Alejandro Zambrano

Álex Zambrano
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Zambrano Martín
Date of birth (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991
Place of birth Huelva, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dalvík/Reynir
Number 4
Youth career
2002–2009 Recreativo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Recreativo B 26 (7)
2011–2012 Recreativo 19 (0)
2012–2013 Villarreal B 17 (1)
2013–2014 Sporting Gijón B 26 (2)
2014–2015 San Roque 31 (3)
2015–2018 Recreativo 67 (3)
2018–2019 Don Benito 33 (2)
2019–2020 Afturelding 25 (1)
2021 Yeclano 16 (1)
2021–2022 Internacional Madrid 27 (0)
2022–2023 Antequera 18 (0)
2024– Dalvík/Reynir 21 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Alejandro 'Álex' Zambrano Martín (born 4 August 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Icelandic club Dalvík/Reynir as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Zambrano was a product of Recreativo de Huelva's youth system. He made his senior debut with their reserves in the 2009–10 season, in the Tercera División.[1]

Zambrano was promoted to the first team for the 2011–12 campaign, with the Andalusians in the Segunda División. He made his league debut on 27 August, starting and being booked in a 1–0 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.[2]

On 25 August 2012, Zambrano terminated his contract with Recre and signed for Villarreal CF B in the same league.[3] He moved to another reserve team in July 2013, Sporting de Gijón B from Segunda División B.[4]

On 18 August 2014, Zambrano joined CD San Roque de Lepe also in the third tier.[5] On 16 July of the following year, he returned to his first club Recreativo after agreeing to a two-year deal.[6]

Zambrano left the Estadio Nuevo Colombino in the summer of 2018, signing with third-division side CD Don Benito.[7] He remained in the lower leagues subsequently, and also played in Iceland with Ungmennafélagið Afturelding and Dalvík/Reynir; additionally, still before his retirement, he worked at the latter's academy.[8]

Personal life

Zambrano's father and uncle, respectively Manuel and Antonio, were also footballers. They too represented Recreativo professionally; during his spell there, the former also acted as the club's president.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Ale Zambrano, mando y personalidad en el centro del campo (Ale Zambrano, command and personality in midfield); Association of Spanish Footballers, 17 August 2023 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ El Deportivo suda su primer triunfo en Segunda (Deportivo sweat to get first win in Segunda); Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Se desvincula para firmar por el Villarreal B (Cuts ties to sign for Villarreal B); Huelva Hoy, 25 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Sporting B ficha al centrocampista Álex Zambrano (Sporting B sign midfielder Álex Zambrano); El Comercio, 17 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Álex Zambrano ficha por el San Roque de Lepe (Álex Zambrano signs for San Roque de Lepe); La Nueva España, 18 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Alejandro Zambrano regresa al Recre y ficha por dos temporadas (Alejandro Zambrano returns to Recre and signs for two seasons); Huelva 24, 16 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Álex Zambrano, otro onubense que será rival del Recreativo (Álex Zambrano, another Huelva-born who will be rival of Recreativo); Diario de Huelva, 13 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Alejandro Zambrano, el onubense que encontró en Islandia fútbol, vida y una lección inolvidable entre niños autistas (Alejandro Zambrano, the Huelva native who found football, life and an unforgettable lesson among autistic children in Iceland); Huelva 24, 6 December 2025 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Luto en el Recre por la muerte de Antonio Zambrano (Mourning at Recre for the death of Antonio Zambrano); Huelva Hoy, 1 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Álex Zambrano: “Ser el hijo del presidente del Recreativo me ha perjudicado más que beneficiado” (Álex Zambrano: "Being the son of the president of Recreativo has hurt me more than it has done me good"); Diario de Huelva, 24 August 2018 (in Spanish)
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