Alejandro Viniegra
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Viniegra Santana | ||
Birth name | Alejandro Santana Viniegra[a] | ||
Date of birth | 13 February 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tlaxcala | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cruzeiro | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Cruzeiro | 1 | (0) |
2021 | North Texas SC | 6 | (1) |
2022–2024 | Red Bull Brasil | 29 | (9) |
2023 | → Ituano (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2024 | → CRB (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2024–2025 | C.D. Santa Clara | 0 | (0) |
2025– | Tlaxcala | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017 | Brazil U16 | 3 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2023 |
Alejandro Viniegra Santana (born 13 February 2002) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tlaxcala.
Club career
Viniegra made his professional debut with Cruzeiro on 12 February 2018 playing the last minute against Bahia ending in a tie.
International career
In October 2020, Viniegra was called up to the Mexico national under-20 team training camp by Raúl Chabrand, for which he had done virtual training sessions three months before.[1]
Personal life
Born in Brazil to a Mexican father and a Brazilian mother, he holds dual Brazilian and Mexican citizenship.[2]
Notes
- ^ This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Santana and the second or paternal family name is Viniegra.
References
- ^ "Alejandro Viniegra, el brasileño mexicano convocado al Tri Sub-20". TUDN. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Alejandro Santana the Mexican Neymar that El Tri let get away". goal.com (in Spanish). Goal/ Jovenes Futbolistas MX. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
External links
- Alejandro Viniegra at Soccerway
- Alejandro Viniegra at WorldFootball.net