Jorge Otero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Otero and the second or maternal family name is Bouzas.

Jorge Otero
Otero as a Valencia player
Personal information
Full name Jorge Otero Bouzas[1]
Date of birth (1969-01-28) 28 January 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Nigrán, Spain[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Alondras (manager)
Youth career
Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Celta B
1987–1994 Celta 222 (4)
1994–1997 Valencia 84 (0)
1997–2001 Betis 82 (0)
2001–2003 Atlético Madrid 32 (1)
2003–2005 Elche 46 (1)
Total 466 (6)
International career
1988–1989 Spain U21 2 (0)
1993–1996 Spain 9 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2016 Rápido Bouzas
2016–2018 Arosa
2018 Rápido Bouzas
2020– Alondras
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Otero Bouzas (born 28 January 1969) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as either a right or left back, and is the current manager of Alondras CF.

He appeared in 317 La Liga games over 12 seasons in representation of four teams, mainly Celta.

Otero represented Spain at the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1996.

Club career

Otero was born in Nigrán, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia. He started playing for local powerhouse RC Celta de Vigo, being an undisputed starter since the age of 18 and spending five of his seven years with the first team in La Liga. He made his debut in the Spanish top division on 29 August 1987, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against RCD Español.[2]

In the summer of 1994, Otero signed for Valencia CF, achieving a personal best – in the top flight – runner-up place in the 1995–96 season to which he contributed 37 games. Until his retirement in 2005, at the age of 36, he still represented Real Betis (with whom he was promoted and relegated), Atlético Madrid and Elche CF, the latter exclusively in Segunda División.[3]

International career

Otero made his debut for the Spanish national team on 8 September 1993, in a 2–0 friendly victory over Chile in Alicante,[4] and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup (two matches) and UEFA Euro 1996 (one).

He earned nine caps in slightly less than three years, and his last appearance was in the latter tournament, in a 1–1 group stage draw against France.[5]

Honours

Celta

Atlético Madrid

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jorge OTERO Bouzas". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Jorge Otero" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  3. ^ Fernández S., J. Julián (23 January 2014). "Yo jugué en el Real Betis: Jorge Otero" [I played for Real Betis: Jorge Otero] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ^ Román, Rogelio (9 September 1993). "La selección afila sus armas" [National team sharpen claws]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Caminero strike rescues Spain against France". UEFA. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2020.