Alberto Belsué Explained

Alberto Belsué
Fullname:Alberto Belsué Arias
Birth Date:2 March 1968
Birth Place:Zaragoza, Spain
Height:1.71 m
Position:Right-back
Youthyears1:1978–1986
Youthclubs1:Stadium Casablanca
Years1:1986–1988
Caps1:32
Goals1:1
Years2:1988–1998
Caps2:277
Goals2:7
Years3:1998–1999
Caps3:22
Goals3:0
Years4:1999–2000
Caps4:20
Goals4:0
Years5:2000–2001
Caps5:7
Goals5:0
Totalcaps:358
Totalgoals:8
Nationalyears1:1994–1996
Nationalcaps1:17
Nationalgoals1:0

Alberto Belsué Arias (born 2 March 1968) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a right-back.

He amassed La Liga totals of 319 matches and seven goals over 12 seasons, representing in the competition Zaragoza, Alavés and Numancia and winning two titles with the first club.

Club career

Belsué was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After beginning with lowly Endesa de Andorra as a sweeper,[1] he joined La Liga club Real Zaragoza, where he would make 345 competitive appearances,[2] starting in the side's two major conquests in the decade: the 1994 Copa del Rey and the following year's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[3] [4]

Following stints with Deportivo Alavés and CD Numancia[5] – in both cases barely avoiding top-flight relegation – Belsué retired after an abroad spell with Greece's Iraklis FC, aged 33.[1]

International career

A Spanish international for two years, Belsué made his debut on 16 November 1994 in a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier 3–0 win against Denmark in Seville (90 minutes played).[6] He appeared in two of the nation's four matches in the final stages in England, converting his attempt in the quarter-final penalty shootout loss to the hosts.[7]

Honours

Zaragoza

1993–94[8]

1994–95[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Alberto Belsué: "Me siento profeta en mi tierra y me dolió no poder retirarme aquí". Alberto Belsué: "I feel like a prophet in my homeland and it hurt not being able to retire here". El Periódico de Aragón. Spanish. 22 December 2014. 15 October 2023.
  2. News: Zapater ingresará el viernes en Vallecas en el ‘top 10’ zaragocista. Zapater to enter Zaragoza's top 10 Friday in Vallecas. Heraldo de Aragón. Raúl. Lahoz. Spanish. 10 March 2021. 15 October 2023.
  3. Web site: 1994/95: Nayim's bolt from the blue sinks Arsenal. UEFA. 1 June 1995. 21 March 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100822203449/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind%3D4/newsid%3D3429.html. 22 August 2010.
  4. News: ¿Qué fue de 'los héroes de París'?. What happened to the 'heroes of Paris'?. Heraldo de Aragón. Spanish. 4 May 2015. 9 June 2016.
  5. News: Breve enciclopedia numantina. Brief numantina encyclopedia. Desde Soria. Spanish. 29 May 2013. 13 October 2019.
  6. News: España pone proa hacia Inglaterra. Spain hoist sail towards England. Mundo Deportivo. Joan. Domènech. Spanish. 17 November 1994. 21 March 2014.
  7. Web site: Hosts England reach EURO '96 semis with shoot-out defeat of Spain. UEFA. 6 October 2003. 21 March 2014.
  8. News: 22 años de esta gozada. 22th anniversary of this blast. Heraldo de Aragón. Paco. Giménez. Spanish. 20 April 2016. 16 October 2023.