Alfonso Espino

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Espino and the second or maternal family name is García.
Alfonso Espino
Personal information
Full name Luis Alfonso Espino García
Date of birth (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth San Jacinto, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Cádiz
Number 22
Youth career
Danubio
Huracán Buceo
Miramar Misiones
Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Nacional 128 (4)
2019– Cádiz 99 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 March 2022

Luis Alfonso Espino García (born 5 January 1992), commonly known as Pacha Espino, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left back for Spanish club Cádiz CF.

Club career[]

Born in San Jacinto, Espino joined Nacional's youth setup in 2012, from Miramar Misiones.[1] He made his senior debut on 1 February 2014, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racing Montevideo for the Uruguayan Primera División championship.

Espino scored his first senior goal on 24 April 2016, netting the game's only in a home defeat of Fénix. A regular starter, he lifted the 2014–15 and 2016 league titles with the club.

On 28 January 2019, Espino moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side Cádiz CF.[2]

International career[]

On 7 January 2022, Espino was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.[3]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 6 March 2021[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nacional 2013–14 Uruguayan Primera División 5 0 — 0 0 — 5 0
2014–15 22 0 — 2[a] 0 — 24 0
2015–16 27 1 — 3[b] 0 — 30 1
2016 11 1 — 10[a] 0 — 21 1
2017 33 0 — 8[a] 0 — 41 0
2018 34 2 — 11[c] 1 1[d] 0 46 3
Total 132 4 0 0 34 1 1 0 167 5
Cádiz 2018–19 Segunda División 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2019–20 36 1 0 0 — — 36 1
2020–21 La Liga 23 0 0 0 — — 23 0
Total 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 1
Career total 196 5 0 0 34 1 1 0 231 6
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Six appearances in Copa Sudamericana, five appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa Uruguaya

References[]

  1. ^ "Alfonso Espino, la ruta del campeón: desde San Jacinto en ómnibus a Los Céspedes" [Alfonso Espino, the rout of the champion: since San Jacinto on the bus to Los Céspedes] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ^ "'Pacha' Espino se convierte en el primer fichaje invernal" ['Pacha' Espino becomes the first winter signing] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Reservados vs. Paraguay y Venezuela". Uruguayan Football Association. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ Alfonso Espino at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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