Julián Vara

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vara and the second or maternal family name is López.
Julián Vara
Personal information
Full name Julián Vara López
Date of birth (1983-11-17) 17 November 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Las Rozas, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Atlético Madrid B 58 (7)
2004–2005 → Las Rozas (loan) 34 (7)
2006–2008 Atlético Madrid 2 (0)
2007–2008 → Celta (loan) 13 (0)
2008–2009 Huesca 21 (2)
2009–2010 Alcorcón 26 (5)
2010–2011 Ilioupolis 10 (1)
2011–2012 Torrijos 20 (7)
2012–2016 Aranjuez
2018 Villacañas 1 (0)
Total 185 (29)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julián Vara López (born 17 November 1983) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder.

Club career

Vara was born in Las Rozas de Madrid, Community of Madrid. A product of Atlético Madrid's youth academy, he spent most of his spell there with their reserves,[1] only appearing twice for the first team: in rounds #37 and #38 of the 2005–06 season, he played ten minutes against Valencia CF and Real Betis, both ending in 1–1 La Liga draws.[2][3]

In the 2007–08 campaign, Vara served a loan at RC Celta de Vigo in the Segunda División,[4] being rarely used while often deployed as a right-back.[5] After another spell in that league with SD Huesca,[6] he resumed his career in the lower levels of his country, scoring six goals as AD Alcorcón promoted to the second tier for the first time ever in 2010 (play-offs included);[7] on 10 November 2009, he came on as a 73rd-minute substitute in the 1–0 away loss to Real Madrid in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey,[8] but the hosts had already been defeated 4–0 in the first leg in what was dubbed Alcorconazo.[9]

References

  1. ^ Cazón, Patricia (6 September 2005). "Julián Vara: "El Atlético B puede hacer un gran año"" [Julián Vara: "Atlético B may have a great year"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. ^ Llamas, Fernando (6 May 2006). "El Atlético le hace un favor al Madrid" [Atlético do Madrid a favour]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Kezman y Arzu firman un merecido reparto de puntos" [Deserved partition of points courtesy of Kezman and Arzu]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 13 May 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "El lateral derecho Julián Vara jugará en Vigo cedido por el Atlético" [Right-back Julián Vara will play in Vigo on loan from Atlético]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 30 August 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. ^ Bacariza, Marcos L. (1 June 2018). "Julián Vara ficha por el Villacañas" [Julián Vara signs for Villacañas] (in Spanish). Moi Celeste. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  6. ^ Monsón, Javier (31 July 2008). "Julián Vara, fichado para cubrir la baja de Hormiga" [Julián Vara, signed to cover for Hormiga]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  7. ^ Jiménez, Alex (22 June 2023). "Se cumplen trece años del histórico ascenso del Alcorcón a Segunda División" [Thirteenth anniversary of Alcorcón's historic promotion to Segunda División] (in Spanish). Alcorcón Hoy. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Real Madrid 1 Alcorcón 0". Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 November 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  9. ^ Montoro, Julián (15 January 2021). "El "Alcorconazo" que cambió la historia" [The "Alcorconazo" that changed history]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2024.