Aleix Coch

Aleix Coch
Personal information
Full nameAleix Coch Lucena
Date of birth18 October 1991
Place of birthTarragona, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Hospitalet
Youth career
Espanyol
Cusa La Granja
Reus
Gimnàstic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2009–2012Pobla Mafumet60(6)
2010–2014Gimnàstic24(1)
2014–Hospitalet17(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Coch and the second or maternal family name is Lucena.

Aleix Coch Lucena (born 18 October 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CE L'Hospitalet as a central defender.

Club career

Coch was born in Tarragona, Catalonia. In June 2010, while still a youth player at Gimnàstic de Tarragona, he was called to train with the first team to cover for injured players.[1] On 19 June he made his debut with the main squad, replacing fellow youth graduate Fran Vélez in the 82nd minute of a 0–1 away defeat against UD Las Palmas for the Segunda División championship.[2]

On 10 July 2012, after spending three full seasons with the farm team, Coch was promoted to Nàstic's main roster, alongside Sergio López, Ñoño, Eugeni and his cousin Joel Coch.[3] During the campaign he appeared in 13 matches (nine starts, 781 minutes of action), as the club missed out on promotion play-off qualification.

On 20 October 2013 Coch scored his first goal for Gimnàstic, netting the first through a free kick in a 2–1 home win over Valencia CF Mestalla;[4] he was later linked to that opponent in January of the following year,[5] but the deal collapsed.[6]

In July 2014, Coch joined neighbouring CE L'Hospitalet.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Juvenils per cobrir les múltiples baixes (Youth players to cover for multiple injuries); El Punt, 18 June 2010 (Catalan)
  2. ↑ Rondón salva los muebles (Rondón saves the day); Marca, 19 June 2010 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Ñoño, Aleix i Joel Coch, i Eugeni jugaran al primer equip (Ñoño, Aleix and Joel Coch and Eugeni will play with first team); Gimnàstic's official website, 10 July 2012 (Catalan)
  4. ↑ Gimnàstic 2–1 Valencia Mestalla: los catalanes se recompusieron y siguen en dinámica positiva (Gimnàstic 2–1 Valencia Mestalla: Catalans got it together and continue good run); Vavel, 20 October 2013 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Nàstic negocia con el Valencia el traspaso de Aleix Coch (Nàstic negotiates transfer of Aleix Coch with Valencia); Diari de Tarragona, 8 January 2014 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Nàstic: Aleix Coch no irá al Mestalla en este mercado de invierno (Nàstic: Aleix Coch will not go to Mestalla in this winter transfer market); Diari de Tarragona, 24 January 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Aleix Coch fitxa per l'Hospitalet de Kiko Ramírez (Aleix Coch signs for Kiko Ramírez's L'Hospitalet); Camp d'Esports, 6 July 2014 (Catalan)

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