José Javier Barkero Saludes (born 27 April 1979) is a Spanish former professional
footballer
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. A left-footed
attacking midfielder
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, he possessed a powerful long-range shot.
He amassed
La Liga
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totals of 159 games and 30 goals over one decade, representing in the competition
Real Sociedad
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,
Numancia and
Levante. He added 233 matches and 43 goals in the
Segunda División
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in eight seasons, with five clubs including the second.
Club career
Born in
Aretxabaleta
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,
Gipuzkoa
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, Barkero came from the youth system of
Real Sociedad
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, playing one game with the first team in
1998–99. Over eight seasons he appeared sporadically for the
Basque club (17
La Liga
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matches maximum, in
2005–06), and served loans at
SD Eibar
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Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...
,
Polideportivo Ejido
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and France's
Toulouse FC
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.
For the
2006–07 campaign, Barkero joined
Albacete Balompié in the
Segunda División
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, where he remained two seasons as an undisputed starter. He scored 11 goals in his
second year.
After
CD Numancia
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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
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, 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.
Barkero scored 15 times for Numancia in the
2010–11 campaign, leading his team in that department in an eventual mid-table finish. Aged 32, he returned to the top division for
2011–12, agreeing to a two-year contract at
Levante UD
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Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...
.
Barkero netted five league goals in his
second season with the
Valencians
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(seven overall). However, late into the campaign, he also accused teammates
Sergio Ballesteros
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He started and finished his 19-year professional career with Levante, amassing La Liga totals of 387 games and e ...
,
Juanlu and
Gustavo Munúa
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After starting out at Nacional he spent most of his professional career in S ...
of lack of commitment during a 4–0 home loss to
Deportivo de La Coruña, which led to several
match fixing
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allegations.
In February 2015, after
one year
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Prod ...
with
Real Zaragoza
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in the second tier, 35-year-old Barkero decided to retire from football after not being able to find a new club.
International career
Barkero scored twice to help
Spain
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win the
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
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, including once in the 4–0 final rout of
Japan
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.
Honours
Spain U20
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FIFA World Youth Championship
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:
1999
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References
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1979 births
Living people
People from Debagoiena
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Real Sociedad B footballers
Real Sociedad footballers
SD Eibar footballers
Polideportivo Ejido footballers
Albacete Balompié players
CD Numancia players
Levante UD footballers
Real Zaragoza players
Ligue 1 players
Toulouse FC players
Spain men's youth international footballers
Spain men's under-21 international footballers
Basque Country men's international footballers
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France
Spanish football managers
Footballers from Gipuzkoa