Pablo Alcolea

Pablo Alcolea Guerrero (born 23 March 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alcolea and the second or maternal family name is Guerrero.
Pablo Alcolea
Personal information
Full name Pablo Alcolea Guerrero
Date of birth (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Universidad Zaragoza 10 (0)
2009–2013 Zaragoza B 58 (0)
2012–2017 Zaragoza 10 (0)
2016–2017 → Toledo (loan) 37 (0)
2017–2018 Toledo 32 (0)
2018–2019 Salamanca 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2018

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Alcolea played his first season as a senior with amateurs CD Universidad de Zaragoza, Real Zaragoza's farm team. He returned to the latter in the summer of 2009, going on to spend several years with the B-side.

On 22 February 2013, as first-choice Roberto being unavailable due to injury, Alcolea was named on the bench for a La Liga match against Valencia CF.[1] He made his debut in the competition the following day, replacing field player José Mari in the 79th minute of a 2–2 home draw after Leo Franco was sent off.[2]

On 1 March 2013, Alcolea was handed his first start, featuring in a 0–2 loss at Getafe CF.[3] He was definitely promoted to the main squad in the 2013–14 campaign, being a backup to Franco.

On 20 July 2016, Alcolea was loaned to Segunda División B club CD Toledo for one year.[4] On 31 July of the following year, he joined on a permanent basis after cutting ties with Zaragoza.[5]

References
  1. Convocatoria para el Real Zaragoza – Valencia (Callup for Real Zaragoza – Valencia); Real Zaragoza, 22 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. Real blow lead Archived 6 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN FC, 23 February 2013
  3. Getafe boost Euro chances Archived 6 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN FC, 1 March 2013
  4. Acuerdo con el Toledo para la cesión de Pablo Alcolea la próxima temporada (Agreement with Toledo for the loan of Pablo Alcolea the next season); Real Zaragoza, 20 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  5. Oficial: Alcolea rescinde y se marcha al Toledo (Official: Alcolea cuts ties and goes to Toledo); Diario AS, 31 July 2017 (in Spanish)
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