Alejandro Rodríguez López (born 17 June 1964) is a retired Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a right-back.

Football career

Born in

Albacete Albacete ( , , ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete. Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the area around the city is known as Los Llan ...

, Castile-La Mancha, he began his career at hometown club

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

. He made his debut on the opening day of the 1985–86

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season on 1 September, playing the entirety of a goalless draw with

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club ha ...

, and played nine more games as the campaign ended with relegation. In 1988, he joined

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Nou E ...

also of the second tier, and played 32 games as they won the division, scoring to conclude a 5–1 win at

UD Alzira Unión Deportiva Alzira is a Spanish football team based in Alzira, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1946, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Luis Suñer Picó'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. History From 1943 o ...

on 4 June 1989. After playing the 1989–90 season in

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for the

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, he transferred to another top-flight team,

Real Burgos CF Real Burgos Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1983, it ceased to compete in 1996 and returned in 2011, holding home games at ''Complejo Deportivo San Amaro'' ...

, playing regularly over three campaigns. After Burgos' relegation in 1993, Alejandro returned to Albacete, now also in the highest division. He played the next two seasons for them, scoring on 9 January 1994 as they came from behind to earn a 2–2 draw at home to

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

. He retired in 1996, after being used sparingly in a season at

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

References

* 1964 births Living people Footballers from Albacete Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Albacete Balompié players CD Castellón footballers Real Burgos CF footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-defender-stub