Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - España ya fara wakiltar Spain a 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, inda ya kasance na 11 a cikin gajeren tsere. Ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko a shekara mai zuwa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2002
, ya dauki lambar tagulla a kan 3000 m. A waje, ya zo na goma sha ɗaya a cikin mita 5000 a Gasar Wasannin Wasannin Turai ta 2002. Ya zo kusa da wani lambar yabo a cikin gida a 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, ya gama kashi na biyu a bayan wanda ya lashe lambar tagulla Luka Kipkosgei. A shekara ta 2005 ya lashe lambar zinare na mita 3000 a gasar cin kofin Turai ta 2005 kuma ya ci gaba da fafatawa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2005, inda aka kore shi a zagaye na farko.