José Barkero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barkeroand the second or maternal family name is Saludes.

José Barkero

Barkero celebrates a goal for Levante in 2012
Personal information
Full name	José Javier Barkero Saludes
Date of birth	(1979-04-27) 27 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Aretxabaleta, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1985–1991	Aretxabaleta
1991–1996	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1999	Real Sociedad B	96	(28)
1998–2006	Real Sociedad	62	(6)
2000	→ Toulouse (loan)	3	(0)
2001–2002	→ Eibar (loan)	41	(6)
2004	→ Poli Ejido (loan)	20	(0)
2006–2008	Albacete	66	(13)
2008–2011	Numancia	114	(33)
2011–2013	Levante	60	(12)
2013–2014	Zaragoza	29	(3)
Total		491	(101)
International career
1997–1998	Spain U18	13	(3)
1999	Spain U20	7	(2)
1999–2000	Spain U21	2	(0)
Managerial career
2016	Aretxabaleta
Medal record Representing   Spain Men's football FIFA World Youth Championship Winner 1999 Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Javier Barkero Saludes (born 27 April 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer. A left-footed attacking midfielder, he possessed a powerful long-range shot.

He amassed La Liga totals of 159 games and 30 goals over one decade, representing in the competition Real Sociedad, Numancia and Levante. He added 233 matches and 43 goals in the Segunda División in eight seasons, with five clubs including the second.

Club career

Born in Aretxabaleta, Gipuzkoa, Barkero came from the youth system of Real Sociedad, playing one game with the first team in 1998–99. Over eight seasons he appeared sporadically for the Basque club (17 La Liga matches maximum, in 2005–06), and served loans at SD Eibar, Polideportivo Ejido and France's Toulouse FC.

For the 2006–07 campaign, Barkero joined Albacete Balompié in the Segunda División, where he remained two seasons as an undisputed starter. He scored 11 goals in his second year. ^[1]

After CD Numancia achieved promotion to the top flight, Barkero moved to the team from Soria in July 2008. On 14 September he netted from a wonderful long-range strike in a 4–3 away defeat against Real Madrid, ^[2] and added four more goals in the first 12 games. He finished his first season as the side's top scorer at 12, but they were eventually relegated as second-bottom. ^[3]

Barkero scored 15 times for Numancia in the 2010–11 campaign, leading his team in that department in an eventual mid-table finish. ^[4] Aged 32, he returned to the top division for 2011–12, agreeing to a two-year contract at Levante UD. ^[5]

Barkero netted five league goals in his second season with the Valencians (seven overall). However, late into the campaign, he also accused teammates Sergio Ballesteros, Juanlu and Gustavo Munúa of lack of commitment during a 4–0 home loss to Deportivo de La Coruña, which led to several match fixing allegations. ^{[6] [7]}

In February 2015, after one year with Real Zaragoza in the second tier, 35-year-old Barkero decided to retire from football after not being able to find a new club. ^[8]

International career

Barkero scored twice to help Spain win the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, including once in the 4–0 final rout of Japan. ^{[9] [10]}

Honours

Spain U20

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1999 ^[11]

References

1. "Yordi, del Xerez, máximo goleador con 20 tantos" [Yordi, of Xerez, top scorer with 20 goals] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
2. Real Madrid 4–3 Numancia; ESPN Soccernet, 14 September 2008
3. Carretero, Rodrigo (17 April 2011). "Barkero, la zurda del Numancia" [Barkero, Numancia's lefty]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2018.
4. "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia] (in Spanish). Desde Soria. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
5. El Levante ficha por dos temporadas a Barkero (Levante sign Barkero for two seasons); Marca, 19 May 2011 (in Spanish)
6. Incendio en el vestuario del Levante por las acusaciones de amaño entre jugadores (Fire in Levante locker room for match-fixing accusations between players); Libertad Digital, 1 May 2013 (in Spanish)
7. Levante thrown into doubt; Football España, 6 May 2013
8. “Me retiro con la espina de no haber triunfado en la Real” ("I retire with not having made it with Real as a thorn in my side") Archived 22 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine ; Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 15 February 2015 (in Spanish)
9. Sanz, Óscar (19 April 1999). "España sigue soñando" [Spain dream on]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
10. "Así fue la final que cambió la historia del fútbol español hace dos décadas" [That is how the final that changed history of Spanish football two decades ago went down] (in Spanish). Madrid: ABC. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
11. García, Miguel Ángel (17 April 2009). "Qué fue de los campeones del mundo sub20" [What happened to the under-20 world champions] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 3 May 2017.

External links

• José Barkero at BDFutbol
• José Barkero – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• José Barkero – FIFA competition record (archived)
• José Barkero at Soccerway