Alberto Belsué

Alberto Belsué

Personal information
Full name	Alberto Belsué Arias
Date of birth	(1968-03-02) 2 March 1968
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1983–1986	Casablanca
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1988	Endesa Andorra
1988–1998	Zaragoza	277	(7)
1998–1999	Alavés	22	(0)
1999–2000	Numancia	20	(0)
2000–2001	Iraklis	7	(0)
Total		326	(7)
International career
1994–1996	Spain	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Belsué and the second or maternal family name is Arias.

Alberto Belsué Arias (born 2 March 1968 in Zaragoza, Aragon) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back.

He amassed La Liga totals of 319 games and seven goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing in the competition Zaragoza, Alavés and Numancia and winning two major titles with the first.

Club career

After beginning with lowly Endesa de Andorra, Belsué joined La Liga club Real Zaragoza, where he would amass over 300 overall appearances, starting in the Aragonese side's two major conquests in the decade: the 1994 Copa del Rey and the following year's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Following stints with Deportivo Alavés and CD Numancia – in both cases barely avoiding top flight relegation – Belsué retired after an abroad spell with Greece's Iraklis Thessaloniki FC.

International career

A Spanish international for two years, Belsué made his debut on 16 November 1994 in a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier 3–0 win against Denmark in Seville (90 minutes played). In the final stages in England he played in two of the nation's four matches, converting his attempt in the quarter-final penalty shootout loss to the hosts.

Honours

Zaragoza

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1994–95
• Copa del Rey: 1993–94

External links

• Alberto Belsué profile at BDFutbol
• National team data
• Alberto Belsué at National-Football-Teams.com
• Alberto Belsué – FIFA competition record