José Luis Senobua García

Sena
Personal information
Full name José Luis Senobua García
Date of birth (1978-09-16) 16 September 1978
Place of birth Almería, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1996 Los Molinos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Almería B
1997–2001 Almería 57 (4)
1998 → Roquetas (loan) ? (1)
2001–2002 Mar Menor
2002 Mármol Macael
2003 Zuera 2 (0)
2003–2004 Santa Brígida ? (1)
2004 Teruel 10 (0)
2005 Pinatar 14 (1)
2005–2006 Comarca Níjar 11 (0)
2006–2007 Adra 18 (0)
National team
2003 Equatorial Guinea 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2014.


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

José Luis Senobua García (born 16 September 1978), commonly known as Sena, is a Spanish-born Equatorial Guinean retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Almería, Andalusia, Sena finished his formation in Los Molinos CF's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with UD Almería B, playing several seasons in the regional leagues. On 25 January 1997, aged only 18, he made his first team debut, starting in a 1–1 away draw against UD Las Palmas for the Segunda División championship.[1]

Sena alternated between both reserve and main squads during his spell, only appearing regularly with the latter in the 2000–01 campaign, in Segunda División B. He subsequently resumed his career appearing mainly in the fourth level but also in the regional leagues, representing CD Roquetas, AD Mar Menor-San Javier, Mármol Macael CD, Pinatar CF, UD Villa de Santa Brígida, CD Zuera, CD Teruel, AD Comarca de Níjar and AD Adra, retiring with the latter in 2007.

International career

Sena was called to the Spanish U-18 national team, although he never got to make debut in an official match. As his father is a Bubi from Malabo, in 2003, he was called up to Equatorial Guinea national team, along with several other Spanish-born players of Equatoguinean descent.

He made his debut in a 0–1 loss against Morocco at the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualifiers on 6 July 2003. This was his only appearance in the national team.

Personal life

Sena's cousin Kike, is also a footballer. A forward, he too was groomed at Almería's youth system.[2] In turn, Sena has an uncle called Tarcisio Senobua who played for the Equatoguinean national team too.

References

  1. ↑ El Almería le pone la soga a Ángel Cappa (Almería puts a rope in Ángel Cappa's neck); El Mundo Deportivo, 26 January 1997 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Aleix y Kike sincronizados (Aleix and Kike synchronized); El Almería, 14 December 2012 (Spanish)
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