Acorán Barrera Reyes (Spanish pronunciation: [akoˈɾam baˈreɾa ˈreʝes]; born 31 January 1983), known simply as Acorán, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Acorán Barrera Reyes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1983[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Tenerife B | ||
| 2001–2005 | Tenerife | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Burgos (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Corralejo (loan) | 29 | (6) |
| 2004–2005 | → Universidad LP (loan) | 34 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | Celta B | 27 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Melilla | 29 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | San Isidro | 14 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Melilla | 52 | (7) |
| 2009–2011 | Puertollano | 56 | (11) |
| 2011–2016 | Ponferradina | 213 | (36) |
| 2016–2022 | AEK Larnaca | 160 | (29) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He appeared in 176 Segunda División matches over five seasons, scoring 28 goals for Ponferradina. He also spent several years in the Cypriot First Division, with AEK Larnaca.
Club career
editBorn in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Acorán made his professional debut with hometown's CD Tenerife, first appearing in La Liga on 9 September 2001 in a 3–0 away loss against RC Celta de Vigo (eight minutes played).[2] After the team's relegation, he resumed his career in the third and fourth divisions, three of those seasons still as a Tenerife player.[3][4]
In the last days of the 2011 January transfer window, Acorán signed for SD Ponferradina of the second tier, from CD Puertollano.[5] He started in 19 of his 20 appearances during the campaign, but could not help prevent the Castile and León club's relegation.
On 20 December 2011, Acorán scored against Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey, albeit in a 5–1 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (7–1 on aggregate).[6] After winning promotion to division two in 2012, he never played less than 36 league games in the following four seasons, always in that tier.[7][8]
Acorán moved abroad for the first time at the age of 33, signing with Cypriot First Division club AEK Larnaca FC.[9] On 16 May 2018, he scored the winning goal in the domestic cup final, sealing a 2–1 victory over Apollon Limassol FC and enabling them to collect their first silverware since lifting the same trophy in 2004.[10]
Honours
editAEK Larnaca
References
edit- ^ a b c Acorán at AS.com (in Spanish)
- ^ Los goles adornan a un Celta en obras (Goals embellish Celta under construction); El Mundo, 10 September 2001 (in Spanish)
- ^ Acorán vuelve a ser Acorán (Acorán is Acorán again); La Opinión de Tenerife, 11 October 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ El 'chacal' del área, Acorán Barrera, llega hoy para firmar con la U. D. Melilla (The 'jackal' of the box, Acorán Barrera, arrives today to sign for U. D. Melilla); Diario Sur, 19 January 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Tam Nsaliwa viaja con la 'Ponfe' y llega Acorán Barrera (Tam Nsaliwa travels with 'Ponfe' and Acorán Barrera arrives); LeoNoticias, 28 January 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Madrid ficha hacia octavos (Madrid sign last-16); Marca, 20 December 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Acorán pone la imaginación de la sorprendente Ponferradina (Acorán is the imagination of surprising Ponferradina); Marca, 24 September 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Acorán renueva por tres años con la Ponferradina: “Me siento en casa” (Acorán renews with Ponferradina for three years: "I feel at home"); Info Bierzo, 10 June 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ El ‘Spanish AEK Larnaca’ insiste con su fórmula en Chipre (Spanish AEK Larnaca insist on formula in Cyprus); Diario AS, 22 August 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Mantzas, Andreas (16 May 2018). "AEK take Cypriot Cup as Apollon fall short again". Agona Sport. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Xarilaou, Xaris. "Cyprus – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.