Alejandro Contreras

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Melo and the second or maternal family name is Pulgar.
Alejandro Contreras
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Andrés Contreras Daza
Date of birth (1993-03-03) 3 March 1993
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Palestino
Number 4
Youth career
2007–2012 Palestino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Palestino 64 (4)
National team
2012–2013 Chile U20 3 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2013.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2013

Alejandro Andrés Contreras Daza (born 3 March 1993 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean footballer[1] who currently plays as a defender for the Chilean Primera División club Palestino, and is also a member of the Chile national under-20 football team team. He is part of the squad that qualified in the South American U-20 Championship Argentina 2013 to gain a place in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Contreras began his career playing for the Palestino junior team and was part of the squad that won the 2012 Under 20 national championship[2] He made his debut in the Chilean Primera División on 31 March 2013 scoring against Deportes Antofagasta in an official match for the Torneo Clausura de Chile national championship.

National team

Contreras was selected to play for the Chile national under-20 football team in the South American Youth Championship on 3 January 2013 by team manager Arturo Salas. Success in this tournament took Contreras and the team to the Turkey 2013 under-20 world championship.


External links

References

  1. 1 2 "Alejandro Contreras - FIFA 14 Weekly". SoFIFA.com. 29 November 2013.
  2. PALESTINO SE CONSAGRÓ BICAMPEÓN JUVENIL Y JUGARÁ LA COPA wwwmanfp.cl Sitio web oficial de la Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional web.archive.org/ 12 December 2012 retrieved 24 June 2012
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, May 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.