Alejandro 'Álex' Zambrano Martín (born 4 August 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Icelandic club Dalvík/Reynir as a midfielder.
Club career Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Zambrano was a product of Recreativo de Huelva's youth system. He made his senior debut with their reserves in the 2009–10 season, in the Tercera División.Ale Zambrano, mando y personalidad en el centro del campo (Ale Zambrano, command and personality in midfield); Association of Spanish Footballers, 17 August 2023 (in Spanish)
Zambrano was promoted to the first team for the 2011–12 campaign, with the Andalusians in the Segunda División. He made his league debut on 27 August, starting and being booked in a 1–0 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.El Deportivo suda su primer triunfo en Segunda (Deportivo sweat to get first win in Segunda); Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish)
On 25 August 2012, Zambrano terminated his contract with Recre and signed for Villarreal CF B in the same league.Se desvincula para firmar por el Villarreal B (Cuts ties to sign for Villarreal B); Huelva Hoy, 25 August 2012 (in Spanish) He moved to another reserve team in July 2013, Sporting de Gijón B from Segunda División B.El Sporting B ficha al centrocampista Álex Zambrano (Sporting B sign midfielder Álex Zambrano); El Comercio, 17 July 2013 (in Spanish)
On 18 August 2014, Zambrano joined CD San Roque de Lepe also in the third tier.Álex Zambrano ficha por el San Roque de Lepe (Álex Zambrano signs for San Roque de Lepe); La Nueva España, 18 August 2014 (in Spanish) On 16 July of the following year, he returned to his first club Recreativo after agreeing to a two-year deal.Alejandro Zambrano regresa al Recre y ficha por dos temporadas (Alejandro Zambrano returns to Recre and signs for two seasons); Huelva 24, 16 July 2015 (in Spanish)
Zambrano left the Estadio Nuevo Colombino in the summer of 2018, signing with third-division side CD Don Benito.Álex Zambrano, otro onubense que será rival del Recreativo (Álex Zambrano, another Huelva-born who will be rival of Recreativo); Diario de Huelva, 13 July 2018 (in Spanish) He remained in the lower leagues subsequently, and also played in Iceland with Ungmennafélagið Afturelding and Dalvík/Reynir; additionally, still before his retirement, he worked at the latter's academy.Alejandro Zambrano, el onubense que encontró en Islandia fútbol, vida y una lección inolvidable entre niños autistas (Alejandro Zambrano, the Huelva native who found football, life and an unforgettable lesson among autistic children in Iceland); Huelva 24, 6 December 2025 (in Spanish)
Personal life Zambrano's father and uncle, respectively Manuel and Antonio, were also footballers. They too represented Recreativo professionally; during his spell there, the former also acted as the club's president.Luto en el Recre por la muerte de Antonio Zambrano (Mourning at Recre for the death of Antonio Zambrano); Huelva Hoy, 1 July 2015 (in Spanish)Álex Zambrano: “Ser el hijo del presidente del Recreativo me ha perjudicado más que beneficiado” (Álex Zambrano: "Being the son of the president of Recreativo has hurt me more than it has done me good"); Diario de Huelva, 24 August 2018 (in Spanish)
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