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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alessandro Burlamaqui Apaolaza [1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Lima, Peru [1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Intercity | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2011 | Gimnàstic | ||
2011–2014 | Santes Creus | ||
2014–2015 | Reus Deportiu | ||
2015–2021 | Espanyol | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Valencia B | 22 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Badajoz (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2023 | → Intercity (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2023– | Intercity | 37 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Peru U17 | 9 | (0) |
2020 | Peru U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:16, 23 July 2021 (UTC) |
Alessandro Burlamaqui Apaolaza (born 18 February 2002) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club CF Intercity.
Burlamaqui was born in Lima, Peru, to a Brazilian father and Peruvian mother, but moved to Spain as a one-year-old. [2] After settling in Spain, Burlamaqui joined his first professional football team at the age of seven, when he signed for Gimnàstic de Tarragona. [3] [4] He also played for the youth sides of CE Santes Creus and CF Reus Deportiu, before joining RCD Espanyol in 2015. [5]
Burlamaqui rose quickly through the youth ranks of Espanyol to become captain of both Juvenil A & B Teams side. [6] [7] [8] In October 2019, he was named among the 60 best young talents in the world by English newspaper The Guardian. [9]
In July 2021, Burlamaqui signed for fellow Spanish side Valencia CF on a three-year deal. [8] [10] [11] He played for the reserve team, helping in their promotion to Segunda División RFEF. [12]
On 19 July 2022, Burlamaqui was loaned to Primera Federación side CD Badajoz for the season. [13]
On 30 January 2023, Burlamaqui moved to fellow third division team CF Intercity also on loan. [14] On 24 August, he signed a permanent two-year deal with the club. [15]
Burlamaqui is eligible to represent Peru, his birthplace, Brazil through his father, and Spain for his Spanish-Basque ancestry from his mother's family side. [2] [12] He has represented Peru at both under-17 and under-20 levels. [16] He has committed his international future to Peru. [12] [3]