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José Antonio Pedrosa Galán (born 2 February 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Finnish club RoPS as a central midfielder.
Club career
Galán was born in León, Castile and León. A Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa youth graduate, he made his debuts as a senior with Atlético Madrid's C-team in 2005, in Tercera División; in the same season, he appeared in a single match with the reserves in Segunda División B.
In 2007, after one year at CD Toledo, Galán moved to UD Almería, being initially assigned to the B-side in the fourth level. In November 2009, after being already called up to the main squad by manager Hugo Sánchez, he suffered a serious knee injury which sidelined him for ten months.
Galán was subsequently released by the Rojiblancos, and returned to action in September 2010 while playing for division four club Atlético Astorga FC. In January of the following year, he moved to CD Comarca de Níjar in the same tier.
On 16 July 2011, Galán returned to his first club Cultural. On 31 January of the following year he moved abroad, after agreeing to a one-year deal with Chainat FC from the Thai Premier League; he was also the first Spaniard to ever appear in the competition.
In June 2012, Galán was released due to an ankle injury. In February 2013, he signed a two-year contract with Liga Indonesia Premier Division team Pro Duta FC, becoming the first Spanish footballer in the country in the process.
On 1 March 2014, Galán switched teams and countries again, signing for Austrian Football First League's SKN St. Pölten. After appearing rarely, he moved to Shabab Al-Ordon Club in Jordania.
On 3 September 2015, Galán joined Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol FC. He left in December due to lack of payments, meeting the same fate at his next team, FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț from Romania.
Still in 2016, Galán represented Persela Lamongan in the Indonesia Soccer Championship and Finnish Veikkausliiga's RoPS. Whilst in representation of the former, he was selected to the July Team of the Month.