Javier 'Javi' Álamo Cruz (born 18 August 1988) is a retired Spanish professional footballer who played as a winger and current assistant coach of CD Cuarte.
 Álamo being presented by Zaragoza | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Álamo Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Gáldar, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cuarte (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gáldar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Universidad LP B | ||
| 2007–2009 | Universidad LP | 44 | (0) |
| 2009 | Cultural Leonesa | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Mallorca B | 7 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Real Unión (loan) | 32 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Recreativo | 37 | (6) |
| 2012–2016 | Zaragoza | 59 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | → Girona (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Osasuna | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Almería | 16 | (0) |
| 2019 | Extremadura | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Logroñés | 6 | (1) |
| 2020 | Barakaldo | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Ejea | 43 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Brea | 11 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023– | Cuarte (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Football career
editBorn in Gáldar, Las Palmas, Álamo spent his first four seasons as a senior in the third division, with local Universidad de Las Palmas CF (two years),[1] RCD Mallorca B[2] and Real Unión.[3] In the 2010–11 campaign he scored his first goals as a professional, but the Basques failed to return to the second level.
Álamo joined Recreativo de Huelva for 2011–12. He made his official debut for his new club on 27 August 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.[4]
In late July 2012, Álamo signed a four-year contract with Real Zaragoza in La Liga.[5] He first appeared in the competition on 16 September, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–2 defeat at Real Sociedad.[6]
After suffering relegation in his first season, Álamo became a regular starter for the Aragonese side. On 10 August 2015, he was loaned to fellow second-tier club Girona FC in a season-long deal.[7]
On 31 August 2016, free agent Álamo signed a one-year contract with CA Osasuna, recently promoted to the top flight.[8] The following 17 January, after being rarely used in Navarre, he was released by mutual consent[9] and joined UD Almería hours later.[10]
On 5 January 2019, after six months without a club, Álamo signed for Extremadura UD still in the second division.[11]
Post retirement
editAfter leaving Extremadura UD in July 2019, Álamo had spells at Barakaldo, SD Ejea and CD Brea, before retiring at the end of the 2022–23 season. Ahead of the 2023–24 season, Álamo decided to retire and was instead appointed assistant coach of José Luis Loreto at CD Cuarte.[12]
References
edit- ^ La UD Las Palmas negocia el fichaje de Javi Álamo, ex del Universidad LP (UD Las Palmas negotiate signing of Javi Álamo, formerly of Universidad LP); El Día, 5 June 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Javi Álamo, un canario más para el segundo equipo del RCD Mallorca (Javi Álamo, another Canarian for RCD Mallorca's second team); El Día, 4 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Alamo llega cedido para cerrar la plantilla (Alamo arrives on loan to close roster); Real Unión, 30 August 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Deportivo suda su primer triunfo en Segunda (Deportivo sweat to get first win in Segunda); Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Acuerdo para el traspaso de Javi Álamo al Real Zaragoza (Agreement for transfer of Javi Álamo to Real Zaragoza); Real Zaragoza, 29 July 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Martinez and Vela on target for Sociedad Archived 25 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN FC, 16 September 2012
- ^ Javi Álamo, octavo refuerzo del Girona (Javi Álamo, eighth signing of Zaragoza); Mundo Deportivo, 10 August 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Javi Álamo, nuevo jugador de Osasuna (Javi Álamo, new player of Osasuna); CA Osasuna, 31 August 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ El C. A. Osasuna acuerda la desvinculación con Javi Álamo (C.A. Osasuna agree the release with Javi Álamo); CA Osasuna, 17 January 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Almería también se refuerza con Javi Álamo, un extremo poderoso y de garantías (Almería also bolster with Javi Álamo, a powerful and reliable winger); UD Almería, 17 January 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Javi Álamo, fichaje invernal" [Javi Álamo, winter signing] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 5 January 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ El CD Cuarte confía su banquillo en dos exjugadores de la ..., golsmedia.com, 17 May 2023
External links
edit- Javi Álamo at BDFutbol
- Javi Álamo at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Javi Álamo at Soccerway