Alexander Medina

Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco (born 8 August 1978 in Salto) is an Uruguayan retired football striker and currently the manager of Talleres.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Reobasco.
Alexander Medina
Personal information
Full name Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco
Date of birth (1978-08-08) 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

Club
Nacional
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References
    • "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
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