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

Christian Alemán
Personal information
Full name Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría
Date of birth (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
Manta
Youth career
2001–2013 Emelec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Emelec 11 (0)
2015 Técnico Universitario 4 (0)
2015Manta (loan) 14 (5)
2016 Deportivo Quito 16 (9)
2016–2020 Barcelona SC 63 (10)
2017–2018Estudiantes (loan) 4 (1)
2020 Guayaquil City 9 (0)
2021–2022 Arka Gdynia 55 (7)
2023 Aucas 1 (0)
2023–2024 GKS Katowice 15 (1)
2024– Manta 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:57, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Career

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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, Alemán 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] Alemán scored once in 15 league appearances as GKS won promotion to the Ekstraklasa after finishing the season as runners-up. On 17 June 2024, it was announced Alemán would leave GKS at the end of his contract.[10]

On 5 August 2024, he re-joined Ecuadorian Serie B club Manta.[11]

Personal life

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Alemán is the half-brother of fellow footballer Javier Charcopa.[3][12]

Career statistics

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As of 28 May 2024[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Emelec 2013 Serie A 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2014 Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Técnico Universitario 2015 Serie B 4 0 0 0 4 0
Manta (loan) 2015 Serie B 14 5 0 0 14 5
Deportivo Quito 2016 Serie B 16 9 0 0 16 9
Barcelona SC 2016 Serie A 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2017 Serie A 14 0 4[a] 1 0 0 18 1
2018 Serie A 16 4 0 0 0 0 16 4
2019 Serie A 21 6 0 0 2[a] 0 0 0 23 6
2020 Serie A 4 0 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 5 0
Total 63 10 0 0 7 1 0 0 70 11
Estudiantes (loan) 2017–18 Primera División 4 1 0 0 2[b] 0 0 0 6 1
Guayaquil City 2020 Serie A 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Arka Gdynia 2020–21 I liga 14 1 2 0 16 1
2021–22 I liga 30 6 3 1 33 7
2022–23 I liga 11 0 1 0 12 0
Total 55 7 6 1 61 8
Aucas 2023 Serie A 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1[c] 0 3 0
GKS Katowice 2023–24 I liga 15 0 1 0 16 0
Manta 2024 Serie B 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 192 32 7 1 10 1 1 0 210 34
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Appearance in Supercopa Ecuador

Honours

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Christian Aleman w Arce!". Arka Gdynia. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Christian Alemán at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Christian Alemán odchodzi z GKS-u Katowice". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Christian Alemán w Manta FC". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  12. ^ "El especial partido para Javier Charcopa y Cristian Alemán". Ecuagoal. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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