Carlos Alcántara (footballer)

Carlos Alcántara Cuevas (born 1 February 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CAP Ciudad de Murcia as a left-back.

Carlos Alcántara
Alcántara as a Ferencváros player
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alcántara Cuevas
Date of birth (1985-02-01) 1 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Zarandona, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Ciudad Murcia
Youth career
Nueva Vanguardia
Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Villarreal B
2004–2006 Villarreal 5 (0)
2006–2008 Deportivo La Coruña 0 (0)
2006–2007Jaén (loan) 12 (0)
2007–2008Cartagena (loan) 12 (0)
2008–2009 Atlético Ciudad 35 (0)
2009–2010 Ferencváros 8 (0)
2010–2011 Alicante 34 (0)
2011–2012 Leganés 26 (0)
2012–2013 Alcoyano 34 (0)
2013–2014 Logroñés 34 (1)
2014–2016 La Hoya Lorca 63 (1)
2016–2017 Eldense 20 (0)
2017 La Roda 14 (0)
2017–2018 El Palmar 27 (3)
2018–2021 Atlético Pulpileño 65 (2)
2021–2022 Cieza
2022– Ciudad Murcia 29 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:48, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Club career edit

Born in Zarandona, Region of Murcia, Alcántara signed with Villarreal CF in 2004, spending the vast majority of his spell with the reserves and appearing in five La Liga games over the course of two seasons. His debut came on 17 October 2004, when he featured the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against RCD Mallorca.[1]

Subsequently, Alcántara joined Deportivo de La Coruña, never appearing officially during his two-year stint and being loaned to two clubs in the Segunda División B, for which he also played sparingly.[2][3] In the 2008–09 campaign, he represented another side at that level, CF Atlético Ciudad.[4]

After a spell in Hungary with Ferencvárosi TC, Alcántara returned to his country and joined Alicante CF also in division three. He continued to compete in that tier the following years, representing CD Leganés,[5] CD Alcoyano, SD Logroñés,[6] La Hoya Lorca CF,[7] CD Eldense and La Roda CF.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Empate en Mallorca y 'pañolada' para Benito Floro" [Draw in Mallorca and 'hankies' for Benito Floro]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 17 October 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Visto y no visto" [Now you see me now you don't]. La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). 25 July 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ^ Moya, Francisco José (21 March 2008). "Carlos Alcántara, 'El Aplicado', no quiere suspender en Linares" [Carlos Alcántara, 'The Focused One', does not want to fail test in Linares]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. ^ "El defensa Carlos Alcántara refuerza el Ciudad de Lorquí" [Defender Carlos Alcántara bolsters Ciudad de Lorquí]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 21 August 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Alcántara, explosividad para el lateral izquierdo" [Alcántara, explosiveness for left-back] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. ^ Ducrós, V. (9 August 2013). "El SD Logroñés ficha al lateral Alcántara, campeón de la Intertoto en 2004" [SD Logroñés sign full-back Alcántara, Intertoto champion in 2004]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. ^ ""CARLOS ALCANTARA", nuevo jugador de La Hoya Lorca Club de Fútbol" ["CARLOS ALCANTARA", new La Hoya Lorca Club de Fútbol player] (in Spanish). La Hoya Lorca. 17 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Alcántara, exjugador del Eldense, reconoce que se veían "cosas extrañas"" [Alcántara, former Eldense player, admits to witnessing "strange things"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 April 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

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