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 (age 30)
Place of birth Livingston, Guatemala
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Coban Imperial
Number 13
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)
2014–2019 Antigua 206 (14)
2019–2021 Comunicaciones 44 (2)
2021– Cobán Imperial 41 (1)
National team
2012– Guatemala 20 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:09, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Alejandro Miguel Galindo (born 5 March 1992) is a Guatemalan footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Cobán Imperial.[1][2] He also holds Colombian citizenship.

Club career[]

Atlético Juventud and Santa Fe[]

Born in Guatemala from Guatemalan father and Colombian mother,[3] Galindo moved to Colombia with his mother when he was 10 years old.[4] 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, an affiliated club of Santa Fe playing in the Categoría Primera B, where he played 31 matches and scored 1 goal.[5] 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. in the Copa Colombia. Galindo played a total of 10 matches for Santa Fe (3 in the league and 7 in 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.[3] 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.[6] 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 of 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
2009 Juventud[5] Categoría Primera B 31 1 - 0 0 31 1
2010 - 0 0
2011 Santa Fe Categoría Primera A 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
2012 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 0
Guatemala League Cup North America Total
2013–14 Municipal Liga Nacional de Fútbol 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2014–15 Antigua Liga Nacional de Fútbol 39 3 0 0 0 0 39 3
2015–16 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Total Colombia 34 1 7 0 0 0 41 1
Guatemala 61 3 0 0 0 0 61 3
Career total 95 4 7 0 0 0 102 4

International[]

International appearances[]

Team Year Apps Goals
Guatemala[7] 2012 3 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 1 0
2016 0 0
2017 0 0
2018 1 0
2019 10 6
Total 15 6

International goals[]

Scores and results list the Guatemala's goal tally first.[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 September 2019 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Anguilla 4–0 10–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C
2. 10 September 2019 Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico 1–0 5–0
3. 16 November 2019 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala 2–0 5–0
4. 3–0
5. 21 November 2019 Estadio Israel Barrios, Coatepeque, Guatemala  Antigua and Barbuda 4–0 8–0 Friendly
6. 5–0

Honours[]

Santa Fe
Antigua

Source:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Alejandro Galindo at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Alejandro Galindo's profile". Worldfootball.net.
  3. ^ a b "Municipal contrató al volante Alejandro Galindo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
  4. ^ Beltrán Lozano, Thomás (20 April 2012). "Alejandro Galindo, una vida de Cardenal". Publimetro (in Spanish).
  5. ^ a b "Alejandro Galindo's profile". BDFA.
  6. ^ "Selección de Guatemala cae en casa frente a Paraguay". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012.
  7. ^ a b Alejandro Galindo at National-Football-Teams.com

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