Matías Alonso

Matías Alonso
Personal information
Full nameMatías Damián Alonso Vallejo
Date of birth16 April 1985
Place of birthMontevideo, Uruguay
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Defensor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2003–2005River Plate (UY)22(6)
2005–2006Peñarol4(0)
2006–2007Celta B33(7)
2007–2010Murcia5(0)
2007–2008→ SE Ibiza (loan)37(14)
2008–2010Murcia B58(14)
2010–2011Granada0(0)
2011→ Cerro (loan)13(4)
2011–2012Zamora13(4)
2012Beijing Technology26(5)
2013Juventud15(11)
2013Bari7(0)
2014–Defensor20(6)
National team
2005Uruguay U204(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alonso and the second or maternal family name is Vallejo.

Matias Damián Alonso Vallejo (born 16 April 1985) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Defensor Sporting as a forward.

Football career

Born in Montevideo, Alonso started his career at local Club Atlético River Plate, signing with C.A. Peñarol in 2005 and not being successful at either club. Subsequently he moved to Spain, first with Celta de Vigo's reserves in the country's third division.

In 2007 Alonso joined Real Murcia, being immediately loaned to another club in the third level, SE Ibiza-Eivissa. After returning he appeared rarely for the first team, spending most of his spell at the club with the B-side.

After Murcia's relegation from division two, in July 2010, Alonso joined Granada CF.[1] In the following transfer window, without having made no official appearances for the Andalusians, he returned to his country, joining C.A. Cerro on loan.

On 31 July 2011 Alonso signed a two-year contract with Zamora CF, in Spain's third division. In January 2013, after a brief spell in China, he returned to his homeland and joined Juventud de Las Piedras.

In September 2013 Alonso moved abroad again, joining A.S. Bari in Serie B. Just three months later, however, he left Italy and moved to Defensor Sporting.[2]

Personal life

Alonso's older brother, Iván, is also a footballer and a forward. He too began his career at River Plate also played abroad with Murcia, but with much more individual success.[3]

His cousin, Diego Alonso, also played several years in Spain (five years with as many teams).

References

  1. ↑ "Carlos Calvo y Matías Alonso, nuevos fichajes del Granada Club de Fútbol" [Carlos Calvo and Matías Alonso, new Granada CF signings] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Matías Alonso y Mario Regueiro jugarán en Defensor." [Matías Alonso and Mario Regueiro will play in Defensor] (in Spanish). Defensor Sporting. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ↑ El Real Murcia B tendrá a Matías Alonso, hermano de Iván Alonso (Real Murcia B will have Matías Alonso, Iván Alonso's brother); Join Futbol, 8 July 2008 (Spanish)

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