Alberto Vaquero
Personal information
Full name Alberto Vaquero Aguilar
Date of birth (2002-11-12) 12 November 2002[1]
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Zaragoza B
Number 6
Youth career
Oliver
2015–2016 Villarreal
2016–2017 Oliver
2017–2020 El Olivar
2020–2021 Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Zaragoza B 55 (5)
2023– Zaragoza 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Alberto Vaquero Aguilar (born 12 November 2002) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Aragón.

Career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Vaquero began his career with hometown side CD Oliver before joining Villarreal CF's youth categories at the age of 12.[3] He left the club after one year, subsequently returning to Oliver and representing EM El Olivar before joining Real Zaragoza's youth sides in 2020.[4]

Vaquero made his senior debut with the reserves on 12 September 2021, starting in a 1–0 Tercera División RFEF away loss to CF Épila. He scored his first senior goal on 28 November, netting the B's third in a 3–1 home win over Utebo FC, and scored a further four times during the campaign as the side achieved promotion to Segunda Federación.

Vaquero made his first team debut on 30 October 2023, coming on as a second-half substitute for Víctor Mollejo in a 1–1 Segunda División away draw with Burgos CF.[5][6]

Personal life

Vaquero's grandfather Fernando was also a footballer and a midfielder.[7] He appeared in six matches in the second division with Sporting de Gijón in the 1961–62 season.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Vaquero" (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Vaquero y Luna, dos canteranos que se estrenan en esta pretemporada de 2022" [Vaquero and Luna, two youth players who debut in this 2022 pre-season] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Un día en la Ciudad Deportiva con…" [A day at the Ciudad Deportiva with...] (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "El rodeo de Vaquero" [Vaquero's rodeo] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Matos salva un punto sobre la bocina ante un sólido Zaragoza" [Matos saves a point at the buzzer against a solid Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Vaquero, Francés y Azón, de debutantes a centenarios en el Real Zaragoza" [Vaquero, Francés and Azón, from debutants to centenarians at Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Aragón Digital. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Novatos con antepasados en el Real Zaragoza" [Newbies with a past at Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Vaquero: Fernando Vaquero Marco at BDFutbol. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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