![]() Murillo in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Murillo Albert [1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 October 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Alicante, Spain [1] | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Liefering | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Brave Elche | |||
–2022 | Kelme | ||
2023 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | FC Liefering | 15 | (2) |
International career | |||
2022 | Spain U16 | 2 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 June 2025 |
Alexander Murillo Albert (born 4 October 2006) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Liga club FC Liefering.
Murillo was born in Alicante, Spain, to Colombian parents. [2] Murillo is the nephew of former Once Caldas player Jairo Murillo. [3]
Murillo began his career with amateur side Brave Elche, where he played at under-12 level. [4] He later joined the academy of Kelme, where he established himself as a prolific goal-scorer, with nineteen goals in thirty-one appearances at youth level. [5]
Having left Kelme in the summer of 2022, Murillo signed with Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg as a free agent, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal and joining the club in January 2023. [6] He was initially assigned to the club's under-18 side. [7]
Murillo was called up to the Spanish under-16 side in February 2022, going on to feature in two friendlies against Switzerland. [8] He remains eligible to represent Colombia.