José Barkero
 Barkero celebrates a goal for Levante in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Javier Barkero Saludes | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Aretxabaleta, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1991 | Aretxabaleta | ||
| 1991–1996 | Real Sociedad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1999 | Real Sociedad B | 96 | (28) |
| 1998–2006 | Real Sociedad | 62 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | → Toulouse (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Eibar (loan) | 41 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | → Poli Ejido (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Albacete | 66 | (13) |
| 2008–2011 | Numancia | 114 | (33) |
| 2011–2013 | Levante | 60 | (12) |
| 2013–2014 | Zaragoza | 29 | (3) |
| Total | 500 | (101) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Spain U18 | 13 | (3) |
| 1999 | Spain U20 | 7 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
José Javier Barkero Saludes (born 27 April 1979) is a Spanish retired professional footballer. A left-footed attacking midfielder, he possessed a powerful long-range shot.
He amassed La Liga totals of 159 games and 30 goals over the course of one full decade, representing in the competition Real Sociedad, Numancia and Levante. He added 233/43 in Segunda División during eight seasons, with five different clubs including the second.
Club career
Born in Aretxabaleta, Gipuzkoa, Barkero came from the youth system of Real Sociedad, appearing in one game with the first team in 1998–99. During eight seasons he appeared sporadically for the Basque club (17 La Liga matches maximum, in the 2005–06 campaign), and served loans at SD Eibar, Polideportivo Ejido and France's Toulouse FC.
In 2006–07 Barkero joined Albacete Balompié in the second division, where he remained for two seasons as an undisputed starter. He scored 11 goals in his second year.
After CD Numancia gained promotion to the top flight, Barkero moved to the team from Soria in July 2008. On 14 September he scored a wonderful long-range strike in a 3–4 defeat at Real Madrid,[1] and netted five times in the first 11 games; he finished his first season as the side's top scorer at 12, but it was eventually relegated as second from bottom.
Barkero scored 15 goals for Numancia in the 2010–11 campaign, leading his team in that department in an eventual mid-table finish. Aged 32, he returned to the top division for 2011–12, agreeing to a two-year contract with Levante UD.[2]
Barkero netted five league goals in his second season with the Valencian (seven overall). However, late into the campaign, he also accused teammates Sergio Ballesteros, Juanlu and Gustavo Munúa of lack of commitment during a 0–4 home loss against Deportivo de La Coruña, which led to several match-fixing allegations.[3][4]
In February 2015, after one year with Real Zaragoza in the second level, 35-year-old Barkero decided to retire from football after not being able to find a new club.[5]
International career
Barkero scored twice to help Spain win the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, including once in the 4–0 final routing of Japan.[6]
Honours
- Spain U20
References
- ↑ Real Madrid 4–3 Numancia; ESPN Soccernet, 14 September 2008
- ↑ El Levante ficha por dos temporadas a Barkero (Levante signs Barkero for two seasons); Marca, 19 May 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Incendio en el vestuario del Levante por las acusaciones de amaño entre jugadores (Fire in Levante locker room for match-fixing accusations between players); Libertad Digital, 1 May 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Levante thrown into doubt; Football España, 6 May 2013
- ↑ “Me retiro con la espina de no haber triunfado en la Real” (“I retire with not having made it with Real as a thorn in my side”); Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 15 February 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ José Barkero – FIFA competition record
External links
- José Barkero profile at BDFutbol
- José Barkero – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
- José Barkero profile at Soccerway