Alberto Belsué

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Belsué and the second or maternal family name is Arias.

Alberto Belsué
Personal information
Full name Alberto Belsué Arias
Date of birth (1968-03-02) 2 March 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1978–1986 Stadium Casablanca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Endesa Andorra 32 (1)
1988–1998 Zaragoza 277 (7)
1998–1999 Alavés 22 (0)
1999–2000 Numancia 20 (0)
2000–2001 Iraklis 7 (0)
Total 358 (8)
International career
1994–1996 Spain 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Belsué Arias (born 2 March 1968) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a right-back.

He amassed La Liga totals of 319 matches and seven goals over 12 seasons, representing in the competition Zaragoza, Alavés and Numancia and winning two titles with the first club.

Club career

Belsué was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After beginning with lowly Endesa de Andorra as a sweeper,[1] he joined La Liga club Real Zaragoza, where he would make 345 competitive appearances,[2] starting in the side's two major conquests in the decade: the 1994 Copa del Rey and the following year's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[3][4]

Following stints with Deportivo Alavés and CD Numancia[5]– in both cases barely avoiding top-flight relegation – Belsué retired after an abroad spell with Greece's Iraklis FC, aged 33.[1]

International career

A Spanish international for two years, Belsué made his debut on 16 November 1994 in a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier 3–0 win against Denmark in Seville (90 minutes played).[6] He appeared in two of the nation's four matches in the final stages in England, converting his attempt in the quarter-final penalty shootout loss to the hosts.[7]

Honours

Zaragoza

References

  1. ^ a b "Alberto Belsué: "Me siento profeta en mi tierra y me dolió no poder retirarme aquí"" [Alberto Belsué: "I feel like a prophet in my homeland and it hurt not being able to retire here"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. ^ Lahoz, Raúl (10 March 2021). "Zapater ingresará el viernes en Vallecas en el 'top 10' zaragocista" [Zapater to enter Zaragoza's top 10 Friday in Vallecas]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "1994/95: Nayim's bolt from the blue sinks Arsenal". UEFA. 1 June 1995. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  4. ^ "¿Qué fue de 'los héroes de París'?" [What happened to the 'heroes of Paris'?]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 4 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  6. ^ Domènech, Joan (17 November 1994). "España pone proa hacia Inglaterra" [Spain hoist sail towards England]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Hosts England reach EURO '96 semis with shoot-out defeat of Spain". UEFA. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  8. ^ Giménez, Paco (20 April 2016). "22 años de esta gozada" [22th anniversary of this blast]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.

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