Alexander Medina
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco | ||
Date of birth | August 8, 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Salto, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Talleres (Manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1996 | Ferro Carril | ? | (?) |
1996–1998 | Fritsa de Tacuarembó | ? | (?) |
1998–1999 | Huracán Buceo | 7 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Central Español | 27 | (7) |
2000–2003 | Liverpool MVD | 31 | (22) |
2003–2005 | Nacional | 63 | (46) |
2005–2007 | Cádiz | 47 | (6) |
2007–2008 | Racing Ferrol | 30 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Nacional | 20 | (6) |
2009 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 13 | (0) |
2010 | Unión Española | 22 | (5) |
2011 | River Plate (UY) | 8 | (4) |
2011–2014 | Nacional | 37 | (13) |
2014–2015 | Fenix | 37 | (3) |
International career | |||
2006 | Uruguay | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2018 | Nacional (youth) | ||
2018 | Nacional | ||
2019– | Talleres | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco (born 8 August 1978 in Salto) is an Uruguayan retired football striker and currently the manager of Talleres.
Career
In 2006, he played one game for the Uruguay national football team, a friendly against England, coming on as a substitute three minutes from the end.
Playing for Liverpool F.C. he ended as the 2003 Uruguayan Championship top scorer.
He was then transferred to Nacional, where he also ended as that season's top scorer.
He contributed no Nacional winning the 2005 Championship.
After a few years playing in Europe, he returned to Nacional in 2008, contributing in Nacional's best Copa Libertadores in over twenty years in 2009. That season he also won his second Uruguayan Championship.
After that season, he went to Argentina to play for Arsenal de Sarandí and later for Chilean Unión Española, before returning to Uruguay to play for River Plate.
In 2011, he returned to Nacional, winning the 2011-12 Uruguayan Championship.
Honours
Club
- Nacional
- Uruguayan champion (3): 2005, 2008–09, 2011–12
References
External links
- "cadizcf.com". Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
- Alexander Medina at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Tenfieldigital (in Spanish)
- "Alexander Medina – Primera División statistics at Fútbol XXI" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
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- Alexander Medina at Footballdatabase
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Cádiz CF players
- Central Español players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Association football forwards
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- La Liga players
- Racing de Ferrol footballers
- Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players
- River Plate Montevideo players
- Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Uruguayan football managers
- Club Nacional de Football managers
- Sportspeople from Salto, Uruguay