Alfonso Espino

Alfonso Espino
Personal information
Full name	Luis Alfonso Espino García
Date of birth	5 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	San Jacinto, Uruguay
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Cádiz
Number	22
Youth career
	Huracán Buceo
	Miramar Misiones
	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2019	Nacional
2019–	Cádiz
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2020

Luis Alfonso Espino García (born 5 January 1992), commonly known as Pacha Espino, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a left back for Spanish club Cádiz CF.

Club career

Born in San Jacinto, Espino joined Nacional's youth setup in 2012, from Miramar Misiones.^[1] He made his senior debut on 1 February 2014, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racing Montevideo for the Uruguayan Primera División championship.

Espino scored his first senior goal on 24 April 2016, netting the game's only in a home defeat of Fénix. A regular starter, he lifted the 2014–15 and 2016 league titles with the club.

On 28 January 2019, Espino moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side Cádiz CF.^[2]

References

^ "Alfonso Espino, la ruta del campeón: desde San Jacinto en ómnibus a Los Céspedes" [Alfonso Espino, the rout of the champion: since San Jacinto on the bus to Los Céspedes] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "'Pacha' Espino se convierte en el primer fichaje invernal" ['Pacha' Espino becomes the first winter signing] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

External links

Alfonso Espino at Soccerway

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[1] "Alfonso Espino, la ruta del campeón: desde San Jacinto en ómnibus a Los Céspedes" [Alfonso Espino, the rout of the champion: since San Jacinto on the bus to Los Céspedes] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[2] "'Pacha' Espino se convierte en el primer fichaje invernal" ['Pacha' Espino becomes the first winter signing] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

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