Alex Calvo-García

Template:Spanish name 2 Alejandro Calvo García (born 1 January 1972 in Ordizia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country), commonly known as Jandro, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

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]

After eight seasons and 268 official appearances for Scunthorpe, with 41 goals, Jandro returned to his country and played amateur football with Torrellano CF, retiring in 2008 at the age of 36.

Post-retirement

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]

Club statistics

Club	Country	Period	League apps.	League gls.
Real Sociedad B	Spain	1989–1992
Beasain	Spain	1992–1994	51	10
Eibar	Spain	1994–1996	47	4
Scunthorpe	England	1996–2004	236	33
Torrellano	Spain	2004–2008	72	15
TOTALS	–	1988–2008	355	52

References

^ 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; This Is Scunthorpe, 7 June 2010

External links

Jandro 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; This Is Scunthorpe, 7 June 2010

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