In a much-travelled career, he represented clubs in Spain, France, Portugal, Greece, the United States, Azerbaijan, Germany, Bolivia and India.

On 23 February 2003, he scored a late equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against RC Celta de Vigo in La Liga,[3] where he appeared in six games, five from the bench, totalling 176 minutes for the Andalusians during the season.

[9] In 2007–08, Koke netted another ten in Super League's regular season, adding one in the UEFA Cup group stage game against Red Star Belgrade.

[14] On 23 October, in his very first appearance, he scored his first goal for the Madrid club: after having replaced Piti midway through the second half of the away fixture against Real Betis, he netted the final 2–0 in the 88th minute through a penalty kick.

[20] On 26 July, he changed teams and countries again, signing a one-year contract with Club Blooming from the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

[22][23] He scored the game's only goal against the Kerala Blasters FC to mark his Indian Super League debut, and The Times of India subsequently wrote about the match: "The roar of the crowd could be heard a kilometre away from the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium".

[27] A total of 30 people including his brother and girlfriend were detained in the same operation; he left pre-trial detention in July 2021 by paying a €15,000 bond.