Alejandro Galindo (footballer)

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Alejandro Galindo
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Miguel Galindo
Date of birth (1992-03-05) 5 March 1992
Place of birth Guatemala
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Antigua GFC
Youth career
–2009 Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Santa Fe 3 (0)
2009–2010Juventud (loan) 31 (1)
2013 Municipal 5 (0)
2014– Antigua GFC 56 (3)
National team
2012– Guatemala 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2016

Alejandro Miguel Galindo (born 5 March 1992) is a Guatemalan footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Liga Nacional de Fútbol club Antigua.[1][2] He holds Colombian citizenship.[3]

Club career

Atlético Juventud and Santa Fe

Born in Guatemala from Guatemalan father and Colombian mother,[4] Galindo moved to Colombia with his mother when he was 10 years old.[5] At 12, he started playing in the lower divisions of the Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe. He debuted in the professional football in Atlético Juventud, and affiliated club of Santa Fe playing in the Categoría Primera B, where he played 31 matches and scored 1 goal.[6] He return for Independiente Santa Fe for the 2011 Categoría Primera A season, debuting on 9 March in the draw 0–0 against Bogotá F.C. for the Copa Colombia. Galindo played a total of 10 matches for Santa Fe (3 for the league and 7 for the Copa Colombia), and earned the 2012 Apertura title.

Municipal

He joined CSD Municipal from the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala for the 2013–14 season, after almost a year without having played a game.[4] He debuted on 9 October, in the match against Deportivo Malacateco.

International career

Galindo made his debut for Guatemala, at just 20 years of age, as a substitute in on 26 April 2012 friendly match against Paraguay. He entered in the 46th minute, but the match ended in a 0–1 defeat.[7] He played another friendly match on 2 June 2012 against Costa Rica, where he played 79 minutes, that ended in a 1–0 victory. His first match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was on 8 June 2012, in a 2–1 defeat against Jamaica.

Career statistics

As of 22 February 2016[1]

Club

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colombia League Cup South America Total
2009Juventud[6]Categoría Primera B311-00311
2010-00
2011Santa FeCategoría Primera A20300050
201210400050
Guatemala League Cup North America Total
2013–14MunicipalLiga Nacional de Fútbol50000050
2014–15AntiguaLiga Nacional de Fútbol3930000393
2015–161700000170
Total Colombia 3417000411
Guatemala 6130000613
Career total 95470001024

International

International appearances

Team Year Apps Goals
Guatemala[8] 201230
201510
Total40

Honours

Municipal
Runner-up (1): 2013–14
Santa Fe

Source: [1]

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alejandro Galindo profile at Soccerway
  2. "Alejandro Galindo's profile". Worldfootball.net.
  3. Alejandro Galindo at thefinalball.com
  4. 1 2 "Municipal contrató al volante Alejandro Galindo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 6 August 2013.
  5. Beltrán Lozano, Thomás (20 April 2012). "Alejandro Galindo, una vida de Cardenal". Publimetro (in Spanish).
  6. 1 2 "Alejandro Galindo's profile". BDFA.
  7. "Selección de Guatemala cae en casa frente a Paraguay". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 25 April 2012.
  8. Alejandro Galindo at National-Football-Teams.com
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