Christian Alfonso

Christian Alfonso López (born 2 May 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alfonso and the second or maternal family name is López.
Christian Alfonso
Personal information
Full name Christian Alfonso López[1]
Date of birth (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989[1]
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
La Florida
Hospitalet
2002–2004 Espanyol
2004–2008 Hospitalet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Hospitalet 86 (21)
2011–2012 Espanyol B 21 (12)
2011–2015 Espanyol 18 (0)
2013–2014 → Alcorcón (loan) 17 (1)
2014–2015 → Girona (loan) 12 (0)
2016 Hospitalet 15 (3)
2016–2017 Lleida Esportiu 30 (3)
2018–2022 Hospitalet 105 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:14, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Alfonso signed with RCD Espanyol in 2002 at the age of 13, from neighbours CE L'Hospitalet. Two years later, he returned to his previous club and made his senior debut there, appearing in two Segunda División B games in the 2007–08 season in an eventual relegation. He was an essential player in the subsequent promotion, then scored ten goals from 30 appearances to help them to retain their status.[2]

Alfonso moved to Espanyol again in late March 2011, alongside teammate Cristian Gómez – the deal being made effective in July – initially being assigned to the reserves.[3] On 2 October 2011, he made his first-team (and La Liga) debut, featuring 16 minutes in a 0–4 home loss against Real Madrid.[4]

On 15 August 2013, Alfonso joined AD Alcorcón of Segunda División, in a season-long loan deal.[5] He scored his first professional goal on 1 September, the first in the 3–0 home win over Recreativo de Huelva.[6]

Alfonso was loaned to Girona FC of the same league on 29 August 2014, also in a one-year deal.[7] Roughly a year later, he terminated his contract with Espanyol.[8]

References
  1. Christian Alfonso at AS.com (in Spanish)
  2. Christian Alfonso; El Blog de L'Hospi, 25 November 2010 (in Catalan)
  3. L’Espanyol B fitxa Cristian Alfonso i Cristian Gómez de l’Hospitalet (Espanyol B sign Christian Alfonso and Cristian Gómez from L'Hospitalet); BTV Notícies, 28 March 2011 (in Catalan)
  4. Higuain gives Mourinho plenty to ponder; ESPN Soccernet, 2 October 2011
  5. Cristian Alfonso jugará en el Alcorcón cedido por el Espanyol (Cristian Alfonso will play in Alcorcón on loan from Espanyol); Diario AS, 15 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. El Alcorcón se apunta al liderato tras golear al Recreativo (Alcorcón poised to lead after thrashing Recreativo); Marca, 2 September 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. Christian Alfonso, cedido al Girona (Christian Alfonso, loaned to Girona); Marca, 29 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. Rescissions de contracte de C. Gómez i de Christian Alfonso (Contract terminations of C. Gómez and Christian Alfonso); RCD Espanyol, 31 August 2015 (in Catalan)
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