Alejandro Viniegra

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Alejandro Viniegra
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Viniegra Santana
Birth name Alejandro Santana Viniegra [lower-alpha 1]
Date of birth (2002-02-13) 13 February 2002 (age 21)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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]

Contents

Club career

Cruzeiro

Viniegra made his professional debut with Cruzeiro on 12 February 2018 playing the last minute against Bahia ending in a tie.

International career

Mexico

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

Born in Brazil to a Mexican father and a Brazilian mother, he holds dual Brazilian and Mexican citizenship. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Santanaand the second or paternal family name is Viniegra.

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References

  1. ↑ "Alejandro Santana Viniegra". footballdatabase.eu. Football Database EU. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Alejandro Viniegra, el brasileño mexicano convocado al Tri Sub-20". TUDN. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Alejandro Santana the Mexican Neymar that El Tri let get away". goal.com (in Spanish). Goal/ Jovenes Futbolistas MX. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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