Alejandro Galindo (footballer)

Alejandro Miguel Galindo (born 5 March 1992) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Municipal and the Guatemala national team. He also holds Colombian citizenship.

For the film director, see Alejandro Galindo (director).

Alejandro Galindo
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Miguel Galindo
Date of birth (1992-03-05) 5 March 1992
Place of birth Guatemala
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Municipal
Number 13
Youth career
–2009 Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Santa Fe 3 (0)
2009–2010 → Juventud (loan) 31 (1)
2013 Municipal 5 (0)
2014–2019 Antigua 206 (14)
2019–2021 Comunicaciones 44 (2)
2021–2023 Cobán Imperial 79 (4)
2023– Municipal 0 (0)
International career‡
2012– Guatemala 36 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:09, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Atlético Juventud and Santa Fe

Born in Guatemala to a Guatemalan father and a Colombian mother,[1] Galindo moved to Colombia with his mother when he was 10 years old.[2] At 12, he started playing in the lower divisions of the Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe. He debuted in the professional football in Atlético Juventud, an affiliated club of Santa Fe playing in the Categoría Primera B, where he played 31 matches and scored 1 goal.[3] He return for Independiente Santa Fe for the 2011 Categoría Primera A season, debuting on 9 March in the draw 0–0 against Bogotá F.C. in the Copa Colombia. Galindo played a total of 10 matches for Santa Fe (3 in the league and 7 in the Copa Colombia), and earned the 2012 Apertura title.

Municipal

He joined Municipal from the Liga Nacional for the 2013–14 season, after almost a year without having played a game.[1] He debuted on 9 October, in the match against Malacateco.

International career

Galindo made his debut for Guatemala, at just 20 years of age, as a substitute in on 26 April 2012 friendly match against Paraguay. He entered in the 46th minute, but the match ended in a 0–1 defeat.[4] He played another friendly match on 2 June 2012 against Costa Rica, where he played 79 minutes, that ended in a 1–0 victory. His first match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was on 8 June 2012, in a 2–1 defeat against Jamaica.

Career statistics
As of 22 February 2016[5]

Club
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Colombia League Cup South America Total
2009Juventud[3]Categoría Primera B311-00311
2010-00
2011Santa FeCategoría Primera A20300050
201210400050
Guatemala League Cup North America Total
2013–14MunicipalLiga Nacional de Fútbol50000050
2014–15AntiguaLiga Nacional de Fútbol3930000393
2015–161700000170
Total Colombia 3417000411
Guatemala 6130000613
Career total 95470001024

International appearances
Team Year Apps Goals
Guatemala[6] 201230
201300
201400
201510
201600
201700
201810
2019106
Total156

International goals
Scores and results list the Guatemala's goal tally first.[6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2019Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala Anguilla4–010–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C
2.10 September 2019Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico1–05–0
3.16 November 2019Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala2–05–0
4.3–0
5.21 November 2019Estadio Israel Barrios, Coatepeque, Guatemala Antigua and Barbuda4–08–0Friendly
6.5–0

Honours

Santa Fe

Antigua

Cobán Imperial

Source:[5]

References
  1. "Municipal contrató al volante Alejandro Galindo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
  2. Beltrán Lozano, Thomás (20 April 2012). "Alejandro Galindo, una vida de Cardenal". Publimetro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. "Alejandro Galindo's profile". BDFA.
  4. "Selección de Guatemala cae en casa frente a Paraguay". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012.
  5. Alejandro Galindo at Soccerway
  6. Alejandro Galindo at National-Football-Teams.com
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