Ricardo Alonso
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 21, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Tansil, Argentina | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1981 | Minnesota Kicks | 59 | (25) |
| 1982 | Jacksonville Tea Men | 30 | (21) |
| 1982–1983 | Chicago Sting (MISL) | ||
| 1983–1984 | Chicago Sting | 35 | (19) |
| 1984 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 5 | (2) |
| 1984–1985 | Minnesota Strikers (MISL) | 35 | (8) |
| 1985–1987 | Chicago Sting (MISL) | 67 | (22) |
| 1987–1988 | Jacksonville Generals (indoor) | ||
| 1988–1989 | Memphis Storm (indoor) | 18 | (16) |
| 1988–1989 | Fort Wayne Flames (indoor) | 19 | (13) |
| 1989–1990 | Memphis Rogues (indoor) | ||
| 1989–1990 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||
| 1991 | Miami Freedom | 18 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ricardo Alonso was a soccer player who began as a forward before moving to defender later in his career. Alonso spent six seasons in the North American Soccer League, four in Major Indoor Soccer League, at least three in the American Indoor Soccer Association, one in the American Soccer League and two in the American Professional Soccer League. He was born in Argentina.
Alonso signed with the Minnesota Kicks of the North American Soccer League in 1979 and spent three season with the team. He then moved to the Jacksonville Tea Men for the 1982 season. That year, he scored twenty-one goals in thirty games, earning first team All Star recognition. In 1983, he signed with the Chicago Sting when the Tea Men left the NASL. He played one full season with the Sting, earning 1983 second team All Star recognition, but was traded, along with Charlie Fajkus, to the Golden Bay Earthquakes in exchange for Hayden Knight and Manny Rojas on July 10, 1984. Alonso finished the 1984 season with the Earthquakes, but the NASL folded at the end of the season and the Earthquakes moved to the semi-professional Western Soccer Alliance.
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