Álex Grimaldo

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Grimaldo and the second or maternal family name is García.

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Álex Grimaldo
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Grimaldo with Spain U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Grimaldo García
Date of birth (1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
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Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 3
Youth career
2006–2008 Valencia
2008–2012 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Barcelona B 92 (6)
2016– Benfica 2 (0)
International career‡
2011 Spain U16 2 (0)
2011–2012 Spain U17 8 (1)
2012–2014 Spain U19 9 (0)
2013– Spain U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 February 2013

Alejandro "Álex" Grimaldo García (born 20 September 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Benfica as a left back.

Club career

Barcelona

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Grimaldo with Barcelona B in 2012

Born in Valencia, Valencian Community, Grimaldo joined Barcelona's youth system in 2008, aged 13. He made his official debut for the B-team on 4 September 2011, starting in a 4–0 away win against Cartagena at the age of 15 years and 349 days and becoming the youngest player ever to appear in a Segunda División game.[1][2]

On 23 February 2013, Grimaldo suffered a serious knee injury, being ruled out for the remainder of the season.[3] He returned to action in January of the following year,[4] appearing in 14 matches to help his team finish in third position.

On 13 September 2014, Grimaldo scored his first professional goal, netting his side's last in a 3–2 success at Alavés.[5] In a campaign which saw the team relegated, he netted four times in 36 matches; he and Sergi Palencia were sent off on 25 April 2015, in a 2–1 win over Ponferradina at the Mini Estadi.[6]

Benfica

On 29 December 2015, as his contract was about to expire,[7] Grimaldo signed with Portuguese champions Benfica until 2021, for €1.5 million. Barcelona has the right to a percentage of a future sale.[8]

Grimaldo played his first game with his new team on 26 January 2016, coming in as a 62nd-minute substitute for Sílvio in a 6–1 away routing of Moreirense for the Taça da Liga.[9] On 29 February, he debuted in the Primeira Liga, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home win against União da Madeira;[10] he only appeared once more in the latter competition until the end of the season, filling in for suspended Eliseu[11] in a 4–1 success over Nacional also at the Estádio da Luz that sealed the club's third consecutive national championship.[12]

International career

Grimaldo gained his first cap for the Spanish under-21 team on 5 February 2013 – before he had turned 18 – playing the second half of a 1–1 friendly draw in Belgium.[13]

Club statistics

As of 19 December 2015[14]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B
2011–12 1 0 — 1 0
2012–13 24 0 — 24 0
2013–14 14 0 — 14 0
2014–15 36 4 — 36 4
2015–16 17 2 — 17 2
Total 92 6 — 92 6
Career totals 92 6 — 92 6

Honours

Club

Benfica

Country

Spain

References

  1. ↑ Vuelve el mejor Barça B con un festival goleador en Cartagonova (The best Barça B returns with a scoring festival in Cartagonova); Marca, 4 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Alejandro Grimaldo, la seducción de un lateral de 15 años (Alejandro Grimaldo, the allure of a 15-year-old fullback); FC Barcelona, 5 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Alejandro Grimaldo sufre una rotura del ligamento cruzado anterior y del ligamento lateral externo de la rodilla (Alejandro Grimaldo suffers an anterior cruciate ligament and a lateral collateral injury); FC Barcelona, 24 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Grimaldo vuelve ante el Mirandés... y Masip se queda fuera (Grimaldo returns against Mirandés... and Masip stays out); Sport, 18 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Barça B se lleva los tres puntos con susto final (Barça B takes the three points with a final scare); Marca, 13 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Álex Grimaldo at Soccerway
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External links

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