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{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 1974)}}
{{family name hatnote|Suárez|Rivas|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sietes
| image =
| fullname = José Manuel Suárez Rivas
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vallés (Villaviciosa)|Sietes]], Spain
| height = 1.77 m
| position = [[Left-back]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[CD Lealtad|Lealtad]]
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]]
| youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = [[Real Oviedo|Oviedo]]
| years1 = 1992–1994 | clubs1 = [[Real Oviedo Vetusta|Oviedo B]] | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1994–1995 | clubs2 = [[Real Oviedo|Oviedo]] | caps2 = 40 | goals2 = 2 
| years3 = 1995–1997 | clubs3 = [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1997–2003 | clubs4 = [[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]] | caps4 = 164 | goals4 = 0 
| years5 = 2003–2004 | clubs5 = [[Deportivo Alavés|Alavés]] | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0 
| years6 = 2004–2005 | clubs6 = [[Real Murcia CF|Murcia]] | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs7 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 
| years8 = 2006–2008 | clubs8 = [[CD Numancia|Numancia]] | caps8 = 35 | goals8 = 0 
| years9 = 2008–2011 | clubs9 = [[CD Lealtad|Lealtad]] | caps9 = 67 | goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2011–2012 | clubs10 = [[Real Avilés Industrial CF|Avilés]] | caps10 = 36 | goals10 = 1
| totalcaps = 434 | totalgoals = 5
| nationalyears1 = 1994–1996 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1996 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national under-23 football team|Spain U23]] | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996 Spain]]|}}
}}
'''José Manuel Suárez Rivas''' (born 18 February 1974), known as '''Sietes''', is a Spanish former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[left-back]].

He appeared in 194 [[La Liga]] matches over ten seasons, mainly for [[Racing de Santander]]. He started his 19-year senior career with [[Real Oviedo]].

==Club career==
Sietes, who was born in [[Vallés (Villaviciosa)|Sietes]], [[Asturias]], receiving his [[nickname]] from his birthplace,<ref name=AS>[https://as.com/futbol/2019/07/12/mas_futbol/1562883140_962740.html ¿Qué fue de Sietes? El jugador ermitaño, concejal, alcalde y ahora scout del Mallorca... (What happened to Sietes? The hermit player, councilman, mayor and now Mallorca scout...)]; [[Diario AS]], 12 July 2019 (in Spanish)</ref> started playing for local giants [[Real Oviedo]], first appearing with the first team on 27 March 1994 in a 0–0 away draw against [[Real Valladolid]]. With just nine [[La Liga]] matches throughout the entire [[1993–94 La Liga|season]], he did score his only two goals as a professional in back-to-back 3–0 wins over [[Athletic Bilbao]] and [[Atlético Madrid]].<ref>[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1994/04/07/pagina-19/1284016/pdf.html Sin Guerrero, muy poco Athletic en Oviedo (Without Guerrero, very little Athletic in Oviedo)]; [[Mundo Deportivo]], 7 April 1994 (in Spanish)</ref><ref>[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1994/04/11/pagina-15/1278629/pdf.html El Atleti, otra vez en zona de promoción (Atleti, again in the play-off zone)]; Mundo Deportivo, 11 April 1994 (in Spanish)</ref><ref name=JD>[https://sport.jotdown.es/2024/03/24/sietes-oviedo/ Sietes: «Lo peor con Clemente eran sus charlas de dos horas: sobre fútbol, barcos… su abuelo pescador…» (Sietes: "The worst about Clemente were his two-hour lectures: about football, boats… his fisherman grandfather…")]; [[Jot Down]], 24 March 2024 (in Spanish)</ref>

Signing with [[Valencia CF]] for the [[1995–96 La Liga|1995–96 campaign]], Sietes was used sparingly over two seasons – underperforming mainly due to [[homesickness]]<ref name=AS/>– and moved to [[Racing de Santander]] for [[1997–98 La Liga|1997–98]], where he would constantly battle top-flight relegation (which would eventually befall in [[2000–01 La Liga|2001]], with the club returning the [[2001–02 Segunda División|following season]] with 39 appearances from the player).<ref>[https://as.com/futbol/2002/05/19/mas_futbol/1021759223_850215.html El Racing regresa a Primera una temporada después (Racing return to ''Primera'' one season later)]; Diario AS, 19 May 2002 (in Spanish)</ref> His career was unassuming afterwards, with stints mainly in the [[Segunda División]], punctuated by [[2005–06 Football League Championship|a season]] with [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] in the English [[EFL Championship|Championship]] where he did not play one single minute due to transfer issues and injury problems.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/watford/4656847.stm Watford to sign Spaniard Sietes]; [[BBC Sport]], 6 July 2005</ref><ref name=JD/>

After only five games for [[CD Numancia]] in the [[2007–08 Segunda División|2007–08 campaign]], with the [[Soria]] team returning to the top division after a three-year absence,<ref>[https://www.desdesoria.es/2013/05/29/breve-enciclopedia-numantina/ Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief ''numantina'' encyclopedia)]; Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)</ref> Sietes joined [[Tercera División]] side [[CD Lealtad]] in [[Villaviciosa, Asturias|Villaviciosa]], remaining there three seasons. On 31 August 2012, having helped [[Real Avilés Industrial CF]], also in his native region, to [[2011–12 Tercera División|promote]] to [[Segunda División B]], the 38-year-old announced his retirement.<ref>[http://www.elcomercio.es/v/20120831/deportes/aviles/entrenamiento-rueda-prensa-inauguracion-20120831.html Entrenamiento, rueda de prensa e inauguración del gimnasio (Training, press conference and opening of gymnasium)]; [[El Comercio (Spain)|El Comercio]], 31 August 2012 (in Spanish)</ref>

==International career==
Sietes represented [[Spain national under-23 football team|Spain]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], appearing once for the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|quarter-finalists]].<ref>[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1996/07/23/pagina-54/1336584/pdf.html Òscar, otra vez vital (Òscar, crucial again)]; Mundo Deportivo, 23 July 1996 (in Spanish)</ref>

==Post-retirement==
After retiring, Sietes was Avilés' [[general manager]] for a brief period of time. Also, he worked as mayor of Rales (a parish in [[Llanes]], from 2007 to 2011), councilman in the Villaviciosa town hall (2011–12) and [[Scout (sport)|scout]] of [[RCD Mallorca]].<ref name=AS/>

Additionally, Sietes was involved in [[rural tourism]].<ref name=AS/>

==Honours==
'''Numancia'''
*[[Segunda División]]: [[2007–08 Segunda División|2007–08]]<ref>[http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/cronica/es/desarrollo/1130189.html El Numancia, campeón de Segunda división (Numancia, Second division champions)]; [[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]], 1 June 2008 (in Spanish)</ref>

'''Spain U21'''
*[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]] runner-up: [[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996]]<ref>[http://www.orgullobianconero.vavel.com/2013/06/18/italia-ya-gano-un-europeo-a-espana-en-el-1996/ Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy have already won European Championships against Spain in 1996)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113165559/http://www.orgullobianconero.vavel.com/2013/06/18/italia-ya-gano-un-europeo-a-espana-en-el-1996/|date=13 November 2013}}; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{FIFA player|199045}}

{{Spain squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:People from Villaviciosa, Asturias]]
[[Category:20th-century Spanish sportsmen]]
[[Category:Spanish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Asturias]]
[[Category:Men's association football fullbacks]]
[[Category:La Liga players]]
[[Category:Segunda División players]]
[[Category:Segunda División B players]]
[[Category:Tercera División players]]
[[Category:Real Oviedo Vetusta players]]
[[Category:Real Oviedo players]]
[[Category:Valencia CF players]]
[[Category:Racing de Santander players]]
[[Category:Deportivo Alavés players]]
[[Category:Real Murcia CF players]]
[[Category:CD Numancia players]]
[[Category:CD Lealtad players]]
[[Category:Real Avilés Industrial CF footballers]]
[[Category:Watford F.C. players]]
[[Category:Spain men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Spain men's under-23 international footballers]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Spain]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Spanish expatriate men's footballers]]
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