Playing position Role Footballer Number 11 Height 1.75 m | Years Team Weight 73 kg Name Alejandro Alfaro Career start 2005 | |
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Full name Alejandro Alfaro Ligero Date of birth (1986-11-23) 23 November 1986 (age 29) Place of birth La Palma del Condado, Spain Current team RCD Mallorca (#21 / Forward) Similar People Pablo Alfaro Armengot, Juan Villar Vazquez, Javi Varas, Javi Navarro, Iriney | ||
Alejandro alfaro en el gol a gol de canalsur2
Alejandro Alfaro Ligero (born 23 November 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Córdoba CF. Mainly a right winger, he can also operate as a second striker.
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- Alejandro alfaro en el gol a gol de canalsur2
- Alejandro alfaro welcome to panathinaikos
- Club career
- Personal life
- Honours
- References
Alejandro alfaro welcome to panathinaikos
Club career
A product of Sevilla FC's youth system, Alfaro was one of Sevilla Atlético's most important players from 2005 onwards, helping it achieve promotion to the second division in the 2006–07 season. He had previously made his first-team debut on 30 April 2006, playing eight minutes in a 2–1 away win against Real Sociedad.
Alfaro scored his first La Liga goal on 28 January 2007, as a starter in a 4–2 win at Levante UD, also appearing in four UEFA Cup games in the club's victorious campaign. However, he was nothing more than a fringe player with the main squad in his first three seasons, barred mainly by Jesús Navas (he did net seven goals in 34 matches to help the reserves maintain their second level status), and would leave the Andalusians for 2008–09, joining CD Tenerife on loan; during this stint, he was instrumental as the Canary Islands side returned to the top flight after a seven-year-absence by scoring a career-best 20 goals, fourth-best in the competition.
After he completed the 2009 preseason with Sevilla, Alfaro was again loaned for a season to Tenerife. Like Nino he was again the most important offensive unit of the team, which was eventually relegated back, with the player contributing with seven goals.
Returned to Sevilla for 2010–11, Alfaro benefitted from Navas' absence due to injury and featured in some games early into the season, scoring in a 2–1 win at Málaga CF on 19 September 2010. On 4 November, he netted twice against FC Karpaty Lviv (4–0 home win) for the season's Europa League; the following week, he also found the net in two home fixtures, against Valencia CF (2–0, appearing as a second-half substitute) and Real Unión (6–1, in the season's Copa del Rey).
On 8 August 2011, RCD Mallorca agreed a deal with Sevilla to buy Alfaro for five years and €700,000. He started in his first official game, a 1–0 home win against RCD Espanyol.
On 18 August 2014, Alfaro terminated his contract with the Bermellones and joined Superleague Greece side Panathinaikos FC. However, the deal collapsed two days later, and he signed a two-year deal with Real Valladolid late in the month.
On 1 July 2016, after being sparingly used during his two-year tenure, Alfaro joined Córdoba CF also in division two, for one season.
Personal life
Alfaro's two brothers are also footballers: Juan José (1981), a midfielder, graduated in FC Barcelona's La Masia, but spent his entire career in Segunda División B or lower. Forward Jesús (1991) appeared several seasons for Sevilla B, after emerging through the club's youth ranks.