Alberto Lora Ramos (born 25 March 1987) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

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. He spent most of his professional career with

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, playing 267 matches across all competitions after signing in 2006.

Club career

Sporting Gijón

Lora was born in Móstoles, Community of Madrid. A

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trainee, he served as co-captain for the ''Juvenil'' team in the 2005–06 season alongside Javier Velayos, and played 33 games as the club won the Champions Cup of the category. He started his career as a

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. The following summer, Lora moved to

. Mainly registered with their reserves, he played once with the main squad during the 2007–08 campaign (a 0–1 home loss against

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), as the

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eventually returned from the

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after ten years. In 2009–10, due to longtime starter

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's age, Lora was successfully reconverted into

. He ended up as the undisputed first choice in that position, playing nearly 2,800 minutes as Sporting avoided

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relegation as 15th. The following season, his individual numbers were even better – he was the player with more minutes in the squad, leading the following player by nearly 700 minutes – as the team's final position. On 25 March 2012, the day of his 25th birthday, Lora scored his first goal as a professional, in the last-minute to earn his side a point against

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, in a 1–1 away draw. He rarely missed a match from

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, with the latter campaign being spent in the top flight. Lora announced his departure from Sporting on 12 June 2018, after 12 years at the '' El Molinón''.

Omonia

On 4 September 2018, the 31-year-old Lora moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Cypriot First Division club AC Omonia on a two-year contract. On 9 March 2019, he terminated the contract with AC Omonia to, after that season in the highest category of

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football, El Marino de Luanco to confirm the signing of Alberto Lora and he is currently part of the squad.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Sporting Gijón official profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lora, Alberto 1987 births Living people People from Móstoles Spanish footballers Footballers from the Community of Madrid Association football defenders Association football midfielders Association football utility players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players Marino de Luanco footballers Cypriot First Division players AC Omonia players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus