Alejandro Galindo (footballer)

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Alejandro Galindo
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Miguel Galindo
Date of birth (1992-03-05) 5 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Municipal
Number 13
Youth career
2004–2009 Santa Fe
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012 Santa Fe 3 (0)
2009–2010 → Juventud (loan) 31 (1)
2013 Municipal 5 (0)
2014–2019 Antigua 206 (14)
2019–2021 Comunicaciones 44 (2)
2021–2023 Cobán Imperial 79 (4)
2023– Municipal 35 (2)
International career‡
2012– Guatemala 53 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Alejandro Miguel Galindo (born 5 March 1992) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Municipal and the Guatemala national team. He also holds Colombian citizenship.

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Club career

Atlético Juventud and Santa Fe

Born in Guatemala City to a Guatemalan father and a Colombian mother, [1] Galindo moved to Colombia with his mother when he was 10 years old. [2] At 12, he started playing in the lower divisions of the Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe. He debuted in the professional football in Atlético Juventud, an affiliated club of Santa Fe playing in the Categoría Primera B, where he played 31 matches and scored 1 goal. [3] He returned to Independiente Santa Fe for the 2011 Categoría Primera A season, debuting on 9 March in the draw 0–0 against Bogotá F.C. in the Copa Colombia. Galindo played a total of 10 matches for Santa Fe (3 in the league and 7 in the Copa Colombia), and earned the 2012 Apertura title.

Municipal

He joined Municipal from the Liga Nacional for the 2013–14 season, after almost a year without having played a game. [1] He debuted on 9 October, in the match against Malacateco.

International career

Galindo made his debut for Guatemala, at just 20 years of age, as a substitute in on 26 April 2012 friendly match against Paraguay. He entered in the 46th minute, but the match ended in a 0–1 defeat. [4] He played another friendly match on 2 June 2012 against Costa Rica, where he played 79 minutes, that ended in a 1–0 victory. His first match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was on 8 June 2012, in a 2–1 defeat against Jamaica.

Career statistics

As of 22 February 2016 [5]

Club

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ColombiaLeagueCup South America Total
2009 Juventud [3] Categoría Primera B 311-00311
2010 -00
2011 Santa Fe Categoría Primera A 20300050
2012 10400050
GuatemalaLeagueCup North America Total
2013–14 Municipal Liga Nacional de Fútbol 50000050
2014–15 Antigua Liga Nacional de Fútbol 3930000393
2015–16 1700000170
TotalColombia3417000411
Guatemala6130000613
Career total95470001024

International

International appearances

TeamYearAppsGoals
Guatemala [6] 201230
201300
201400
201510
201600
201700
201810
2019106
202030
202120
2022120
2023150
202462
Total538

International goals

Scores and results list the Guatemala's goal tally first. [6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2019 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, GuatemalaFlag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 4–010–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C
2.10 September 2019 Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto RicoFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1–05–0
3.16 November 2019Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala2–05–0
4.3–0
5.21 November 2019 Estadio Israel Barrios, Coatepeque, GuatemalaFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 4–08–0 Friendly
6.5–0
7.8 June 2024Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, GuatemalaFlag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 1–06–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.3–0

Honours

Santa Fe

Antigua

Cobán Imperial

Municipal

Source: [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Municipal contrató al volante Alejandro Galindo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Beltrán Lozano, Thomás (20 April 2012). "Alejandro Galindo, una vida de Cardenal". Publimetro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Alejandro Galindo's profile". BDFA.
  4. ↑ "Selección de Guatemala cae en casa frente a Paraguay". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 Alejandro Galindo at Soccerway
  6. 1 2 Alejandro Galindo at National-Football-Teams.com
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