Alejandro Zamora Barbero (born 22 April 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Zamora Barbero | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Real Madrid C | ||
| 2005–2006 | → Oviedo (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Betis B | 70 | (7) |
| 2007 | Betis | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Salamanca | 48 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Recreativo | 12 | (0) |
| 2013 | Castellón | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Cacereño | 9 | (0) |
| 2015 | Guadalajara | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Mérida | 35 | (0) |
| 2016 | Hospitalet | 15 | (0) |
| 2017 | Extremadura | 18 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | San Fernando | 33 | (1) |
| 2019 | Peña Deportiva | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2019 | |||
He spent the vast majority of his career in Segunda División B, playing more than 200 matches for eight clubs. His professional input consisted of 60 Segunda División appearances over three seasons (with Salamanca and Recreativo), and one in La Liga with Betis.
Club career
editBorn in Madrid, Zamora played youth football with local Real Madrid, but only represented the C team as a senior, also being loaned to Real Oviedo during his spell. In 2006, he signed with Real Betis, being all but associated with the reserves for three full seasons.[1] On 2 December 2007, he played his first and only La Liga game with the main squad, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 home loss against Atlético Madrid which was also manager Héctor Cúper's last match on the bench.[2][3]
In June 2009, Zamora signed for UD Salamanca on a two-year contract.[4] Two years later, after suffering relegation, he joined fellow league side Recreativo de Huelva,[5] making his competitive debut on 7 September by scoring an own goal in a 0–2 home defeat to Elche CF in the second round of the Copa del Rey.[6] He only played 875 minutes in the league, also being sent off against AD Alcorcón for a late tackle on Quini in the 56th minute of an eventual 1–2 loss.[7]
Afterwards, Zamora moved to the lower leagues, representing CD Castellón (Tercera División),[8] CP Cacereño[9]– after only a few months, he hinted of leaving[10]– and CD Guadalajara.[11] On 30 July 2015, he moved to Mérida AD still in division three,[12] stating upon his arrival at the latter that he "had come to the club to bring it to where it deserves" to be.[13] His official debut took place on 22 August, in a 1–0 victory at former team Betis B.[14]
Club statistics
edit- As of 25 November 2015[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oviedo | 2005–06[16] | Segunda División B | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Betis B | 2007–08[16] | Segunda División B | 34 | 3 | — | — | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2008–09[16] | Segunda División B | 36 | 4 | — | — | 36 | 4 | |||
| Total | 70 | 7 | — | — | 70 | 7 | ||||
| Betis | 2007–08[16] | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Salamanca | 2009–10[16] | Segunda División | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[16] | Segunda División | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 53 | 0 | |||
| Recreativo | 2011–12[16] | Segunda División | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Cacereño | 2014–15[16] | Segunda División B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| Guadalajara | 2014–15[16] | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mérida | 2015–16[16] | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Career total | 185 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 7 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
References
edit- ^ "Héctor Cúper se queda "en cuadro" en la defensa ante el FC Barcelona" [Héctor Cúper's "barely naked" defensively against FC Barcelona] (in Spanish). Terra. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "El Betis destituye a Cúper tras la derrota ante el Atlético de Madrid" [Betis dismiss Cúper after defeat against Atlético de Madrid]. El Correo (in Spanish). 3 December 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Román, Ramón (30 April 2010). "Paso testimonial de los centrales de la cantera en el primer equipo" [Fleeting passage from youth system stoppers in first team]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "El defensa Zamora (Betis B) ficha por el Salamanca" [Defender Zamora (Betis B) signs for Salamanca]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 24 June 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Alejandro Zamora: El Recre será "bastante competitivo"" [Alejandro Zamora: Recre will be "quite competitive"]. Marca (in Spanish). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Galván, José Carlos (8 September 2011). "Palanca invita a otra ronda" [Palanca buys another round]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Alcorcón confirma la depresión del Recre (2–1)" [Alcorcón confirm Recre depression (2–1)] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "El Castellón incorpora al central Alejandro Zamora y el delantero noruego Dag Alexander Olsen" [Castellón add stopper Alejandro Zamora and Norwegian forward Dag Alexander Olsen] (in Spanish). Castellón Información. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "El Cacereño echa mano de Zamora para el domingo" [Cacereño reach out to Zamora for Sunday]. Hoy (in Spanish). 19 November 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Jiménez Torbellino, Jaime (28 January 2015). "Alejandro Zamora negocia su salida del Cacereño" [Alejandro Zamora negotiates his departure from Cacereño]. El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Zamora, segundo y último refuerzo del Dépor en el mercado de invierno" [Zamora, second and last Dépor addition in the winter market] (in Spanish). C.D. Guadalajara. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ López Díaz, Manuel (30 July 2015). "Alejandro Zamora, un refuerzo para la zaga romana" [Alejandro Zamora, addition for the Roman back sector] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Alejandro Zamora, nueva cara para reforzar la zaga del Mérida" [Alejandro Zamora, new face to bolster Mérida's back sector]. El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 31 July 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "El Betis B arranca con derrota ante el Mérida (0–1)" [Betis B get started with loss against Mérida (0–1)]. ABC (in Spanish). 22 August 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Alejandro Zamora at Soccerway
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Zamora: Alejandro Zamora Barbero". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
External links
edit- Alejandro Zamora at BDFutbol
- Alejandro Zamora at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Alejandro Zamora at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Betisweb stats and bio (in Spanish)