Alberto Lora

Alberto Lora
Lora in action for Sporting Gijón (2014)
Personal information
Full name Alberto Lora Ramos
Date of birth (1987-03-25) 25 March 1987
Place of birth Móstoles, Spain
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Omonia
Number 15
Youth career
1998–1999 Móstoles
1999–2006 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Sporting B 39 (4)
2007–2018 Sporting Gijón 255 (5)
2018– Omonia 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2018

Alberto Lora Ramos (born 25 March 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back who plays for Cypriot club AC Omonia.

He spent almost his entire professional career with Sporting de Gijón, playing 267 matches across all competitions after signing in 2006.[1]

Football career

Lora was born in Móstoles, Community of Madrid. A Real Madrid trainee, he served as co-captain for the Juvenil team in the 2005–06 season alongside Javier Velayos, and played in 33 games as the club won the Champions Cup of the category. He started his career as a midfielder.[1]

The following summer, Lora moved to Sporting de Gijón. Mainly registered with their reserves, he played once with the main squad during the 2007–08 campaign (a 0–1 home loss against Celta de Vigo),[2] as the Asturians eventually returned from the second division after ten years.

In 2009–10, due to longtime starter Rafel Sastre's age, Lora was successfully reconverted into right back.[3] He ended up as the undisputed first-choice in that position, playing nearly 2,800 minutes as Sporting avoided La Liga relegation as 15th; in the following season, his individual numbers were even better – he was the player with more minutes in the squad, leading the following player by nearly 700 minutes – as the team's final position.

On 25 March 2012, the day of his 25th birthday, Lora scored his first goal as a professional, netting in the last-minute to earn Sporting a point against Athletic Bilbao, in a 1–1 away draw.[4] He rarely missed a match from 2012 to 2016, with the latter campaign being spent in the top level.[5]

On 12 June 2018, Lora announced his departure from Sporting after 12 years at the El Molinón.[6] On 4 September, he moved abroad and joined Cypriot First Division club AC Omonia on a two-year contract.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Javier Barrio (17 June 2018). "El futbolista que rompió el molde" [The footballer who broke the mould]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "El Celta gana por la mínima y acaba con un Sporting invicto" [Celta win by the odd goal and end undefeated Sporting]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 29 October 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Preciado estudia adelantar a Lora contra el Racing" [Preciado plans on playing Lora up front against Racing]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 6 January 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Lora nets late Gijon equaliser". ESPN Soccernet. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Sergio Rodríguez Calabozo (10 June 2016). "Sporting de Gijón 2015/2016: Lora, un correcaminos en la banda derecha" [Sporting de Gijón 2015/2016: Lora, a roadrunner on the right flank] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Emocionada despedida de Lora" [Teary Lora farewell] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Alberto Lora" [Alberto Lora is a footballer of Omonia] (in Greek). AC Omonia. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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