Jonatan Neftali

Jonatan Neftali Diez-Gonzalez (born 26 August 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CF La Nucia as a central defender.

Club Career

Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Neftali played youth football in his native region, mainly with Hercules CF and Alicante CF. He made his debuts as a professional with the latter club during the 2004–05 season, being sent off in both of his Segunda Division B appearances, against CF Badalona and Levante UD B.

Neftali continued competing in the third level in the following three years, being relegated with CD Alcala and PD Santa Eulalia. After the latter campaign he went on trial with Grasshopper Club Zurich from Switzerland, but nothing came of it and he continued playing with Santa Eulalia in Tercera Division.

In 2009–10, Neftali scored a career-best ten goals. Subsequently, Vejle Boldklub manager Mats Gren – a former assistant with Grasshoppers – declared interest in signing the player, and a two-year contract was signed in late May 2010.