José Manuel Sempere

José Manuel Macia Sempere (* February 15, 1958 in Elche, Spain ) is a former Spanish footballer.

Career

Sempere played throughout his career exclusively for FC Valencia.

In the season 1980/81 he guarded with 22 years under coach Alfredo Di Stéfano first time the Valencia goal and completed to the end of the season a total of 31 league games. In his first year as a pro, he won the UEFA Super Cup. Henceforth Sempere was an inseparable part of the Valencia starting eleven and collected with inserts in the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup first European Cup experience.

In the 1985/86 season Sempere rose from the heavily indebted club. Nevertheless, the Spaniards refused to accept a change and instead took the chances of promotion to attack. Although this succeeded, Sempere had the position in the goal henceforth share with Antonio García Pérez and with the obligation of José Manuel Ochotorena in the 1988/89 season ultimately leave altogether. In this way he came in the next three years, only to ten inserts in the Primera División.

In the 1991/92 season is Sempere finally won back his place and played with the club again in the UEFA Cup. When the club leadership, the goalkeeping legend Andoni Zubizarreta signed her in 1994, Sempere, however, had once again take place on the bench. Then he finished in 1995 at the age of 37 years of his career.

Sempere came to a total of 270 appearances in the Primera División.

Achievements

• UEFA Super Cup: 1980
• Promotion to the Primera División: 1987