José Cancela

José Cancela
Personal information
Full name	José Carlos Cancela Durán
Date of birth	June 25, 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Santa Lucía, Uruguay
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2000	Peñarol
2000–2001	Puebla
2001–2002	Cruz Azul
2002–2003	Saprissa
2003–2006	New England Revolution
2007	Colorado Rapids
2008	Fénix
2008–2009	Liberia Mía
2009–2012	Herediano
2012–2013	Saprissa
2013–2014	Herediano
2014	Belén
2015	Pérez Zeledón
Total
Managerial career
2019	Veracruz (Assistant)
2019–2020	Cruz Azul (Assistant)
2021	Tijuana (Assistant)
2022	Al-Ahli (Assistant)
2023	Cruz Azul (Assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Carlos Cancela Durán (born June 25, 1976) is a Uruguayan retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is nicknamed "Pepe".

Before joining the Colorado Rapids, Cancela played the preseason with Toronto FC but was traded to the Denver-based club the day before the regular season began. Cancela played for Peñarol, Cruz Azul, Deportivo Saprissa, and the New England Revolution. He had to leave Saprissa, despite being loved by their fans, because of the rule implemented by the "Morados" after 2003, by which they could only use Costa Rican players in their team.

Cancela joined the Revolution in July 2003, and immediately added an attacking flair not often seen in MLS.^[1] He immediately slotted into the starting lineup, and finished the season with a goal and seven assists in 13 games. Cancela struggled a little in his second year, as Clint Dempsey emerged as a competitor for the attacking midfield position, but finished the year with three goals and ten assists in 25 games. He scored two goals and five assists in 2005.

After the 2006 season, Cancela was taken by Toronto FC in the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft, but dealt to the Colorado Rapids in April of the following year in exchange for a Youth International slot to be held by Toronto until 2009. He was waived by the Rapids before the 2008 season.

References

^ "Revolution signs midfielder José Carlos Cancela Duran". July 23, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

External links

José Cancela at Major League Soccer
BDFA profile^{[permanent dead link]}
José Cancela – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)

[1] "Revolution signs midfielder José Carlos Cancela Duran". July 23, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

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