José_Javier_Barkero
José Barkero
Spanish footballer
José Javier Barkero Saludes (born 27 April 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer. A left-footed attacking midfielder, he possessed a powerful long-range shot.
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Barkero celebrates a goal for Levante in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Javier Barkero Saludes | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-04-27) 27 April 1979 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Aretxabaleta, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | → Toulouse (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Eibar (loan) | 41 | (6) |
| 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 | 491 | (101) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Spain U18 | 13 | (3) |
| 1999 | Spain U20 | 7 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Aretxabaleta | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He amassed La Liga totals of 159 games and 30 goals over one decade, representing in the competition Real Sociedad, Numancia and Levante. He added 233 matches and 43 goals in the Segunda División in eight seasons, with five clubs including the second.
Born in Aretxabaleta, Gipuzkoa, Barkero came from the youth system of Real Sociedad, playing one game with the first team in 1998–99. Over eight seasons he appeared sporadically for the Basque club (17 La Liga matches maximum, in 2005–06), and served loans at SD Eibar, Polideportivo Ejido and France's Toulouse FC.
For the 2006–07 campaign, Barkero joined Albacete Balompié in the Segunda División, where he remained two seasons as an undisputed starter. He scored 11 goals in his second year.[1]
After CD Numancia achieved promotion to the top flight, Barkero moved to the team from Soria in July 2008. On 14 September he netted from a wonderful long-range strike in a 4–3 away defeat against Real Madrid,[2] and added four more goals in the first 12 games. He finished his first season as the side's top scorer at 12, but they were eventually relegated as second-bottom.[3]
Barkero scored 15 times for Numancia in the 2010–11 campaign, leading his team in that department in an eventual mid-table finish.[4] Aged 32, he returned to the top division for 2011–12, agreeing to a two-year contract at Levante UD.[5]
Barkero netted five league goals in his second season with the Valencians (seven overall). However, late into the campaign, he also accused teammates Sergio Ballesteros, Juanlu and Gustavo Munúa of lack of commitment during a 4–0 home loss to Deportivo de La Coruña, which led to several match fixing allegations.[6][7]
In February 2015, after one year with Real Zaragoza in the second tier, 35-year-old Barkero decided to retire from football after not being able to find a new club.[8]
Barkero scored twice to help Spain win the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, including once in the 4–0 final rout of Japan.[9][10]
Spain U20
- "Yordi, del Xerez, máximo goleador con 20 tantos" [Yordi, of Xerez, top scorer with 20 goals] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- Real Madrid 4–3 Numancia; ESPN Soccernet, 14 September 2008
- Carretero, Rodrigo (17 April 2011). "Barkero, la zurda del Numancia" [Barkero, Numancia's lefty]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia] (in Spanish). Desde Soria. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- El Levante ficha por dos temporadas a Barkero (Levante sign Barkero for two seasons); Marca, 19 May 2011 (in 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") Archived 22 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 15 February 2015 (in Spanish)
- Sanz, Óscar (19 April 1999). "España sigue soñando" [Spain dream on]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "Así fue la final que cambió la historia del fútbol español hace dos décadas" [That is how the final that changed history of Spanish football two decades ago went down] (in Spanish). Madrid: ABC. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- García, Miguel Ángel (17 April 2009). "Qué fue de los campeones del mundo sub20" [What happened to the under-20 world champions] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- José Barkero at BDFutbol
- José Barkero – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- José Barkero – FIFA competition record (archived)
- José Barkero at Soccerway