Ale Pipo

Ale Pipo
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Rodríguez Marrero
Date of birth	19 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Las Palmas, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Las Palmas
	Barcelona
	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2015	Las Palmas B
2015–2016	Pobla Mafumet
2016–2017	Tenerife B
2016	Tenerife
2017	Alcorcón B
2017–2018	Gavà
2018–2019	Algeciras
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:43, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Alejandro "Ale" Rodríguez Marrero (born 19 August 1994), known as Ale Pipo, is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Club career[edit]

Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Pipo played youth football for UD Las Palmas, and made his debut as a senior with the reserves in Tercera División, in 2013. In October of that year he suffered a severe knee injury, being sidelined for more than a year.^[1]

In July 2015 Pipo signed for CF Pobla de Mafumet in Segunda División B.^[2] On 2 February of the following year, after making no appearances, he signed a two-year contract with CD Tenerife B in the fourth tier.^[3]

Pipo made his first team debut on 20 August 2016, coming on as a late substitute for Aitor Sanz in a 0–1 away loss against Córdoba CF in the Segunda División championship.^[4] On 1 February of the following year he signed for another reserve team, AD Alcorcón B also in the fourth tier.^[5]

In the summer 2018, Pipo joined Algeciras CF. On 12 August 2019 the club announced, that his contract had been terminated by mutual agreement.^[6]

^ "Ale ´Pipo´, de pretemporada en Barcelona" [Ale 'Pipo', in a pre-season in Barcelona] (in Spanish). La Provincia. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
^ "La Pobla vuelve a entrenar con 9 caras nuevas" [Pobla return to training with 9 new faces] (in Spanish). Diari de Tarragona. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
^ "Cesión e incorporación en el CD Tenerife B" [Loan and signing at CD Tenerife B] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
^ "Alfaro se reencuentra con el gol para dar el primer triunfo al Córdoba" [Alfaro reencounters with the goal to give the first triumph to Córdoba] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "ADA B | El mediapunta canario Ale Pipo, último refuerzo" [ADA B | The Canarian attacking midfielder Ale Pipo, last addition] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^ EL ALGECIRAS ACUERDA LA RESCISIÓN DEL CONTRATO DE PIPO, algecirascf.eu, 12 August 2019