José Manuel Fontán Mondragón (born 11 February 2000) is a Spanish

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who plays as either a

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or a

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for Portuguese club FC Arouca.

Club career

Born in

Vilagarcía de Arousa Vilagarcía de Arousa (, ) is a municipality in the province of Province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. As of 2014 it has a population of 37,712, being ninth largest town in Galicia. History The present site of ...

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...

, Galicia, Fontán joined

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

's youth setup in 2011, after representing Arosa SC and UD San Miguel de Deiro. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 14 October 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Diego Alende in a 0–3

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away loss against

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. Fontán made his professional debut for Celta on 23 January 2020, starting in a 1–2 loss at

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

, for the season's

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. His

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debut occurred on 1 October, as he started in a 0–3 home loss against

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but was taken off in the 32nd minute due to an injury. On 27 July 2021, Fontán renewed his contract until 2025, being definitely promoted to the main squad. On 18 June of the following year, he was loaned to

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side

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for the season. On 21 August 2023, Fontán was loaned to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

side

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 sp ...

for the 2023–24 season. On 4 July of the following year, he signed for FC Arouca in the Portuguese

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

on a two-year contract.

Personal life

Fontán's twin brother Javier is also a footballer. Their father, also named Javier, was also a footballer and a defender; both represented Arosa as a senior.

Career statistics

Club

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