[4] He followed it eight days later with a brace in a 3–1 victory over CD Numancia at the Estadio de La Condomina, also providing an assist for Nacho Garro.
[5] Halfway through Murcia's promotion-winning season, Tato returned to Catalonia by joining Segunda División B team UE Lleida on loan.
[8] Tato joined Xerez CD in June 2011, being officially presented on 8 July and hoping to help them gain promotion to the top flight,[9] but he left in January 2013 for fellow second division side UD Las Palmas for the same reason.
[11] In February 2014, Tato signed for Girona FC for the remainder of the season,[12] and remained a free agent from then until September, when he joined Real Zaragoza still in the second tier.
[13] In July 2015, Tato moved abroad for the first time in his career at the age of 32, joining Morocco's MA Tétouan alongside countryman José Manuel Rueda.