Alberto Zapater

Alberto Zapater Arjol (born 13 June 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for and captains Real Zaragoza mainly as a defensive midfielder.

He spent most of his career with Zaragoza, appearing in 358 official games and scoring 11 goals.

Club Career

Zaragoza

Zapater was born in Ejea de los Caballeros, Province of Zaragoza. In 2004, he was first touted as a promising player after scoring 12 goals for hometown's Real Zaragoza in the youth leagues.

The first-team manager, former Spanish international Victor Munoz, was impressed enough, allowing Zapater to join the first team in pre-season training. He was given his official debut on Zaragoza's first game of 2004–05, against Valencia CF in the Spanish Supercup: although the Aragonese ended up losing 0–1 he put up a solid performance overall, confirmed in the 3–1 second leg away win.

At just 19, Zapater went on to feature in 31 La Liga matches during the league campaign, netting in a 2 March 2005 defeat at Real Sociedad where he was also sent off.

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