Alejandro Viniegra

Alejandro Viniegra
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Viniegra Santana
Birth name Alejandro Santana Viniegra[a]
Date of birth (2002-02-13) 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)
2023Ituano (loan) 9 (0)
2024CRB (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

  1. ^ This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Santana and the second or paternal family name is Viniegra.

References

  1. ^ "Alejandro Viniegra, el brasileño mexicano convocado al Tri Sub-20". TUDN. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Alejandro Santana the Mexican Neymar that El Tri let get away". goal.com (in Spanish). Goal/ Jovenes Futbolistas MX. Retrieved 28 July 2020.