Christian Alemán

Christian Alemán
Personal information
Full name Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría
Date of birth (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Youth career
2001–2013 Emelec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Emelec 11 (0)
2015 Técnico Universitario 4 (0)
2015 Manta 14 (5)
2016 Deportivo Quito 16 (9)
2016– Barcelona 22 (0)
2017–2018 → Estudiantes (loan) 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:11, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría (born 5 February 1996) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Barcelona.[1]

Career

Emelec were Alemán's first club, he joined their youth system at the age of 5 and went on to play senior football for them from 2013 to 2014 and made eleven appearances in the Ecuadorian Serie A.[2][3] His senior debut for Emelec arrived on 19 June 2013 against Manta, a team he would go on to join in July 2015.[1] Prior to joining Manta, Alemán signed for Técnico Universitario of the Ecuadorian Serie B.[4] He featured four times before leaving for Manta, also of Serie B.[1] For Manta, he scored five goals, including two in an 8–0 win over Deportivo Azogues on 28 November, in fourteen games as they finished 6th.[1]

January 2016 saw him join Deportivo Quito in Serie B, but he left eight months later to play for Ecuadorian Serie A team Barcelona.[1][2] He made his Barcelona debut on 21 August 2016 in a 5–1 victory over Fuerza Amarilla.[1] Twenty-one further appearances came during 2016 and 2017, before Alemán departed Ecuadorian football for the first time to move to Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes.[5][6] He scored on his professional league debut for Estudiantes, netting the winning goal against Arsenal de Sarandí on 28 August 2017.[1]

Personal life

Alemán is the half-brother of fellow footballer Javier Charcopa.[2][7]

Career statistics

As of 6 August 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Emelec 2013 Serie A 100——0000100
2014 10——000010
Total 110——0000110
Técnico Universitario 2015 Serie B 40———0040
Manta 2015 145———00145
Deportivo Quito 2016 169———00169
Barcelona 2016 Serie A 80——000080
2017 140——4[lower-alpha 3]1[lower-alpha 4]00181
2018 00——000000
Total 220——4100261
Estudiantes 2017–18 Primera División 4100—2[lower-alpha 5]00061
Career total 711500—61007716
  1. ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Four appearances in 2017 Copa Libertadores
  4. ↑ One goal in 2017 Copa Libertadores
  5. ↑ Two appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Emelec[1]
Barcelona[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Christian Alemán profile". Soccerway. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Christian Alemán se quedó para triunfar en Barcelona SC". El Comercio. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Christian Alemán profile". BDFA. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Las novelas del mercado de fichajes del fútbol ecuatoriano 2015". Ecuagoal. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Alemán, el nuevo refuerzo de Estudiantes". TyC Sports. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Christian Alemán es nuevo jugador de Estudiantes de La Plata". El Universo. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "El especial partido para Javier Charcopa y Cristian Alemán". Ecuagoal. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.


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