Álex Barrera

Álex Barrera
	Barrera warming up for Sporting Gijón in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Barrera García
Date of birth	12 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Llanera
Number	6
Youth career
1998–2010	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2013	Sporting Gijón B
2012–2016	Sporting Gijón
2016–2017	Zaragoza
2017–2019	Extremadura
2019	Bengaluru
2020	Barakaldo
2020–2021	Atlético Baleares
2021	Algeciras
2022	Ryukyu
2023	Calahorra
2023–2024	Coruxo
2024–	Llanera
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Alejandro "Álex" Barrera García (born 12 May 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Llanera as a central midfielder.

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 2–0 defeat at CD Numancia in the Segunda División.^[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 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 2–0 away loss to SD Eibar.^[6]

On 11 July 2016, Barrera signed a two-year contract with Real Zaragoza of 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 maiden goal in the second division.^[10] The following 31 January, however, he terminated his contract with the club.^[11]

Honours

Bengaluru

Indian Super League: 2018–19^[12]

References

^ 0–1: El Toledo vence en Gijón al Sporting B (0–1: Toledo beat Sporting B in Gijón); ABC, 22 March 2010 (in Spanish)
^ El Sporting se estrella en su debut en Soria (Sporting crash in debut in Soria); Marca, 19 August 2012 (in Spanish)
^ Alex Barrera renueva con el Sporting hasta el año 2016 (Alex Barrera renews with Sporting until 2016); Marca, 21 March 2013 (in Spanish)
^ El Sporting gana con mucha autoridad (Sporting win with authority aplenty); El Comercio, 1 September 2013 (in Spanish)
^ 4–1 El Sporting golea a un Mirandés que asustó en la segunda parte (4–1 Sporting rout Mirandés that scared in second half); Mundo Deportivo, 22 February 2015 (in Spanish)
^ Keko y Bastón sonríen al fin de año (Keko and Bastón smile at the end of the year); Marca, 30 December 2015 (in Spanish)
^ Álex Barrera, refuerzo para el centro del campo zaragocista (Álex Barrera, addition to Zaragoza's midfield); Real Zaragoza, 11 July 2016 (in Spanish)
^ 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 Extremadura, 31 August 2017 (in Spanish)
^ El Extremadura logra el ascenso a Segunda división (Extremadura achieve promotion to Second division); Marca, 24 June 2018 (in Spanish)
^ Álex Barrera ya está en la historia del Extremadura (Álex Barrera has entered Extremadura's history books); Diario AS, 20 August 2018 (in Spanish)
^ "Comunicado oficial: Álex Barrera" [Official announcement: Álex Barrera] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ "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.

External links

Álex Barrera at BDFutbol
Álex Barrera at Futbolme (in Spanish)
Álex Barrera at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Álex Barrera at Soccerway

[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 scared in second half); Mundo Deportivo, 22 February 2015 (in Spanish)

[6] Keko y Bastón sonríen al fin de año (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 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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