Julián Vara

Vara was born in Las Rozas de Madrid, Community of Madrid. A product of Atlético Madrid's youth academy, he spent most of his spell there with their reserves, only appearing twice for the first team: in rounds #37 and #38 of the 2005–06 season, he played ten minutes against Valencia CF and Real Betis, both ending in 1–1 La Liga draws. In the 2007–08 campaign, Vara served a loan at RC Celta de Vigo in the Segunda División, being rarely used while often deployed as a right-back. After another spell in that league with SD Huesca, he resumed his career in the lower levels of his country, scoring six goals as AD Alcorcón promoted to the second tier for the first time ever in 2010 (play-offs included); on 10 November 2009, he came on as a 73rd-minute substitute in the 1–0 away loss to Real Madrid in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, but the hosts had already been defeated 4–0 in the first leg in what was dubbed Alcorconazo.