Alejandro "Alex" Calvo García (born 1 January 1972), sometimes known as Jandro, is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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Football career

After unsuccessfully emerging through

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

's youth ranks and playing with amateurs

SD Beasain Sociedad Deportiva Beasain is a Spanish football team based in Beasain, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1905 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Estadio Loinaz'', with a capacity of ...

, Jandro started his professional career with local

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

also in the

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, often playing as a

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. In two seasons of play which were spent in the

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, he amassed totals of 47 games and four goals. In 1996, aged 24, García joined English club

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

. On 29 May 1999, his goal in the play-off final against

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secured ''The Iron'' promotion to the second level.

Post-retirement

After retiring, Calvo, alongside

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Íñigo Gurruchaga, wrote a book about his days with Scunthorpe, called ''Scunthorpe hasta la muerte'' ("Scunthorpe until I die").The book that tells the tale of Alex Calvo-Garcia and Scunthorpe United
; This Is Scunthorpe, 7 June 2010

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calvo-Garcia, Alex 1972 births Living people People from Ordizia Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Sociedad B footballers SD Eibar footballers English Football League players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England SD Beasain footballers Footballers from Gipuzkoa