Alex Calvo-Garcia

Alex Calvo-Garcia
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Calvo García
Date of birth	1 January 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Ordizia, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1992	Real Sociedad B
1992–1994	Beasain
1994–1996	Eibar
1996–2004	Scunthorpe United
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alejandro "Alex" Calvo García (born 1 January 1972), sometimes known as Jandro, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career[edit]

After unsuccessfully emerging through Real Sociedad's youth ranks and playing with amateurs SD Beasain, Jandro started his professional career with local SD Eibar also in the Basque Country, often playing as a forward.^[1] In two seasons of play which were spent in the second division, he amassed totals of 47 games and four goals.

In 1996, aged 24, García joined English club Scunthorpe United. On 29 May 1999, his goal in the play-off final against Leyton Orient secured The Iron promotion to the second level.^[2]

Post-retirement[edit]

After retiring, Calvo, alongside journalist Íñigo Gurruchaga, wrote a book about his days with Scunthorpe, called Scunthorpe hasta la muerte ("Scunthorpe until I die").^[3]

References[edit]

^ Scunthorpe's cult heroes; BBC Sport, 11 February 2005
^ Garcia strike takes Iron up; BBC Sport, 29 May 1999
^ The book that tells the tale of Alex Calvo-Garcia and Scunthorpe United Archived 17 September 2012 at archive.today; This Is Scunthorpe, 7 June 2010

External links[edit]

Alex Calvo-Garcia at BDFutbol
Jandro at Soccerbase

[1] Scunthorpe's cult heroes; BBC Sport, 11 February 2005

[2] Garcia strike takes Iron up; BBC Sport, 29 May 1999

[3] The book that tells the tale of Alex Calvo-Garcia and Scunthorpe United Archived 17 September 2012 at archive.today; This Is Scunthorpe, 7 June 2010

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