Álex Quillo

Alejandro Rodríguez Rivas (born 7 October 1986), known as Álex Quillo, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Gibraltarian club Europa F.C. as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.
Álex Quillo
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Rodríguez Rivas
Date of birth (1986-10-07) 7 October 1986
Place of birth La Línea, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Europa
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2006 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Atlético Madrid C
2007–2009 Atlético Madrid B 58 (8)
2009–2010 Almería 1 (0)
2010–2012 Recreativo 25 (2)
2013 Lucena 11 (0)
2013 Chania 0 (0)
2014 Lucena 7 (1)
2015 Mairena 7 (0)
2016– Europa 93 (26)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2020

Football career

Born in La Línea de la Concepción, Province of Cádiz, Quillo joined Atlético Madrid's youth system in 2000, aged 13. After one game in 2006–07 with the B-team, he went on to appear a further two full seasons for the reserves also in the third division. In the 2007–08 edition of the Copa del Rey he played his first official game with the main squad (in a total of two), a 2–1 away win against Granada 74 CF.[1]

In late August 2009, Quillo joined La Liga club UD Almería.[2][3] His input in the competition consisted of 15 minutes in a 2–3 home loss to Sevilla FC in the campaign's last round,[4] finishing his spell with three official matches.[5]

On 2 July 2010, Quillo signed a two-year contract with Recreativo de Huelva in the second level,[6] In the following years, he rarely settled with a team or received significant playing time, competing in his country's third level but also in Tercera División.[7][8]

In early 2016, Quillo joined Europa F.C. in the Gibraltar Premier Division.[9] He scored eight times in 24 games in his first full season, helping the club secure its first title since 1952.[10] On 27 June 2017, he netted their first-ever goal in the UEFA Champions League, in a 2–1 win at The New Saints for the first qualifying round;[11][12] he was, however, sent off in the second leg, which ended with a 1–3 loss and the subsequent elimination.[13]

References
  1. 1–2. Atlético resolvió el partido en dos minutos (1–2. Atlético solved it in two minutes); Soitu, 12 December 2007 (in Spanish)
  2. El Almería ficha a Alex Quillo, una de las perlas de la cantera del At. Madrid (Almería sign Alex Quillo, one of At. Madrid youth system's gems); UD Almería, 31 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. El Almería se hace con el canterano atlético Álex Quillo (Almería get Atlético youth player Álex Quillo); Marca, 31 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. "Rodri fires Seviila [sic] into raptures". ESPN Soccernet. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  5. «Seguiré trabajando todos los días para conseguir minutos» («I'll continue working everyday to get minutes»); Ideal, 20 November 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. Recreativo oficializa fichaje de Álex Quillo (Recreativo make Álex Quillo's signing official); esFutbol, 2 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  7. El Lucena ficha al medio centro Alex Quillo y da la baja a Adrián (Lucena sign central midfielder Alex Quillo and release Adrián); Diario Córdoba, 7 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. Alex Quillo vuelve al Lucena para darle un punto a su equipo en Guadalajara (1–1) (Alex Quillo returns to Lucena to give his team one point in Guadalajara (1–1)); Sur de Córdoba, 10 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. Europa v Lincoln: Preview; Football Gibraltar, 8 April 2017
  10. El Europa gana la liga de Gibraltar y jugará la Champions (Europa win Gibraltarian league and will play the Champions); Europa Sur, 21 May 2017 (in Spanish)
  11. The New Saints 1–2 Europa; BBC Sport, 27 June 2017
  12. El Europa FC hace historia con un gol del linense Alex Quillo (Europa FC make history with goal from Línea's own Alex Quillo); La Línea Digital, 28 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  13. Europa 1–3 The New Saints; BBC Sport, 4 July 2017
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