Alfonso Loera

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Alfonso Loera
Personal information
Full name Alfonso Loera Pico
Date of birth (1978-12-04) December 4, 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Ensenada, Mexico
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Rochester Rhinos
Number 23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003 Chivas de Guadalajara 41 (0)
2004 La Piedad
2005 Chivas USA 12 (0)
2005 CD Tapatio
2006 Guerreros de Tabasco
2007– Rochester Rhinos 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2009

Alfonso Loera Pico (born December 4, 1978) is a Mexican former professional footballer.

Career

Loera began his career with Chivas de Guadalajara in 2000 after impressing the team's coaching staff at an open tryout. He played for one of Chivas's farm teams, La Piedad, and then spent part of the 2005 Major League Soccer season with C.D. Chivas USA before being released by the end of the 2005 season.

After a couple of years playing in the Mexican lower leagues with CD Tapatio and Guerreros de Tabasco, Loera signed with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division on July 30, 2007. He played only two games in his debut season but was a regular starter during the 2008 season.


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