Christian Alemán

Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría (born 5 February 1996) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Polish club GKS Katowice.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alemán and the second or maternal family name is Alegría.
Christian Alemán
Personal information
Full name Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría
Date of birth (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 GKS Katowice
Number 22
Youth career
2001–2013 Emelec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Emelec 11 (0)
2015 Técnico Universitario 4 (0)
2015 → Manta (loan) 14 (5)
2016 Deportivo Quito 16 (9)
2016–2020 Barcelona SC 63 (10)
2017–2018 → Estudiantes (loan) 4 (1)
2020 Guayaquil City 9 (0)
2021–2022 Arka Gdynia 55 (7)
2023 Aucas 1 (0)
2023– GKS Katowice 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:28, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Emelec were Alemán's first club, he joined their youth system at the age of 5 and went on to play senior football for them from 2013 to 2014 and made eleven appearances in the Ecuadorian Serie A.[3][4] His senior debut for Emelec arrived on 19 June 2013 against Manta, a team he would go on to join in July 2015.[2] Prior to joining Manta, Alemán signed for Técnico Universitario of the Ecuadorian Serie B.[5] He featured four times before leaving for Manta, also of Serie B.[2] For Manta, he scored five goals, including two in an 8–0 win over Deportivo Azogues on 28 November, in fourteen games as they finished 6th.[2]

January 2016 saw him join Deportivo Quito in Serie B, but he left eight months later to play for Ecuadorian Serie A team Barcelona SC.[2][3] He made his Barcelona debut on 21 August 2016 in a 5–1 victory over Fuerza Amarilla.[2] Twenty-one further appearances came during 2016 and 2017, before Alemán departed Ecuadorian football for the first time to move to Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes.[6][7] He scored on his debut for Estudiantes, netting the winning goal against Arsenal de Sarandí on 28 August 2017.[2] He left after six appearances in June 2018, subsequently scoring ten goals in three seasons back with Barcelona.[2]

In September 2020, Alemán headed to fellow Ecuadorian Serie A club Guayaquil City.[2] Nine appearances followed.[2] On 20 December 2020, Alemán agreed a free transfer to Poland with I liga side Arka Gdynia; with his one-and-a-half-year contract commencing in January 2021.[1]

On 21 December 2022, it was announced he would return to Ecuador to join the 2022 season champions Aucas in 2023.[8] After making only three appearances across all competitions in nine months, Alemán left Aucas in early September 2023.

Shortly after, he returned to Poland, and on 20 September he signed a one-year contract with an option for another season with second division side GKS Katowice.[9]

Personal life

Alemán is the half-brother of fellow footballer Javier Charcopa.[3][10]

Career statistics
As of 20 September 2023[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Emelec 2013 Serie A 100——0000100
2014 Serie A 10——000010
Total 110——0000110
Técnico Universitario 2015 Serie B 40———0040
Manta (loan) 2015 Serie B 145———00145
Deportivo Quito 2016 Serie B 169———00169
Barcelona SC 2016 Serie A 80——000080
2017 Serie A 140——4[lower-alpha 1]100181
2018 Serie A 164——0000164
2019 Serie A 21600—2[lower-alpha 1]000236
2020 Serie A 4000—1[lower-alpha 1]00050
Total 631000—71007011
Estudiantes (loan) 2017–18 Primera División 4100—2[lower-alpha 2]00061
Guayaquil City 2020 Serie A 9000——0090
Arka Gdynia 2020–21 I liga 14120———161
2021–22 I liga 30631———337
2022–23 I liga 11010———120
Total 55761———618
Aucas 2023 Serie A 1000—1[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 3]030
GKS Katowice 2023–24 I liga 0000———00
Career total 1773261—1011019434
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Appearance in Supercopa Ecuador

Honours
Emelec[2]
Barcelona SC[2]
  • Ecuadorian Serie A: 2016

References
  1. "Christian Aleman w Arce!". Arka Gdynia. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. Christian Alemán at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. "Christian Alemán se quedó para triunfar en Barcelona SC". El Comercio. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. "Christian Alemán profile". BDFA. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. "Las novelas del mercado de fichajes del fútbol ecuatoriano 2015". Ecuagoal. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. "Alemán, el nuevo refuerzo de Estudiantes". TyC Sports. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  7. "Christian Alemán es nuevo jugador de Estudiantes de La Plata". El Universo. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. "Christian Aleman przechodzi do ekwadorskiego SD Aucas" (in Polish). Arka Gdynia. 21 December 2022.
  9. "Christian Alemán piłkarzem GKS-u Katowice" (in Polish). GKS Katowice. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. "El especial partido para Javier Charcopa y Cristian Alemán". Ecuagoal. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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