Alejandro Zamora
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Zamora|Barbero|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alejandro Zamora
| image =
| fullname = Alejandro Zamora Barbero
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Real Madrid
| years1 = 2003–2006 | clubs1 = Real Madrid C | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 2005–2006 | clubs2 = → Oviedo (loan) | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006–2009 | clubs3 = Betis B | caps3 = 70 | goals3 = 7
| years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = Betis | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2009–2011 | clubs5 = Salamanca | caps5 = 48 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2011–2012 | clubs6 = Recreativo | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2013 | clubs7 = Castellón | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2014–2015 | clubs8 = Cacereño | caps8 = 9 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2015 | clubs9 = Guadalajara | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2015–2016 | clubs10 = Mérida | caps10 = 35 | goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2016 | clubs11 = Hospitalet | caps11 = 15 | goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2017 | clubs12 = Extremadura | caps12 = 18 | goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2017–2018 | clubs13 = San Fernando | caps13 = 33 | goals13 = 1
| years14 = 2019 | clubs14 = Peña Deportiva | caps14 = 12 | goals14 = 0
| totalcaps = | totalgoals =
| club-update = 19 May 2019
}}
Alejandro Zamora Barbero (born 22 April 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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
Born 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com/deportes/articulo/html/fox473482.htm|title=Héctor Cúper se queda "en cuadro" en la defensa ante el FC Barcelona|trans-title=Héctor Cúper's "barely naked" defensively against FC Barcelona|publisher=Terra|language=Spanish|date=1 November 2007|accessdate=29 December 2015}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20071203/deportes/mas-futbol/betis-destituye-cuper-tras-20071203.html|title=El Betis destituye a Cúper tras la derrota ante el Atlético de Madrid|trans-title=Betis dismiss Cúper after defeat against Atlético de Madrid|newspaper=El Correo|language=Spanish|date=3 December 2007|accessdate=29 December 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://sevilla.abc.es/deportes/alfinaldelapalmera/noticias/real-betis/betis-paso-testimonial-centrales-cantera-primer-equipo.html|title=Paso testimonial de los centrales de la cantera en el primer equipo|trans-title=Fleeting passage from youth system stoppers in first team|newspaper=ABC|first=Ramón|last=Román|language=Spanish|date=30 April 2010|accessdate=29 December 2015}}
In June 2009, Zamora signed for UD Salamanca on a two-year contract.{{cite news|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2009/06/24/mas_futbol/1245794436_850215.html|title=El defensa Zamora (Betis B) ficha por el Salamanca|trans-title=Defender Zamora (Betis B) signs for Salamanca|newspaper=Diario AS|language=Spanish|date=24 June 2009|accessdate=25 November 2015}} Two years later, after suffering relegation, he joined fellow league side Recreativo de Huelva,{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2011/07/06/futbol/equipos/recreativo/1309954688.html|title=Alejandro Zamora: El Recre será "bastante competitivo"|trans-title=Alejandro Zamora: Recre will be "quite competitive"|newspaper=Marca|language=Spanish|date=6 July 2011|accessdate=29 December 2015}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2011/09/08/futbol/copa_rey/1315434894.html|title=Palanca invita a otra ronda|trans-title=Palanca buys another round|newspaper=Marca|first=José Carlos|last=Galván|language=Spanish|date=8 September 2011|accessdate=29 December 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://huelva.eldesmarque.com/recreativo/26224-alcorcon-confirma-la-depresion-del-recre-2-1|title=Alcorcón confirma la depresión del Recre (2–1)|trans-title=Alcorcón confirm Recre depression (2–1)|publisher=El Desmarque|language=Spanish|date=22 October 2011|accessdate=25 November 2015}}
Afterwards, Zamora moved to the lower leagues, representing CD Castellón (Tercera División),{{cite web|url=http://www.castelloninformacion.com/la-operacion-refuerzos-del-castellon-arranca-con-el-fichaje-del-central-alejandro-zamora/|title=El Castellón incorpora al central Alejandro Zamora y el delantero noruego Dag Alexander Olsen|trans-title=Castellón add stopper Alejandro Zamora and Norwegian forward Dag Alexander Olsen|publisher=Castellón Información|language=Spanish|date=29 October 2013|accessdate=29 December 2015}} CP Cacereño{{cite news|url=http://www.hoy.es/deportes/futbol/liga-segunda-b/201411/19/cacereno-echa-mano-zamora-20141119001211-v.html|title=El Cacereño echa mano de Zamora para el domingo|trans-title=Cacereño reach out to Zamora for Sunday|newspaper=Hoy|language=Spanish|date=19 November 2014|accessdate=29 December 2015}}– after only a few months, he hinted of leaving{{cite news|url=http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/deportes/alejandro-zamora-negocia-salida-cacereno_851225.html|title=Alejandro Zamora negocia su salida del Cacereño|trans-title=Alejandro Zamora negotiates his departure from Cacereño|newspaper=El Periódico Extremadura|first=Jaime|last=Jiménez Torbellino|language=Spanish|date=28 January 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}– and CD Guadalajara.{{cite web|url=http://www.deportivoguadalajara.es/zamora-segundo-y-ultimo-refuerzo-del-depor-en-el-mercado-de-invierno/|title=Zamora, segundo y último refuerzo del Dépor en el mercado de invierno|trans-title=Zamora, second and last Dépor addition in the winter market|publisher=C.D. Guadalajara|language=Spanish|accessdate=25 November 2015|date=30 January 2015}} On 30 July 2015, he moved to Mérida AD still in division three,{{cite web|url=http://www.vavel.com/es/futbol/segunda-b/520124-alejandro-zamora-un-refuerzo-para-la-zaga-romana.html|title=Alejandro Zamora, un refuerzo para la zaga romana|trans-title=Alejandro Zamora, addition for the Roman back sector|publisher=Vavel|first=Manuel|last=López Díaz|language=Spanish|date=30 July 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}} stating upon his arrival at the latter that he "had come to the club to bring it to where it deserves" to be.{{cite news|url=http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/deportes/alejandro-zamora-nueva-cara-reforzar-zaga-merida_884238.html|title=Alejandro Zamora, nueva cara para reforzar la zaga del Mérida|trans-title=Alejandro Zamora, new face to bolster Mérida's back sector|newspaper=El Periódico Extremadura|language=Spanish|date=31 July 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}} His official debut took place on 22 August, in a 1–0 victory at former team Betis B.{{cite news|url=http://sevilla.abc.es/deportes/alfinaldelapalmera/noticias/real-betis/el-betis-b-arranca-con-derrota-ante-el-merida-0-1.html|title=El Betis B arranca con derrota ante el Mérida (0–1)|trans-title=Betis B get started with loss against Mérida (0–1)|newspaper=ABC|language=Spanish|date=22 August 2015|accessdate=29 December 2015}}
Club statistics
{{updated|25 November 2015}}{{Soccerway|alejandro-zamora/20840}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"|Oviedo
|2005–06{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j4072.html|title=Zamora: Alejandro Zamora Barbero|publisher=BDFutbol|accessdate=25 November 2015}} |19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Betis B
|Segunda División B |34 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 3 | |||
| 2008–09
|Segunda División B |36 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 4 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!70 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 70 | 7 | |||
| rowspan="1"|Betis
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Salamanca
|19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11
|Segunda División |29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!48 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 53 | 0 | ||
| Recreativo
|Segunda División |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | ||
| Cacereño
|Segunda División B |9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | ||
| Guadalajara
|Segunda División B |13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in Promotion Play-offs|name=PPO}} | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Mérida
|Segunda División B |13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!185 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 7 |
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References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|4072}}
- {{Futbolme profile|3427}}
- {{LaPreferente|174868}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150424024347/http://www.betisweb.com/Real-Betis/Jugadores/79-Alejandro-Zamora-Barbero Betisweb stats and bio] {{in lang|es}}
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Category:Footballers from Madrid
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Men's association football utility players
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Segunda División B players
Category:Tercera División players
Category:Real Madrid C footballers
Category:Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
Category:Recreativo de Huelva players
Category:CD Castellón footballers
Category:CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers
Category:CE L'Hospitalet players
Category:Extremadura UD footballers
Category:San Fernando CD players