Óscar Whalley
Óscar Alexandre Whalley Guardado is a Spanish footballer who plays for Greek club OFI Crete F.C. as a goalkeeper.Club career
Born in Zaragoza, Aragon from an English father and a Mexican mother, Whalley spent his first season as a senior with Real Zaragoza's reserves in Tercera División. On 31 May 2014, as first-choice Leo Franco declared his desire to leave the country and understudy Pablo Alcolea was injured, he played his first match as a professional, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Sporting de Gijón for the Segunda División championship.
The following campaign, Whalley played 19 games as Zaragoza came sixth, and a further one on 11 June 2015 as they lost their play-off semi-final first leg 0–3 at home to Girona FC. He was subsequently dropped for Bono for the rest of the tournament, as the team won the tie on away goals and lost the final by the same rule to UD Las Palmas.
On 10 July 2015, Whalley was loaned to neighbouring SD Huesca also in the second level. On 8 August of the following year he signed with La Liga club Sporting Gijón, as third-choice behind Iván Cuéllar and Diego Mariño.
Whalley moved abroad for the first time in his career on 12 June 2018, joining Danish Superliga side Aarhus Gymnastikforening. On 13 August 2019, he left for OFI Crete F.C. in the Superleague Greece.International career
Whalley won his only cap for Spain at under-21 level on 12 November 2014, playing the second half of the 1–4 friendly loss to Belgium in Ferrol.
