Álex Alegría

Alexander "Álex" Alegría Moreno (born 10 October 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alegría and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.
Álex Alegría
Personal information
Full name Alexander Alegría Moreno
Date of birth (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992
Place of birth Plasencia, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
San Miguel
2004–2009 Plasencia
2009–2010 Cacereño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Cacereño 56 (11)
2012–2015 Betis B 93 (26)
2015–2019 Betis 26 (3)
2015–2016 → Numancia (loan) 41 (12)
2017–2018 → Levante (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2019 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 9 (0)
2019 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 16 (3)
2019–2023 Mallorca 19 (0)
2020 → Extremadura (loan) 17 (6)
2021 → Zaragoza (loan) 15 (1)
2021–2022 → Burgos (loan) 25 (0)
2022–2023 → Fuenlabrada (loan) 16 (1)
2023 Foolad 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2023

Club career

Betis

Born in Plasencia, Province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Alegría finished his development with Cacereño, and made his senior debut in the Segunda División B during the 2010–11 season. On 18 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Real Betis, being assigned to the reserves also in the third division.[2]

Alegría agreed to a new deal with the Andalusians on 11 July 2014 after scoring nine goals in the 2013–14 campaign.[3] He made his professional debut on 1 March 2015, coming on as a second half substitute for Francisco Portillo in a 0–0 away draw against Mirandés in the Segunda División.[4]

On 8 July 2015, Alegría renewed his link until 2017, being immediately loaned to Numancia of the second tier.[5] He appeared in his first match for the club on 23 August, playing 12 minutes and scoring a brace in the 6–3 home win over Tenerife.[6]

On 15 June 2016, after 42 competitive games at the Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, Alegría was definitively promoted to Betis' first team.[7] He made his debut in La Liga on 11 September of that year, starting in a 3–2 away victory against Valencia.[8]

Alegría scored his first goals in the Spanish top flight on 16 September 2016, a brace in a 2–2 home draw with Granada.[9] The following 29 January, he put the hosts ahead in an eventual 1–1 draw against Barcelona also at the Estadio Benito Villamarín.[10]

On 29 June 2017, Alegría was loaned to fellow top-division club Levante for one year.[11] He suffered a knee injury in November, being sidelined for the remainder of the campaign.[12]

On 31 August 2018, Alegría joined Rayo Vallecano on a one-year loan.[13][14] The following 31 January, however, he moved to Sporting Gijón also in a temporary deal.[15]

Mallorca

On 2 July 2019, Alegría agreed to a five-year contract with Mallorca as a free agent.[16] The following 24 January, after being sparingly used, he moved to second division side Extremadura on loan for the remainder of the campaign.[17]

Alegría signed with Real Zaragoza also in the second tier on 19 January 2021, on loan until the end of the season.[18] On 18 August, he joined Burgos of the same league also in a temporary deal.[19]

On 1 September 2022, Alegría moved to Primera Federación club Fuenlabrada on a one-year loan.[20] This arrangement was terminated in January 2023, and he left Mallorca shortly after.[21]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 August 2021[22][23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cacereño 2010–11 Segunda División B 20200—202
2011–12 Segunda División B 36900—369
Total 561100005611
Betis B 2012–13 Segunda División B 353——353
2013–14 Tercera División 239—2[lower-alpha 1]0259
2014–15 Segunda División B 3514——3514
Total 932600209526
Betis 2014–15 Segunda División 1000—10
2016–17 La Liga 25320—273
Total 2632000283
Numancia (loan) 2015–16 Segunda División 411210—4212
Levante (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 9000—90
Rayo Vallecano (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 9021—111
Sporting Gijón (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División 16300—163
Mallorca 2019–20 La Liga 6020—80
2020–21 Segunda División 13020—150
Total 1904000230
Extremadura (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 17600—176
Zaragoza (loan) 2020–21 Segunda División 15100—151
Burgos (loan) 2021–22 Segunda División 1000—10
Career total 30262912031363
  1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

References
  1. "Álex Alegría". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  2. García, Basilio (18 July 2012). "Alexander Alegría, nuevo fichaje para el filial del Betis" [Alexander Alegría, new signing for Betis' reserves] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. Toro Ruiz, Rafael (11 July 2014). "Tras Isaac y Javi Montoya, Álex Alegría renueva con el Real Betis B" [After Isaac and Javi Montoya, Álex Alegría renews with Real Betis B] (in Spanish). Manquepierda. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. "El Betis sale vivo de Anduva" [Betis leave Anduva alive]. Marca (in Spanish). 1 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. "El Real Betis renueva a Álex Alegría y lo cede al CD Numancia" [Real Betis renew Álex Alegría and loan him to CD Numancia] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. "Set del Numancia al Tenerife con lluvia de goles en la segunda parte" [Numancia set on Tenerife with goal rain in the second half]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. "Álex Martínez y Álex Alegría formarán parte del primer equipo la próxima temporada" [Álex Martínez and Álex Alegría will be a part of the first team the following season] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  8. Castelló, Jordi (11 September 2016). "Final de traca en Mestalla" [Fireworks finale at the Mestalla]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  9. Egea, Pablo (16 September 2016). "Alegría a medias" [Half joy ("Alegría" in English, pun on his surname)]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  10. "Late Luis Suarez strike earns Barcelona a point at Real Betis". ESPN FC. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  11. "Álex Alegría goes to Levante UD on loan". Real Betis. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  12. Santamaría, Jordi (15 July 2018). "Álex Alegría reaparece ocho meses después" [Álex Alegría reappears eight months later]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  13. "Álex Alegría nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Álex Alegría new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  14. "Álex Alegría goes on loan to Rayo Vallecano". Real Betis. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  15. "El Real Betis y el Real Sporting de Gijón acuerdan la cesión de Álex Alegría" [Real Betis and Real Sporting de Gijón agree the loan of Álex Alegría] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  16. "Álex Alegría ficha por el RCD Mallorca" [Álex Alegría signs for RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  17. "Álex Alegría, azulgrana" [Álex Alegría, red-and-blue] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  18. García, Eduardo (19 January 2021). "Oficial: Álex Alegría, nuevo jugador del Real Zaragoza" [Official: Álex Alegría, new player of Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  19. Elías, Álvaro (18 August 2021). "Alex Alegría llega cedido al Burgos" [Alex Alegría arrives on loan at Burgos]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  20. "Álex Alegría se marcha cedido al Fuenlabrada CF" [Álex Alegría moves out on loan to Fuenlabrada CF] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  21. "Álex Alegría finaliza su etapa en el RCD Mallorca" [Álex Alegría ends his spell at RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  22. Álex Alegría at Soccerway
  23. Álex Alegría at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
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