu returned to Atlético Antoniano, after receiving little playing time at Geta.Pepelu, delantero del Getafe C.F. "B" vuelve al Atlético Antoniano (Pepelu, Getafe C.F. "B" forward returns to Atlético Antoniano); FutMadrid, 28 October 2016
References
External links
Beticopedia profile
Pepelu Vidal at La Preferente