Alfonso Pedraza

Alfonso
Personal information
Full nameAlfonso Pedraza Sag
Date of birth9 April 1996
Place of birthSan Sebastián Ballesteros, Spain
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionWinger
Club information
Current team
Villarreal B
Youth career
Séneca
2011–2015Villarreal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2015Villarreal C1(0)
2015–Villarreal B13(1)
2015–Villarreal2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pedraza and the second or maternal family name is Sag.

Alfonso Pedraza Sag (born 9 April 1996), simply known as Alfonso, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF B as a left winger.

Club career

Born in San Sebastián de los Ballesteros, Córdoba, Andalusia, Pedraza joined Villarreal CF's youth setup in 2011 at the age of 15, after starting it out at Séneca CF.[1] In January 2015, he was promoted to the former's the C-team in Tercera División.

On 11 January 2015 Pedraza made his senior debut, appearing as a second-half substitute for the reserves in a 2–2 away draw against CF Reus Deportiu for the Segunda División B championship.[2] He scored his first senior goal on 1 March, netting the game's only in a home success against CD Atlético Baleares.[3]

On 5 April, after being already a regular with the B's and being called up to the main squad by manager Marcelino García Toral,[4] Pedraza made his professional – and La Liga – debut, replacing Jonathan dos Santos in the 72nd minute of a 0–0 away draw against Valencia CF.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "El eballense Alfonso Pedraza debuta con el Villarreal ante el Valencia" [Eballense Alfonso Pedraza debuts with Villarreal against Valencia] (in Spanish). Minuto 90. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Empate del filial que sabe a poco (2–2)" [Insufficient draw from the reserves (2–2)] (in Spanish). Villarreal's official website. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Villarreal B continúa su escalada (1–0)" [Villarreal B keeps its climb] (in Spanish). Villarreal's official website. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alfonso Pedraza, talento a raudales" [Alfonso Pedraza, talent in abundance] (in Spanish). Villarreal's official website. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Villarreal frena la euforia valencianista" [Villarreal stops the valencianista euphoria] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

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