Álex Alfaro
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Alfaro Cascales
Date of birth (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002
Place of birth Alicante, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Elche B
Number 8
Youth career
2014–2018 Valencia
2018–2021 Elche
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Elche B 33 (1)
2022– Elche 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 August 2022

Alejandro "Álex" Alfaro Cascales (born 15 June 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Elche CF Ilicitano.

Club career

After playing for four years in the youth categories of Valencia CF, Alfaro joined Elche CF in 2018.[1] He made his senior debut with the latter's reserves on 4 September 2021, starting in a 1–1 Tercera División RFEF home draw against Hércules CF B.[2]

Alfaro scored his first senior goal on 5 January 2022, netting the B's second in a 2–2 away draw against the same opponent.[3] In July, he was included in the first team's pre-season,[4] before making his professional – and La Liga – debut on 15 August, after coming on as a second-half substitute for Gerard Gumbau in a 3–0 away loss against Real Betis.[5][6]

References

  1. "¡Explosión goleadora en el Elche Ilicitano! Los "cracks" de un filial en su mejor momento" [Goalscoring explosion at Elche Ilicitano! The "ballers" of a reserve team in their best moment] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. "El mini-derbi entre Ilicitano y Hércules CF B acaba en tablas" [The mini-derby between Ilicitano and Hércules CF B end in a draw] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. "Hércules CF B y Elche Ilicitano CF empatan en Alicante en el derbi de filiales" [Hércules CF B and Elche Ilicitano CF draw in Alicante in the derby of the reserve teams] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. "Alfaro, Carles Marco y Rodri debutan con el primer equipo" [Alfaro, Carles Marco and Rodri debut with the first team] (in Spanish). Rookie Soccer. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. "El Elche cae 3–0 ante el Betis en un partido errático de los ilicitanos" [Elche fall 3–0 against Betis in an unstable match of the ilicitanos] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. "Alfaro debuta con el Elche CF" [Alfaro debuts with Elche CF] (in Spanish). Pasión Franjiverde. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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