Alfonso Espino

Luis Alfonso Espino García (born 5 January 1992) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a left back for Spanish club Cádiz CF.

Alfonso Espino
Personal information
Full name Luis Alfonso Espino García
Date of birth (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992
Place of birth San Jacinto, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
Cádiz
Number 22
Youth career
Huracán Buceo
Miramar Misiones
Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Nacional 132 (4)
2019– Cádiz 41 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 July 2020

Club career

Born in San Jacinto, Espino joined Nacional's youth setup in 2012, from Miramar Misiones.[1] He made his senior debut on 1 February 2014, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racing Montevideo for the Uruguayan Primera División championship.

Espino scored his first senior goal on 24 April 2016, netting the game's only in a home defeat of Fénix. A regular starter, he lifted the 2014–15 and 2016 league titles with the club.

On 28 January 2019, Espino moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side Cádiz CF.[2]

References

  1. "Alfonso Espino, la ruta del campeón: desde San Jacinto en ómnibus a Los Céspedes" [Alfonso Espino, the rout of the champion: since San Jacinto on the bus to Los Céspedes] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. "'Pacha' Espino se convierte en el primer fichaje invernal" ['Pacha' Espino becomes the first winter signing] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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