tena moved to real valladolid in 1999, playing a further 23 la liga matches during two seasons and being loaned to córdoba cf in between. in the summer of 2002 he joined getafe cf – also in madrid – in the second division and, instrumental while they achieved promotion to the top flight in 2004, he saw little action after, subbing in in the final minutes of games or playing through injuries and suspensions to teammates; he scored his first goal for the latter on 16 april 2006, in a 1–1 home draw against his first professional club.