Juan Alegría
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Diego Alegría Arango | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Ibagué, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jaguares de Córdoba | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportes Tolima | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Honka Akatemia | 4 | (4) |
| 2020-2021 | Honka | 16 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Falkirk (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2023 | Honka | 15 | (1) |
| 2023– | Jaguares de Córdoba | 12 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Colombia U17 | 2 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2020 | |||
Juan Diego Alegría Arango (born 6 June 2002) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Jaguares de Córdoba.
Career
On 28 February 2022, Alegría joined Scottish Championship side Partick Thistle on loan from Rangers for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[1] On 20 July 2022, Alegría then joined Scottish League One side Falkirk on a season long loan deal and was allocated the number 9 shirt for the 2022-23 season.[2] Rangers recalled Alegria from his loan on the 19th of January 2023.[3]
On 5 April 2023, Rangers announced that Alegría had rejoined previous club FC Honka of Finland on a permanent deal. [4] He made his second debut for Honka on the same night, appearing as a substitute in a 2–0 loss to HJK.
Unable to make an impact, Alegria left Honka in the 2023 summer transfer window and returned to Colombia.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 14 January 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Honka Akatemia | 2020 | Kakkonen | 4 | 4 | – | – | 4 | 4 | ||
| FC Honka | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
| Total | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
| Rangers | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Partick Thistle (loan) | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 10 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Falkirk (loan) | 2022–23 | Scottish League One | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 6 | |
| Career total | 46 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 13 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in Scottish Premiership play-off matches
References
- ^ "LOAN NEWS: Juan Alegria joins the club". Partick Thistle FC. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "JUAN ALEGRIA JOINS ON LOAN DEAL". Falkirk FC. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "JUAN ALEGRIA RECALLED FROM LOAN SPELL". Falkirk FC. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Rangers confirm Ibrox exit of striker Juan Alegria". heraldscotland.com. 5 April 2023.
- ^ Juan Alegría at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Ibagué
- Sportspeople from Tolima Department
- Colombian men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombia men's youth international footballers
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- Kakkonen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Deportes Tolima footballers
- FC Honka players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Jaguares de Córdoba footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
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- Lowland Football League players
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