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Alejandro Galindo
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Miguel Galindo
Date of birth (1992-03-05) 5 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Guatemala
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Antigua GFC
Youth career
–2009 Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Santa Fe 3 (0)
2009–2010 → Juventud (loan) 31 (1)
2013 Municipal 5 (0)
2014– Antigua GFC 56 (3)
International career‡
2012– Guatemala 15 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2019

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.

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. 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.[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 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
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

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

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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