Alberto Lora Ramos (born 25 March 1987) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Marino de Luanco Club Marino de Luanco is a Spanish football team based in Luanco, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1931 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Miramar'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. History Marino Luanco was founde ...

. He spent most of his professional career with

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

, playing 267 matches across all competitions after signing in 2006.

Club career

Sporting Gijón

Lora was born in

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. A

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trainee, he served as co-captain for the ''Juvenil'' team in the 2005–06 season alongside Javier Velayos, and played 33 games as the club won the Champions Cup of the category. He started his career as a

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. The following summer, Lora moved to

. Mainly registered with their reserves, he played once with the main squad during the 2007–08 campaign (a 0–1 home loss against

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

), as the

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eventually returned from the

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after ten years. In 2009–10, due to longtime starter Rafel Sastre's age, Lora was successfully reconverted into

. He ended up as the undisputed first choice in that position, playing nearly 2,800 minutes as Sporting avoided

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relegation as 15th. The following season, his individual numbers were even better – he was the player with more minutes in the squad, leading the following player by nearly 700 minutes – as the team's final position. On 25 March 2012, the day of his 25th birthday, Lora scored his first goal as a professional, in the last-minute to earn his side a point against

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, in a 1–1 away draw. He rarely missed a match from

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, with the latter campaign being spent in the top flight. Lora announced his departure from Sporting on 12 June 2018, after 12 years at the

El Molinón Estadio El Molinón (), officially Estadio Municipal El Molinón-Enrique Castro "Quini", is an association football stadium in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Sporting de Gijón, Real Sporting de Gijón. With a capacity ...

Later career

On 4 September 2018, the 31-year-old Lora moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined

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club

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also Romanization of Greek, transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional multi-sport club, esta ...

on a two-year contract. He returned to Spain in summer 2019, however, going on to spend several seasons in the lower leagues with

Career statistics

References

External links

Sporting Gijón official profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lora, Alberto 1987 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Móstoles Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Men's association football utility players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players Marino de Luanco footballers Cypriot First Division players AC Omonia players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus