Jorge Ruiz Ojeda

Koke
Personal information
Full name Jorge Ruiz Ojeda
Date of birth (1995-09-27) 27 September 1995
Place of birth Antequera, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Levante B
Youth career
Antequera
Málaga
Sevilla
Puerto Malagueño
Antequera
2011–2013 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Antequera 2 (0)
2013–2015 Espanyol B 19 (0)
2015– Levante B 33 (0)
2016– Levante 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Ojeda.

Jorge Ruiz Ojeda (born 27 September 1995), commonly known as Koke, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Atlético Levante UD as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Koke was born in Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, and represented Antequera CF, Málaga CF, Sevilla FC and CD Puerto Malagueño as a youth. On 16 April 2011 he made his senior debut for the former, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–0 Tercera División home draw against CD Huétor Tájar at the age of just 15.

In 2011, after having trials at Villarreal CF and Aston Villa, Koke joined RCD Espanyol and returned to youth football.[1] He was promoted to the reserves in 2013, in Segunda División B.[2]

On 2 July 2015 Koke signed for another reserve team, Levante UD B also in the third tier.[3] He made his professional debut on 4 September 2016, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Gimnàstic de Tarragona for the Segunda División championship.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Koke Vegas, un futuro prometedor" [Koke Vegas, a promising future] (in Spanish). Futbol Emotion. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Calatayud, Lara y Koke, los tres reyes magos de las porterías de fútbol con corazón verdiblanco" [Calatayud, Lara and Koke, the three wise men of the goals of football with green-and-white heart] (in Spanish). El Sol de Antequera. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "El meta Koke primera incorporación del Atlético Levante para la campaña 15–16" [The goalkeeper Koke first addition of Atlético Levante for the 15–16 campaign] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "El Levante deja escapar al final los primeros puntos" [Levante let slip away at the end the first points] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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