Juan José Bezares Alarcón

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Template:Spanish name 2 Juan José Bezares Alarcón (born 17 May 1981) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Football career

Born in Guadiaro, Province of Cádiz, Bezares started his career with Real Balompédica Linense, playing his first four seasons as a senior in Segunda División B, where he also represented Sevilla FC's reserves. On 1 February 2004, with the latter, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, fracturing his nose in a 0–1 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.<ref>Deportivo La Coruña 1–0 FC Sevilla; ESPN FC, 1 February 2004</ref>

In the 2004 summer, Bezares joined Cádiz CF in Segunda División, being promoted in his first season but suffering relegation in his second. In the 2007–08 campaign he again dropped down a level, but contributed with 15 games to the 2009 promotion (only one start however, 232 minutes of action).

Bezares moved abroad in January 2009, being loaned to Superleague Greece club OFI Crete.<ref>Bezares se marcha cedido al OFI de Creta hasta final de Liga (Bezares loaned to OFI Crete until end of league); La Voz Digital, 9 January 2009 (in Spanish)</ref> In August, he signed with Unión Estepona CF in the same predicament<ref>Bezares: «Es un reto para mí jugar en el Estepona, y lo daré todo en los partidos» (Bezares: «It's a challenge for me to play in Estepona, and i'll give it my all in every game); Diario Sur, 29 August 2009 (in Spanish)</ref> but, in January 2010, he terminated his contract and joined AEP Paphos F.C. in the Cypriot First Division;<ref>Unión Estepona: Bezares, al AEP chipriota. (Unión Estepona: Bezares, to Cyprus' AEP.); esFutbol, 4 January 2010 (in Spanish)</ref> one year later he changed teams and countries again, signing with FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan.<ref>Juanjo Bezares ficha por el Aktobe de Kazajistán (Juanjo Bezares signs for Kazakhstan's Aktobe); Diario AS, 25 February 2011 (in Spanish)</ref>

In January 2012, Bezares returned to his country and joined third division's CF Villanovense.<ref>Juanjo Bezares ficha por el Villanovense (Juanjo Bezares signs for Vilanovense); Europa Sur, 5 January 2012 (in Spanish)</ref> On 21 July, after undergoing a successful trial,<ref>Juanjo Bezares entrena con el equipo (Juanjo Bezares trains with team); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 21 July 2012 (in Spanish)</ref> he signed with fellow league side Gimnàstic de Tarragona,<ref>Bezares ficha por el Nàstic (Bezares signs for Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 24 July 2012 (in Spanish)</ref> leaving on 29 June of the following year after an agreement with the club for the extension of his contract was not reached.<ref>Juanjo Bezares no seguirà al Nàstic (Juanjo Bezares will not continue with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 29 June 2013 (in Catalan)</ref>

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