Álex Barrera

Alejandro 'Álex' Barrera García (born 12 May 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Atlético Baleares as a central midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barrera and the second or maternal family name is García.

Álex Barrera
Barrera warming up for Sporting Gijón
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Barrera García
Date of birth (1991-05-12) 12 May 1991
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Baleares
Number 8
Youth career
1998–2010 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Sporting Gijón B 76 (7)
2012–2016 Sporting Gijón 66 (4)
2016–2017 Zaragoza 15 (0)
2017–2019 Extremadura 38 (2)
2019 Bengaluru 3 (0)
2020 Barakaldo 6 (0)
2020- Atlético Baleares 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Club career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Barrera joined neighbouring Sporting de Gijón's youth academy in 1998, aged seven. He made his senior debut with the reserve team on 21 March 2010 against CD Toledo,[1] and went on to be a regular starter for the reserves in the following Segunda División B seasons.

On 19 August 2012, Barrera made his first official appearance with the main squad, starting in a 0–2 defeat at CD Numancia for the Segunda División championship.[2] In March 2013, he renewed his contract with Sporting until 2016.[3]

Barrera scored his first competitive goal on 1 September 2013, the second in a 3–0 home win over RCD Mallorca.[4] He contributed with 11 matches – four starts – and one goal[5] in the 2014–15 campaign, as the club returned to La Liga after a three-year absence; his maiden appearance in the competition took place on 30 December 2015, when he came on as a late substitute in the 0–2 away loss to SD Eibar.[6]

On 11 July 2016, Barrera signed a two-year contract with Real Zaragoza in the second division.[7] On 31 August of the following year, after being sparingly used, he moved to division three side Extremadura UD,[8] helping achieve a first-ever promotion to the former tier in 2018.[9]

Barrera scored the equaliser in a 1–1 away draw against Real Oviedo on 19 August 2018, netting Extremadura's first-ever goal in the second division.[10] The following 31 January, however, he terminated his contract with the club.[11]

Honours

Bengaluru

References
  1. 0–1: El Toledo vence en Gijón al Sporting B (0–1: Toledo beat Sporting B in Gijón); ABC, 22 March 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. El Sporting se estrella en su debut en Soria (Sporting crash in debut in Soria); Marca, 19 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. Alex Barrera renueva con el Sporting hasta el año 2016 (Alex Barrera renews with Sporting until 2016); Marca, 21 March 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. El Sporting gana con mucha autoridad (Sporting win with authority aplenty); El Comercio, 1 September 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. 4–1 El Sporting golea a un Mirandés que asustó en la segunda parte (4–1 Sporting rout Mirandés that got scared in second half); Mundo Deportivo, 22 February 2015 (in Spanish)
  6. Keko and Bastón smile at the end of the year (Keko and Bastón smile at the end of the year); Marca, 30 December 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. Álex Barrera, refuerzo para el centro del campo zaragocista (Álex Barrera, addition to Zaragoza's midfield); Real Zaragoza, 11 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  8. Alex Barrera, la guinda para los 5.000 socios del Extremadura (Alex Barrera, icing on the cake for the 5,000 associates of Extremadura); El Periódico de Extremadura, 31 August 2017 (in Spanish)
  9. El Extremadura logra el ascenso a Segunda división (Extremadura achieve promotion to Second division); Marca, 24 June 2018 (in Spanish)
  10. Álex Barrera ya está en la historia del Extremadura (Álex Barrera has entered Extremadura's history books); Diario AS, 20 August 2018 (in Spanish)
  11. "Comunicado oficial: Álex Barrera" [Official announcement: Álex Barrera] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  12. "ISL 2018–19 Final highlights, Bengaluru FC vs FC Goa match updates: Bengaluru win title after late win". Firstpost. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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