José Manuel Casado

José Manuel Casado Bizcocho is a Spanish football player who plays as a left back for Malaga.

He started out his football grooming at first at Sevilla and continued at Barcelona. Starting his professional career, José played for Barcelona C that was consequently dismissed and José returned to his native town where he played two seasons for Sevilla’s reserve team in the Segunda. He didn’t manage to earn much playing time in Sevilla’s first team and made only two appearances in the main squad in the 2007/08 season. When Sevilla B was relegated he moved on loan to other Andalusian teams like Recreativo de Huelva and Xérez. In Recreativo Casado made 19 appearances but in Xerez he enjoyed even better fortune amassing 27 appearances.

In July 2010 Casado was released from Sevilla and signed a two-year contract with Rayo Vallecano. He became a starter at once and helped his club earn their return in La Liga. In the summer 2013 Casado was released from the club and joined Malaga.