Juan José "Juanjo" Bezares Alarcón (born 17 May 1981) is a Spanish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Football career

Born in Guadiaro,

Province of Cádiz Cádiz is a Provinces of Spain, province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of ...

, Bezares started his career with

Real Balompédica Linense Real Balompédica Linense is a Spanish football team based in La Línea de la Concepción, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1912 it plays in , holding home matches at Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción with a ...

, playing his first four seasons as a senior in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

, where he also represented

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

's reserves. On 1 February 2004, with the latter, he made his first-team – and

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

– debut, fracturing his nose in a 0–1 away loss against

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

. In the 2004 summer, Bezares joined

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

, being promoted in his first season but suffering relegation in his second. In the 2007–08 campaign he again dropped down a level, but contributed with 15 matches to the 2009 promotion (only one start, however, in 232 minutes of action). Bezares moved abroad in January 2009, being loaned to

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

club

OFI Crete FC OFI Football Club (, ''Heraklion Sportsmen Club 1925 FC''), commonly referred to as OFI, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. It is part of the O.F.I. (sports club), OFI mul ...

. In August, he signed with

Unión Estepona CF Unión Estepona Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Estepona, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1995 and dissolved in 2014, it played its last season in Tercera División – Group 9, holding home matches at '' ...

in the same situation but, in January 2010, he terminated his contract and joined

AEP Paphos FC AEP Paphos (, ''Athlitiki Enosi Pafos''; "Athletic Union Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. AEP Paphos was dissolved on 9 June 2014, ...

in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

; one year later he changed teams and countries again, signing with

FC Aktobe Football Club Aktobe (), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional association football, football club based in Aktobe. They last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Ka ...

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. In January 2012, Bezares returned to Spain and joined Segunda B club

CF Villanovense Club de Fútbol Villanovense is a Spanish football team based in Villanueva de la Serena, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1992 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Romero Cuerda'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. ...

. On 21 July, after undergoing a successful trial, he signed with another third-tier side,

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

, leaving on 29 June of the following year after an agreement with the club for the extension of his contract was not reached.Juanjo Bezares no seguirà al Nàstic (Juanjo Bezares will not continue with Nàstic)
Gimnàstic Tarragona, 29 June 2013 (in Catalan)

References

External links

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Stats and bio at Cadistas1910

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bezares, Juanjo 1981 births Living people Footballers from San Roque, Cádiz Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Balompédica Linense footballers Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players Cádiz CF players CF Villanovense players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Eldense footballers Super League Greece players OFI Crete F.C. players Cypriot First Division players AEP Paphos FC players Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Aktobe players Gibraltar Premier Division players Europa F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Gibraltar Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan 21st-century Spanish sportsmen