He appeared in 158 La Liga matches over eight seasons, scoring 32 goals in representation of Racing de Santander, Alavés and Deportivo.
After having played youth football with three clubs, including hometown's Dos Hermanas CF and Sevilla FC,[1][2] and spending his first three and a half seasons in amateur football,[3][4][5] he represented several teams in the country, with moderate scoring success: Recreativo de Huelva (three second division seasons), Racing de Santander and Deportivo Alavés (in both cases, helping his side achieve La Liga promotion); with the latter, he had his best statistical year in the 2004–05 campaign, as he netted 16 times – fifth in the league – in 39 games to help the Basques rank third.
[6] For 2006–07, Bodipo joined Deportivo de La Coruña,[7] where was usually fourth choice in his first two campaigns, although he spent his first on the sidelines due to a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury.
[10] After an unassuming 2009–10 season – 15 matches, none complete, no goals – Bodipo, aged nearly 33, was loaned for one year to Liga I team FC Vaslui, in Romania.
In November 2013, Bodipo was summoned for his last international, a friendly with the national team of his country of birth, Spain, to be played on the 16th;[18] he featured the last five minutes of the 1–2 loss in Malabo.