Jesús Ares Otero (born 20 November 1933) is a former Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Jesús Ares
Personal information
Full name Jesús Ares Otero
Date of birth (1933-11-20) 20 November 1933 (age 91)[1]
Place of birth Foz, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1952 Lucense 1 (0)
1952–1954 Racing Ferrol 33 (2)
1954–1957 Celta 36 (2)
1957–1958 Atlético Madrid 6 (0)
1958–1959 Málaga 27 (3)
1960–1963 Salamanca 71 (0)
1963–1966 Langreo 71 (0)
Total 245 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Ares began his career in the Segunda División with local club Lucense, playing once. In 1952, Ares signed for fellow Galician club Racing Ferrol, where he played for two seasons, making 33 league appearances, scoring twice.[2]

In March 1954, Ares signed for Primera División club Celta Vigo. Ares failed to break into the first team at Celta in his first two full seasons at the club, making just seven appearances, before finding favour under new manager Alejandro Scopelli in the 1956–57 season, making 28 appearances. On 11 November 1956, Ares scored his first goal for Celta in a 3–0 away win against Deportivo La Coruña in the Galician derby. In 1957, Atlético Madrid signed Ares for 1,250,000 Ptas. Ares once again failed to cement a starting spot at Atlético Madrid and moved to Málaga in 1958.[3]

In 1960, Ares signed for Salamanca, spending three seasons at the club, before moving to Langreo, where he retired from football in 1966.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ares". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ares: Jesús Ares Otero". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Ares: El fichaje sorpresa del Atlético de Madrid" (in Spanish). Fame Celeste. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2019.