Marcos Landeira

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Landeira and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.
Marcos Landeira
Personal information
Full name Marcos Landeira Álvarez
Date of birth (1987-05-02) 2 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Xeitosa
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 Sporting Gijón B 62 (1)
2005–2013 Sporting Gijón 24 (0)
2008–2009 → Melilla (loan) 23 (2)
2011 → Real Unión (loan) 14 (0)
2013–2014 Caudal 11 (1)
2014 Cudillero 7 (0)
Total 141 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcos Landeira Álvarez (born 2 May 1987) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Landeira was born in Gijón, Asturias. A product of Sporting de Gijón's youth ranks, he made 17 Segunda División appearances with the first team over the course of three seasons. That total included three in 2007–08, as the club returned to La Liga after ten years.

In the following campaign, Landeira was loaned to Segunda División B side UD Melilla, returning to Sporting's reserves – also in that tier – in May 2009.[1] He made his top-flight debut on 17 April 2010, starting in a 0–3 away loss against Sevilla FC.[2] It would be his only appearance of the season, as they once again managed to avoid relegation.

Landeira spent the second half of 2010–11 on loan at Real Unión, in division three.[3] He subsequently returned to Sporting, continuing to appear almost exclusively with the B team.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Landeira y Noel, regreso feliz (Landeira and Noel, happy return); La Nueva España, 29 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Nine-man Gijon thrashed; ESPN Soccernet, 17 April 2010
  3. ^ El Sporting B se pone en marcha (Sporting B get going); El Comercio, 12 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Sporting: Marcos Landeira, al primer equipo (Sporting: Marcos Landeira, to the first team); Todo Mercado Web, 7 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Marcos Landeira, centrocampista del Sporting, en la agenda rojilla (Marcos Landeira, Sporting midfielder, on red agenda); Diario de Burgos, 22 June 2013 (in Spanish)