José Manuel Serrano

José Manuel Serrano Arenas (born 17 March 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently assistant manager of Russian Premier League club Rodina Moscow.

Club career Serrano was born in Seville, Andalusia. After spending four years with local Sevilla FC's reserves, without any first-team appearances, he stayed one season with neighbouring Segunda División side Xerez CD and then switched to Levante UD.

Initially, Serrano played almost exclusively with the reserves in the Segunda División B, The following campaign, he scored in a 1–5 loss to Valencia CF also at the Estadi Ciutat de València as Levante were already relegated.

For 2008–09, Serrano joined Madrid club Rayo Vallecano, recently returned to the second division, appearing in only 20 league games out of 84 over two years and being released,

On 19 August 2013, the 32-year-old Serrano moved to amateurs CD Alcalá from Tercera División.