Alfonso Espino

Luis Alfonso Espino García (born 5 January 1992), commonly known as Pacha Espino, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a left back for Spanish club Cádiz CF.

Alfonso Espino
Personal information
Full name Luis Alfonso Espino García
Date of birth (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992
Place of birth San Jacinto, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
Cádiz
Number 22
Youth career
Huracán Buceo
Miramar Misiones
Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Nacional 132 (4)
2019– Cádiz 54 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2020

Club career

Born in San Jacinto, Espino joined Nacional's youth setup in 2012, from Miramar Misiones.[1] He made his senior debut on 1 February 2014, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racing Montevideo for the Uruguayan Primera División championship.

Espino scored his first senior goal on 24 April 2016, netting the game's only in a home defeat of Fénix. A regular starter, he lifted the 2014–15 and 2016 league titles with the club.

On 28 January 2019, Espino moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side Cádiz CF.[2]

References

  1. "Alfonso Espino, la ruta del campeón: desde San Jacinto en ómnibus a Los Céspedes" [Alfonso Espino, the rout of the champion: since San Jacinto on the bus to Los Céspedes] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. "'Pacha' Espino se convierte en el primer fichaje invernal" ['Pacha' Espino becomes the first winter signing] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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