Back ملي Arabic ميلى (لاعب كورة قدم) ARZ Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado Catalan Juan Alberto Andreu German Melli (futbolista) Spanish ملی (بازیکن فوتبال اسپانیایی) Persian Melli (football) French Խուան Ալվարադո Armenian Juan Alberto Andreu Italian フアン・アルベルト・アンドレウ Japanese
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barbate, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–2001 | Betis | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Betis B | 58 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | → Poli Ejido (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2010 | Betis | 177 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Tenerife | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Gent | 59 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Sheriff | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Ergotelis | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Simurq | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Neftçi | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Reus | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Mirandés | 44 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 450 | (17) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Spain U16 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Spain U17 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U19 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Spain U21 | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado, known as Melli (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmeʎi]); born 6 June 1984), is a Spanish former footballer. A versatile defender, he could play as either a right-back or a centre-back.
He spent most of his professional career at Betis, for which he appeared in 215 competitive matches and won the 2005 Copa del Rey.