Alfonso Artabe

Spanish professional footballer
Alfonso Artabe
Artabe being presented by Pegasus
Personal information
Full name Alfonso Artabe Meca
Date of birth (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Palma, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Manacor
Youth career
2005–2007 Mallorca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Ferriolense 29 (1)
2008–2009 Universidad Oviedo 25 (1)
2009–2011 Oviedo B 61 (14)
2010–2011 Oviedo 7 (0)
2011–2012 Manacor 31 (4)
2012–2013 Llagostera 27 (3)
2013–2014 Prat 28 (0)
2014–2015 Atlético Baleares 27 (2)
2015–2016 Sint-Truiden 8 (0)
2016–2017 Ermis 33 (2)
2017 Pegasus
2018 Ermis 14 (5)
2018 Voluntari 4 (0)
2019–2020 Doxa 8 (1)
2020–2021 Covadonga 21 (1)
2021–2022 Zemplín 22 (1)
2022– Manacor 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:47, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Alfonso Artabe Meca (Chinese: 迪比; born 18 August 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for CE Manacor.

Club career

Born in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Artabe only played in the lower leagues in his country. In the Segunda División B, he represented Real Oviedo,[1] CE Manacor,[2] UE Llagostera,[3] AE Prat,[4] CD Atlético Baleares[5] and CD Covadonga.[6]

Artabe had professional spells in the Belgian First Division A (Sint-Truidense VV),[7] the Cypriot First Division (Ermis Aradippou FC and Doxa Katokopias FC),[8] the Romanian Liga I (FC Voluntari)[9] and the Slovak Super Liga (MFK Zemplín Michalovce).[10]

Personal life

Artabe's grandfather, Javier (1934–2020), was an important player for Oviedo in the 50s/60's, appearing with the club in La Liga as a forward.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 February 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oviedo 2009–10 Segunda División B 6 0 0 0 6 0
2010–11 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 7 0 0 0 7 0
Manacor 2011–12 Segunda División B 31 4 0 0 31 4
Llagostera 2012–13 Segunda División B 27 3 4 0 31 3
Prat 2013–14 Segunda División B 28 0 0 0 28 0
Atlético Baleares 2014–15 Segunda División B 27 2 0 0 27 2
Sint-Truiden 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 8 0 1 0 9 0
Ermis 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 33 2 0 0 33 2
2017–18 14 5 1 0 15 5
Total 47 7 1 0 48 7
Pegasus 2017 Hong Kong Premier League ? ? ? ? ? ?
Voluntari 2018–19 Liga I 4 0 0 0 4 0
Doxa 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 6 1 0 0 6 1
2019–20 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 8 1 0 0 8 1
Covadonga 2020–21 Segunda División B 12 0 0 0 12 0
Career total ? 0 ? 0 ? 0

References

  1. ^ "Artabe: "Es una lástima que el partido no fuera el esperado"" [Artabe: "It's a shame the match did not turn out as expected"] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Entrevista a Alfonso Artabe nuevo jugador del CD. Manacor" [Interview to Alfonso Artabe new CD. Manacor player] (in Spanish). Deporte Balear. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ^ Freixa, Guillem (20 December 2012). "Un treballador nat" [A born worker]. El Punt (in Catalan). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Primer equipo. Segundo fixatge del club por la próxima temporada" [First team. Second club signing for the next season] (in Catalan). AE Prat. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ Vallès, Jaume (7 June 2014). "El Atlético Baleares ficha al defensa manacorí Alfonso Artabe" [Atlético Baleares sign manacorí defender Alfonso Artabe]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ Vallès, Jaume (19 August 2020). "El central Alfonso Artabe se incorpora al Covadonga" [Stopper Alfonso Artabe joins Covadonga]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  7. ^ Schoofs, Gunter (28 August 2015). "'Desnoods keep ik'" ['I'll go in goal if need be']. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ Acedo, Diego (21 March 2018). "Artabe: "En Chipre son muy pasionales, si no rindes bien te lo hacen saber"" [Artabe: "They're quite passionate in Cyprus, if you're not performing well they'll let you know"]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  9. ^ "EXCLUSIV | Încă trei transferuri tari reuşite de FC Voluntari. Revenire în Liga I pentru un mijlocaş bosniac după o jumătate de an" [EXCLUSIVE | Three more successful transfers for FC Voluntari. Liga I return for Bosnian midfielder after half a year] (in Romanian). Telekom TV. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. ^ Vallès, Jaume (14 July 2021). "Pilotades | Alfonso Artabe ficha por el Zemplin eslovaco" [Football world | Alfonso Artabe signs for Slovakia's Zemplin]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Fallece Artabe, histórico jugador del Real Oviedo" [Death of Artabe, historic Real Oviedo player]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  12. ^ Alfonso Artabe at Soccerway

External links

  • Alfonso Artabe at BDFutbol
  • Alfonso Artabe at Futbolme (in Spanish)
  • Alfonso Artabe at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
  • Alfonso Artabe at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)