Júnior Alonso
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back, Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Boca Juniors (on loan from Lille) | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2013 | Cerro Porteño | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Cerro Porteño | 136 | (11) |
2017– | Lille | 46 | (2) |
2018 | → Celta (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2019– | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 20 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013– | Paraguay U-20 | 8 | (2) |
2013– | Paraguay | 25 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 march 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 July 2019 |
Template:Spanish name Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica (born 9 February 1993)[2] is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a left back for Argentinian club Boca Juniors, on loan from French club Lille OSC.
Club career
Alonso joined French club Lille in a permanent transfer in January 2017.[3] He made his debut for the club on 18 February 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute in a win over SM Caen.[4] He would go on to make 56 appearances for Lille in all competitions before leaving on loan in August 2018.[3]
On 14 August 2018, Alonso was loaned to La Liga's Celta Vigo for one year with an option to make the deal permanent.[5][3]
On 2 January 2019, he was loaned to Boca Juniors.[6] On 2 May 2019, Alonso was an unused substitute as Boca defeated Rosario Central in the 2018 Supercopa Argentina on penalty-kicks after the match ended 0–0.[7]
International career
Alonso is a full international for Paraguay, having made his senior debut for his country in 2013.[3]
In a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on 23 March 2017, Alonso scored the winning goal, and his first for the national team, in a 2–1 defeat of Ecuador.[8]
On 29 May 2019, Alonso was selected to the final 23-man roster for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil.[9] He would go on to start in all four of Paraguay's matches, playing every single minute, as they lost in the quarter-finals in a penalty shoot-out to hosts and eventual champions Brazil.[10]
International goals
- Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.[11]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 23 March 2017 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | Ecuador | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
- Cerro Porteño
- Boca Juniors
References
- ^ "El Plantel: Junior Alonso" [The Squad: Junior Alonso] (in Spanish). Boca Juniors. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Soccer | lib | Player Stats - Júnior Alonso - Boca Juniors - washingtonpost.com". stats.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Official: Lille central defender Junior Alonso joins Celta Vigo on loan". Get Football News. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "El esperado debut" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Junior Alonso ya es del Celta". AS. 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Transferts : Lille prête Junior Alonso à Boca Juniors". lequipe.fr. 2 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Alfaro: "Lo quiero compartir con Guillermo"" (in Spanish). Fox Sports. 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Paraguay 2:1 Ecuador". Sky Sports. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "La lista definitiva (23) de la Albirroja para la Copa América "Brasil 2019"". apf.org.py (in Spanish). APF. 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Brazil survive penalty shootout to beat Paraguay". ESPN. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Alonso, Júnior". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Picante posteo de Junior Alonso tras el triunfo de Cerro ante Olimpia" (in Spanish). D10. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
External links
- Júnior Alonso at National-Football-Teams.com
- Júnior Alonso at Soccerway
- fichajes.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Paraguayan footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate footballers
- Paraguay under-20 international footballers
- Paraguay international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Sportspeople from Asunción
- Argentine Primera División players
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Ligue 1 players
- Cerro Porteño players
- Lille OSC players
- RC Celta de Vigo players
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in France
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- 2019 Copa América players