Gaspar Gálvez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gálvez and the second or maternal family name is Burgos.
Gaspar Gálvez
Personal information
Full name Gaspar Gálvez Burgos
Date of birth (1979-07-07) 7 July 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Córdoba, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Séneca
Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Atlético B 31 (0)
1998–2000 Atlético Madrid 36 (0)
2001 Oviedo 18 (0)
2001–2003 Valladolid 36 (0)
2003–2004 Atlético Madrid 27 (0)
2004–2005 Albacete 25 (1)
2005–2008 Alavés 80 (1)
2008–2013 Córdoba 103 (2)
2013–2014 Mirandés 8 (0)
2014–2015 Huesca 17 (1)
Total 381 (5)
International career
1998 Spain U18 1 (0)
1998–2000 Spain U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gaspar Gálvez Burgos (born 7 July 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defender.

He started his career with Atlético Madrid, and went on amass La Liga totals of 156 games and one goal during eight seasons, also representing in the competition Oviedo, Valladolid, Albacete and Alavés. He added 208 matches and three goals in Segunda División, mainly at the service of Córdoba.

Club career

Gaspar was born in Córdoba, Andalusia. A product of Atlético Madrid's youth system, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 3 January 1999 in a 3–2 away win against Racing de Santander where he came on as a late substitute,[1] and alternated between the A and the B-sides for several years; at the end of his second professional season, the former were relegated.

After a six-month spell at Real Oviedo, with another top flight relegation, Gaspar signed with Real Valladolid for two seasons, after which he was re-bought by Atlético. He was released after one year, and was subsequently successively relegated from the top division with Albacete Balompié (where he scored his first goal as a professional, in a 1–1 draw at Levante UD on 18 December 2004)[2] and Deportivo Alavés.

Gaspar then played two more years in the second level with the Basques, returning to hometown's Córdoba CF in 2008 also in that tier and alternating between the starting XI and the bench until his release in June 2013.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "El Atlético engrasa la maquinaria" [Atlético grease up machinery]. ABC (in Spanish). 4 January 1999. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Levante y Albacete empatan en un polémico partido" [Levante y Albacete draw in controversial match]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 18 December 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. ^ Ortiz, Ángel (15 May 2013). "Gaspar, "a Berges no se le ha hecho la cama"" [Gaspar, "we were not out to get Berges"]. Diario Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Gaspar Gálvez "Estoy en otra etapa, pero sigo siguiendo a mi Córdoba"" [Gaspar Gálvez «I have moved on, but I still follow my Córdoba»]. ABC (in Spanish). 22 November 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2018.