Alejandro Viniegra
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Viniegra Santana | ||
Birth name | Alejandro Santana Viniegra[a] | ||
Date of birth | 13 February 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ituano (on loan from Red Bull Brasil) | ||
Youth career | |||
Cruzeiro | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Cruzeiro | 1 | (0) |
2021 | North Texas SC | 6 | (1) |
2022– | Red Bull Brasil | 29 | (9) |
2023– | → Ituano (loan) | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017 | Brazil U16 | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023 |
Alejandro Viniegra Santana (born 13 February 2002) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ituano, on loan from Red Bull Brasil.[1]
Club career
[edit]Cruzeiro
[edit]Viniegra made his professional debut with Cruzeiro on 12 February 2018 playing the last minute against Bahia ending in a tie.
International career
[edit]Mexico
[edit]In October 2020, Viniegra was called up to the Mexico national under-20 team training camp by Raúl Chabrand, for which he had done virtual training sessions three months before.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Brazil to a Mexican father and a Brazilian mother, he holds dual Brazilian and Mexican citizenship.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Santana and the second or paternal family name is Viniegra.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alejandro Santana Viniegra". footballdatabase.eu. Football Database EU. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "Alejandro Viniegra, el brasileño mexicano convocado al Tri Sub-20". TUDN. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Alejandro Santana the Mexican Neymar that El Tri let get away". goal.com (in Spanish). Goal/ Jovenes Futbolistas MX. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Alejandro Viniegra at Soccerway
- Alejandro Viniegra at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Mexican men's footballers
- Footballers from Ribeirão Preto
- Mexico men's youth international footballers
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazil men's youth international footballers
- Mexican people of Brazilian descent
- Brazilian people of Mexican descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Red Bull Bragantino II players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Mexican expatriate men's footballers
- North Texas SC players
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Mexican football midfielder stubs