Jose Maria Cases

Jose Maria Cases Hernandez (born 23 November 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Orihuela CF as a midfielder.

Club Career

Born in Orihuela, Valencian Community, Cases finished his development at Villarreal CF and started competing as a senior with the reserves in Tercera Division. He made his professional debut at 16 on 22 June 2003, playing 28 minutes as a substitute for Hector Font in a 1–4 La Liga home loss to Real Betis; over the next two seasons, he played only three more times for the Yellow Submarine, all off the bench, including once in the 2004–05 edition of the UEFA Cup.

Cases spent the following campaign at Terrassa FC in Segunda Division B, before joining his hometown club Orihuela CF also in that level. On 15 June 2008, he signed a two-year deal at Segunda Division's SD Eibar on the expiration of his contract, despite having a previous agreement to join UD Salamanca when free. He started in 13 of his appearances for the Basques, who suffered relegation.