Quique de la Mota

Spanish footballer

Quique de la Mota
Personal information
Full name	Enrique González de la Mota Villalba
Date of birth	(1984-07-08) 8 July 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Málaga, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	El Palo
Youth career
	Málaga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Málaga B	35	(0)
2003–2004	→ Linares (loan)	21	(1)
2005–2006	→ Marbella (loan)	19	(1)
2007–2008	Jerez	33	(9)
2008–2010	Lucena	57	(5)
2010–2011	Cultural Leonesa	33	(5)
2011–2012	Jaén	22	(2)
2012–2013	Melilla	26	(1)
2013–2014	Guijuelo	30	(1)
2014–2015	El Palo	32	(2)
2015–2016	Antequera	19	(3)
2016–2019	Zenit Torremolinos	57	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:16, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Enrique "Quique" González de la Mota Villalba (born 8 July 1984), is a Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Málaga, Andalusia, Quique graduated from local Málaga CF's youth system, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2002–03 season, in the Segunda División B. After a loan spell with CD Linares he returned to the B's, and on 29 January 2005 played his first game with the main squad, featuring the last 16 minutes in a 0–3 home loss against Xerez CD in the Segunda División;^[1] he spent the 2005–06 campaign with UD Marbella, also on loan.

In 2007 Quique was released by Málaga, and resumed his career in the third level but also in the Tercera División, representing Jerez CF, Lucena CF,^[2] Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Jaén,^[3] UD Melilla,^[4] CD Guijuelo^[5] and CD El Palo.^[6]

^ El Xerez arrasa al Málaga B de José Mari Bakero (Xerez crushes José Mari Barkero's Málaga B); El Mundo Deportivo, 30 January 2005 (in Spanish)
^ Quique ficha por el Lucena para la próxima temporada (Quique signs for Lucena for next season); ABC de Sevilla, 5 July 2008 (in Spanish)
^ Quique González firma por una temporada con opción a otra (Quique González signs for one season with the option for another); Ideal, 14 July 2011 (in Spanish)
^ Quique de la Mota ficha por el Melilla (Quique de la Mota [sic] signs for Melilla); Ideal, 30 May 2012 (in Spanish)
^ El Guijuelo firma a Quique de la Mota, centrocampista de 29 años (Guijuelo signs Quique de la Mota, 29-year-old midfielder); La Gaceta de Salamanca, 30 July 2013 (in Spanish)
^ El ex del CD Guijuelo, Quique de la Mota, firma por el CD El Palo (Former Guijuelo player, Quique de la Mota [sic], signs for CD El Palo); La Tribuna de Salamanca, 11 July 2014 (in Spanish)