José Álamo Delgado (5 December 1903 – 20 April 1940) was a Spanish
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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for
Espanyol and
Real Oviedo
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. He was also international with the
Catalan national team on one occasion in 1930.
Club career
Born on 5 December 1903 in
Las Palmas
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,
Canary Islands
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, Álamo began his career in his hometown club in 1925. In 1929, Espanyol paid 25,000
pesetas for his services and those of
Manuel Espino.
Álamo only stayed in Espanyol for one season, playing nine
La Liga
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matches and scoring two goals,
[ the second of which in a famous 8–1 trashing of ]Real Madrid
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on 5 March 1930.
Despite having a wonderful pass, Álamo failed to adapt to Espanyol's sporting environment due to "homesickness", missing his warm island homeland, so he returned to Las Palmas at the end of the 1929–30 season before leaving again in October with the intention of returning to Espanyol.[ The journalist of this interview noted that "Álamo never stops taking out packs and packs of Canarian cigarettes from the pockets of his trench coat, his jacket, even his shirt!".][
Despite his desire to play, Álamo was unable to rejoin Espanyol and ended up at Real Oviedo, where he again only played for one season (1930–31),][ scoring 7 goals in 16 official matches.
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International career
As a Espanyol player, Álamo was eligible to play for the Catalan national team, making his debut against Real Zaragoza
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on 22 June 1930, in a tribute match to Rini in Zaragoza
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, in which he scored his side's only goal in a 3–1 loss.
Later life and death
Álamo died on 20 April 1940, at the age of 36.
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1903 births
1940 deaths
Footballers from Las Palmas
Spanish men's footballers
Catalonia men's international footballers
La Liga players
Men's association football forwards
RCD Espanyol footballers
Real Oviedo players
20th-century Spanish sportsmen