Alfaro as a Tenerife player in 2010
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Alfaro Ligero | ||
Date of birth | 23 November 1986 | ||
Place of birth | La Palma del Condado, Spain | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Córdoba | ||
Youth career | |||
Siempre Alegres | |||
Sevilla | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | Sevilla B | 100 | (25) |
2006–2011 | Sevilla | 33 | (3) |
2008–2010 | → Tenerife (loan) | 78 | (27) |
2011–2014 | Mallorca | 94 | (17) |
2014–2016 | Valladolid | 18 | (0) |
2016– | Córdoba | 18 | (2) |
National team | |||
2007 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2017. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2017.
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.
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.