Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Barrera and the second or maternal family name is
Reyes .
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 .
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
Born 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
AEK Larnaca
References
^ 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 .
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