Alex Calvo-García
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Calvo-García | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Ordizia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Real Sociedad B | ||
| 1992–1994 | Beasain | 51 | (10) |
| 1994–1996 | Eibar | 47 | (4) |
| 1996–2004 | Scunthorpe United | 239 | (34) |
| Total | 337 | (48) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alejandro "Alex" Calvo-García (born 1 January 1972), sometimes known as Jandro, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
[edit]García was born in Ordizia, Gipuzkoa. After unsuccessfully emerging through Real Sociedad's youth ranks and playing with amateurs SD Beasain, he started his professional career with local SD Eibar also in the Basque Country, often playing as a forward.[1][2] Over two seasons of in the Segunda División, he scored four goals in 47 games, two of those in a 2–2 away draw with CA Osasuna on 11 December 1994.[3][4][5]
In October 1996, aged 24, García joined English club Scunthorpe United on a free transfer.[1] On 29 May 1999, his goal in the play-off final against Leyton Orient secured The Iron promotion to the Second Division.[6]
During his spell at Glanford Park, García made 280 appearances and scored 45 times. He left at the end of the 2003–04 campaign, returning to Spain.[7]
Post-retirement
[edit]After retiring, García, alongside journalist Íñigo Gurruchaga, wrote a book about his days with Scunthorpe, called Scunthorpe hasta la muerte ("Scunthorpe until I die").[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alex Calvo-Garcia". The Guardian. 7 January 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Scunthorpe's cult heroes". BBC Sport. 11 February 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ Monreal, Félix (12 December 1994). "Megía Dávila enciende Sadar en el descuento" [Megía Dávila lights up Sadar in injury time]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ Buendía, Aitor (8 October 1995). "El Eibar derrota con justicia al Villarreal" [Eibar beat Villarreal fairly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ Buendía, Aitor (23 October 1995). "Los 'pepineros' merecen mejor suerte" [The 'pepineros' deserve better luck]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Garcia strike takes Iron up". BBC Sport. 29 May 1999. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ Luckings, Steve (2004). "Calvo-Garcia to call it a day". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "The book that tells the tale of Alex Calvo-Garcia and Scunthorpe United". This Is Scunthorpe. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
External links
[edit]- Alex Calvo-García at BDFutbol
- Alex Calvo-García at Soccerbase
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Ordizia
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Gipuzkoa
- Men's association football midfielders
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- SD Beasain footballers
- SD Eibar footballers
- English Football League players
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England