Name: José Manuel León Talavera

Nickname: "Mamé"



Country: Spain
Club: UD Las Palmas
Position: *WF, SMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 21-27 years (15/05/1944)

Height: 173 cm
Weight: 64 kg

Attack: 82
Defence: 42
Balance: 75
Stamina: 78
Top Speed: 88
Acceleration: 85
Response: 78
Agility: 86
Dribble Accuracy: 81
Dribble Speed: 84
Short Pass Accuracy: 74
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Accuracy: 77
Long Pass Speed: 75
Shot Accuracy: 80
Shot Power: 82
Shot Technique: 77
Free Kick Accuracy: 68
Curling: 71
Header: 73
Jump: 77
Technique: 83
Aggression: 89
Mentality: 76
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 73

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Early Peak

CARDS:
P06 Speed Merchant
S01 Reaction

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Reaction - Side

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO

José Manuel León Talavera is one of the leading scorers in Las Palmas history. Leon was right winger, although he could play on left side as well, very fast player with good scoring instict, very offensive and vertical with good technique. He'd receive great long pass from Guedes and than start his quick runs towards the goal from the right flank. In the 1962-1963 season, with only 17 years, debuting at the Colombino stadium in Huelva on September 16, 1962. In his first season yellow played 21 matches and scored 3 goals. In 65-66 and 68-69 seasons he was the top scorer of the team. Leon lived with the most splendid yellow canary football stages, reaching third place in the league (67-68), the runner-up in season 1968-69, participating in the UEFA in 1969 and 1972. He remained in the land of his team for 13 seasons, hanging up his boots in 1975. Their last game was against Sarria Espańol in the May 18, 1975 being the last season as coach Pierre Sinibaldi. In his career as a yellow player played 275 league games, 30 Cup and 4 UEFA, scoring more than 70 goals in all these official competitions. After hanging up his boots, became coach, beginning a fruitful work with the quarry work. In 1976 he served as youth team coach at UD Las Palmas , going to the next to lead the yellow affiliate, which made ​​3s Division champion and promoted to Second Division B, in the 78-79 season with players who would in a few years as the first team. in 1980-81 season passes to lead the first team of the UD Las Palmas relieving Antonio Ruiz. He returned to take charge of the first team in the 82-83 season, where some unfortunate combinations made ​​the team descended after resounding defeat for 1-5 versus At. Bilbao. In the following seasons he became director at Maspalomas, becoming after coach a new team formed at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria where he made a splendid campaigns leading the club from regional categories to 3S Division and aspirations for promotion to 2SB. No doubt Leon is another legend of canary yellow football team Las Palmas.