Alejandro Pozuelo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Pozuelo Melero[1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 September 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Seville, Spain | ||
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Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Genk | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
Betis | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Betis B | 42 | (16) |
2011–2013 | Betis | 29 | (3) |
2013–2014 | Swansea City | 22 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | (0) |
2015– | Genk | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2016 |
Alejandro Pozuelo Melero (born 20 September 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Belgian club K.R.C. Genk as an attacking midfielder.
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Club career
Betis
Born in Seville, Andalusia, Pozuelo spent his youth career at his local club, Real Betis. He made his senior debuts with the B-team, spending a couple of seasons in Segunda División B.
Pozuelo made his official debut with the main squad on 2 October 2011, playing the second half of a 0–1 La Liga home loss against Levante UD.[2] On 18 December he scored his first league goal for the Verdiblancos, as well as being sent off in the 2–0 win at Atlético Madrid.[3]
Pozuelo was promoted to Betis' first team for the 2012–13 campaign.[4] He appeared in a total of 13 games in all competitions, netting his only goal in a 5–3 away success over Athletic Bilbao.[5]
Swansea City
On 2 July 2013, Pozuelo joined Swansea City on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, signing alongside teammate José Cañas and becoming the seventh Spaniard in the squad.[6]
He scored on his debut for the club, rounding off the scoring in a 4–0 home victory over Malmö FF in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League;[7] he netted his second in the same competition and also at the Liberty Stadium on 22 August 2013 in a 5–1 play-off round win against Romania's FC Petrolul Ploiești.[8]
Rayo Vallecano
Pozuelo returned to his country's top division on 24 July 2014, joining Rayo Vallecano for an undisclosed fee.[9] His first competitive appearance took place on 14 September, as he came on as a 61st-minute substitute in a 2–3 home loss to Elche CF.[10]
Club statistics
- As of 8 April 2014[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Betis | 2011–12 | La Liga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |
2012–13 | La Liga | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
Total | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | |||
Swansea City | 2013–14 | Premier League | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 36 | 2 |
Total | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 2 | ||
Career total | 51 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 69 | 5 |
- ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
References
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External links
- Alejandro Pozuelo profile at BDFutbol
- Lapreferente profile (Spanish)
- Alejandro Pozuelo career statistics at Soccerbase
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Seville
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Real Betis players
- Rayo Vallecano footballers
- Premier League players
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- Belgian First Division A players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Wales
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Spanish expatriates in Wales