Alejandro "Álex" Barrera García (born 12 May 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.
Club career Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Barrera joined neighbouring Sporting de Gijón's youth academy in 1998, aged seven. He made his senior debut with the reserve team on 21 March 2010 against CD Toledo,0–1: El Toledo vence en Gijón al Sporting B (0–1: Toledo beat Sporting B in Gijón); ABC, 22 March 2010 (in Spanish) and went on to be a regular starter for the reserves in the following Segunda División B seasons.
On 19 August 2012, Barrera made his first official appearance with the main squad, starting in a 2–0 defeat at CD Numancia in the Segunda División.El Sporting se estrella en su debut en Soria (Sporting crash in debut in Soria); Marca, 19 August 2012 (in Spanish) In March 2013, he renewed his contract with Sporting until 2016.Alex Barrera renueva con el Sporting hasta el año 2016 (Alex Barrera renews with Sporting until 2016); Marca, 21 March 2013 (in Spanish)
Barrera scored his first competitive goal on 1 September 2013, the second in a 3–0 home win over RCD Mallorca.El Sporting gana con mucha autoridad (Sporting win with authority aplenty); El Comercio, 1 September 2013 (in Spanish) He contributed 11 matches – four starts – and one goal4–1 El Sporting golea a un Mirandés que asustó en la segunda parte (4–1 Sporting rout Mirandés that scared in second half); Mundo Deportivo, 22 February 2015 (in Spanish) in the 2014–15 campaign, as the club returned to La Liga after a three-year absence; his maiden appearance in the competition took place on 30 December 2015, when he came on as a late substitute in the 2–0 away loss to SD Eibar.Keko y Bastón sonríen al fin de año (Keko and Bastón smile at the end of the year); Marca, 30 December 2015 (in Spanish)
On 11 July 2016, Barrera signed a two-year contract with Real Zaragoza of the second division.Álex Barrera, refuerzo para el centro del campo zaragocista (Álex Barrera, addition to Zaragoza's midfield); Real Zaragoza, 11 July 2016 (in Spanish) On 31 August of the following year, after being sparingly used, he moved to division three side Extremadura UD,Alex Barrera, la guinda para los 5.000 socios del Extremadura (Alex Barrera, icing on the cake for the 5,000 associates of Extremadura); El Periódico Extremadura, 31 August 2017 (in Spanish) helping achieve a first-ever promotion to the former tier in 2018.El Extremadura logra el ascenso a Segunda división (Extremadura achieve promotion to Second division); Marca, 24 June 2018 (in Spanish)
Barrera equalised a 1–1 away draw against Real Oviedo on 19 August 2018, scoring Extremadura's maiden goal in the second division.Álex Barrera ya está en la historia del Extremadura (Álex Barrera has entered Extremadura's history books); Diario AS, 20 August 2018 (in Spanish) The following 31 January, however, he terminated his contract with the club.
Honours Bengaluru Indian Super League: 2018–19
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