Alejandro 'Álex' Zambrano Martín (born 4 August 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Antequera CF as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Zambrano Martín | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Huelva, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Antequera | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Recreativo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Recreativo B | 26 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Recreativo | 19 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Villarreal B | 17 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Sporting Gijón B | 26 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | San Roque | 31 | (3) |
| 2015–2018 | Recreativo | 67 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Don Benito | 33 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Afturelding | 25 | (1) |
| 2021 | Yeclano | 16 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Internacional Madrid | 27 | (0) |
| 2022– | Antequera | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:29, 29 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Zambrano graduated from Recreativo de Huelva's youth setup. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2009–10 season, in Tercera División.
Zambrano was promoted to the first team for the 2011–12 campaign, with the Andalusians in the Segunda División. He made his league debut on 27 August, starting and being booked in a 1–0 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.[1]
On 25 August 2012, Zambrano terminated his contract with Recre and signed for Villarreal CF B in the same league.[2] On 17 July of the following year he moved to another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B from Segunda División B.[3]
On 18 August 2014, Zambrano joined CD San Roque de Lepe also in the third tier.[4] On 16 July of the following year, he returned to his first club Recreativo after agreeing to a two-year deal.[5]
Zambrano left the Estadio Nuevo Colombino in the summer of 2018, signing with division three team CD Don Benito.[6]
Personal life edit
Zambrano's father and uncle, respectively Manuel and Antonio, were also footballers. They too represented Recreativo professionally; during his spell there, the former also acted as the club's president.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ El Deportivo suda su primer triunfo en Segunda (Deportivo sweat to get first win in Segunda); Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Se desvincula para firmar por el Villarreal B (Cuts ties to sign for Villarreal B); Huelva Hoy, 25 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Sporting B ficha al centrocampista Álex Zambrano (Sporting B sign midfielder Álex Zambrano); El Comercio, 17 July 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Álex Zambrano ficha por el San Roque de Lepe (Álex Zambrano signs for San Roque de Lepe); La Nueva España, 18 August 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Alejandro Zambrano regresa al Recre y ficha por dos temporadas (Alejandro Zambrano returns to Recre and signs for two seasons); Huelva 24, 16 July 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Álex Zambrano, otro onubense que será rival del Recreativo (Álex Zambrano, another Huelva-born who will be rival of Recreativo); Diario de Huelva, 13 July 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ Luto en el Recre por la muerte de Antonio Zambrano (Mourning at Recre for the death of Antonio Zambrano); Huelva Hoy, 1 July 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Álex Zambrano: “Ser el hijo del presidente del Recreativo me ha perjudicado más que beneficiado” (Álex Zambrano: "Being the son of the president of Recreativo has hurt me more than it has done me good"); Diario de Huelva, 24 August 2018 (in Spanish)
External links edit
- Álex Zambrano at BDFutbol
- Álex Zambrano at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Álex Zambrano at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Álex Zambrano at Soccerway