Spanish Cumpleanos: Albert Luque
Every weekday Goal.com celebrates the birthday of past and present La Liga-related figures. Today includes all those born on March 11.
By Paul Madden
1978: Albert Luque: After beginning as a youth at Barcelona Luque moved to Mallorca having failed to make it beyond the Catalan giant's B team. With the Balearic island outfit he gradually progressed to first team football but failed to make a telling impact and was loaned out to Malaga before making a move to Deportivo La Coruna in 2002. Big performances for the Galician side most notably in the Champions League saw the striker attract interest from England and he joined Newcastle United in 2005 but that venture proved unsuccessful and he eventually returned to the Primera Liga, joining Malaga in a permanent transfer from Ajax after a successful loan spell with the Andalucian side.
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