Alexander Medina
Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco (born 8 August 1978 in Salto) is an Uruguayan retired football striker and currently the manager of Talleres.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco | ||
| Date of birth | August 8, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Salto, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Talleres (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Ferro Carril | ? | (?) |
| 1996–1998 | Fritsa de Tacuarembó | ? | (?) |
| 1998–1999 | Huracán Buceo | 7 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Central Español | 27 | (7) |
| 2000–2003 | Liverpool MVD | 31 | (22) |
| 2003–2005 | Nacional | 63 | (46) |
| 2005–2007 | Cádiz | 47 | (6) |
| 2007–2008 | Racing Ferrol | 30 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Nacional | 20 | (6) |
| 2009 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 13 | (0) |
| 2010 | Unión Española | 22 | (5) |
| 2011 | River Plate (UY) | 8 | (4) |
| 2011–2014 | Nacional | 37 | (13) |
| 2014–2015 | Fenix | 37 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Uruguay | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016–2018 | Nacional (youth) | ||
| 2018 | Nacional | ||
| 2019– | Talleres | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
In 2006, he played one game for the Uruguay national football team, a friendly against England, coming on as a substitute three minutes from the end.
Playing for Liverpool F.C. he ended as the 2003 Uruguayan Championship top scorer.
He was then transferred to Nacional, where he also ended as that season's top scorer.
He contributed no Nacional winning the 2005 Championship.
After a few years playing in Europe, he returned to Nacional in 2008, contributing in Nacional's best Copa Libertadores in over twenty years in 2009. That season he also won his second Uruguayan Championship.
After that season, he went to Argentina to play for Arsenal de Sarandí and later for Chilean Unión Española, before returning to Uruguay to play for River Plate.
In 2011, he returned to Nacional, winning the 2011-12 Uruguayan Championship.
Honours
References
External links
- "cadizcf.com". Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
- Alexander Medina at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Tenfieldigital (in Spanish)
- "Alexander Medina – Primera División statistics at Fútbol XXI" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2009-10-04.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Alexander Medina at Soccerway
- Alexander Medina at Footballdatabase