Aleix Coch

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Aleix Coch
Personal information
Full name Aleix Coch Lucena
Date of birth (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Tarragona, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Cultural Leonesa
Number 4
Youth career
2000–2002 Cusa La Granja
2002–2003 Espanyol
2003–2004 Cusa La Granja
2004–2005 Reus
2005–2006 Gimnàstic
2006–2008 Reus
2008–2010 Gimnàstic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Pobla Mafumet 60 (5)
2010–2014 Gimnàstic 24 (1)
2014–2016 Hospitalet 62 (0)
2016–2017 Badalona 34 (1)
2017–2022 Sabadell 121 (12)
2022–2023 Fuenlabrada 33 (1)
2023– Cultural Leonesa 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2024

Aleix Coch Lucena (born 18 October 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cultural Leonesa as a central defender. [1]

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Career

Born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Coch was a product of local Gimnàstic de Tarragona. In June 2010, while still a youth player, he was called to train with the first team to cover for injured players. [2] On 19 June he made his debut with the main squad, replacing fellow youth graduate Fran Vélez in the 82nd minute of a 1–0 away defeat against UD Las Palmas in the Segunda División championship. [3]

On 10 July 2012, after spending three full seasons with the farm team, Coch was promoted to Nàstic's main roster alongside Sergio López, Ñoño, Eugeni and his cousin Joel Coch. [4] During the campaign he appeared in 13 matches (nine starts, 781 minutes of action), as the club missed out on promotion play-off qualification.

On 20 October 2013, Coch scored his first goal for Gimnàstic, netting the first through a free kick in a 2–1 home win over Valencia CF Mestalla. [5] He was later linked to that opponent in January of the following year, [6] but the deal collapsed. [7]

In July 2014, Coch joined neighbouring CE L'Hospitalet. [8] On 14 July 2016, he moved to fellow third-tier club CF Badalona still in his native region. [9]

Personal life

Coch's family was widely related to football. His father Enric was a goalkeeper, while his uncles Ramón and Santi were a forward and a defender, respectively; his two cousins, Denis and Joel, also represented Pobla. [10]

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References

  1. Aleix Coch at Soccerway
  2. Juvenils per cobrir les múltiples baixes (Youth players to cover for multiple injuries); El Punt, 18 June 2010 (in Catalan)
  3. Rondón salva los muebles (Rondón saves the day); Marca, 19 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. Ñoño, Aleix i Joel Coch, i Eugeni jugaran al primer equip (Ñoño, Aleix and Joel Coch and Eugeni will play with first team); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 10 July 2012 (in Catalan)
  5. Gimnàstic 2–1 Valencia Mestalla: los catalanes se recompusieron y siguen en dinámica positiva (Gimnàstic 2–1 Valencia Mestalla: Catalans got it together and continue good run); Vavel, 20 October 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. El Nàstic negocia con el Valencia el traspaso de Aleix Coch (Nàstic negotiate transfer of Aleix Coch with Valencia); Diari de Tarragona, 8 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. Nàstic: Aleix Coch no irá al Mestalla en este mercado de invierno (Nàstic: Aleix Coch will not go to Mestalla in this winter transfer market); Diari de Tarragona, 24 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. Aleix Coch fitxa per l'Hospitalet de Kiko Ramírez (Aleix Coch signs for Kiko Ramírez's L'Hospitalet); Camp d'Esports, 6 July 2014 (in Catalan)
  9. Guzmán i Coch, els primers fitxatges (Guzmán and Coch, the first signings) Archived 24 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; Diari de Badalona, 14 July 2016 (in Catalan)
  10. "La família Coch busca un altre ascens" [The Coch family seeks another promotion] (in Catalan). El Punt. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2015.