Alfonso Pedraza

Alfonso
Personal information
Full name Alfonso Pedraza Sag
Date of birth (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Villarreal
Number 28
Youth career
Séneca
2011–2015 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2015 Villarreal C 1 (0)
2015– Villarreal B 38 (7)
2015– Villarreal 3 (0)
National team‡
2015 Spain U19 7 (3)
2016– Spain U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2016
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pedraza and the second or maternal family name is Sag.

Alfonso Pedraza Sag (born 9 April 1996), known simply as Alfonso, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a left winger.

Club career

Born in San Sebastián de los Ballesteros, Córdoba, Andalusia, Pedraza joined Villarreal CF's youth setup in 2011 at the age of 15, after starting it out at Séneca CF.[1] In January 2015, he was promoted to the former's the C-team in Tercera División.

Pedraza made his senior debut on 11 January 2015, appearing as a second-half substitute for the reserves in a 2–2 away draw against CF Reus Deportiu for the Segunda División B championship.[2] He scored his first goal on 1 March, netting the game's only in a home success against CD Atlético Baleares.[3]

On 5 April 2015, after being already a regular with the B's and being called up to the main squad by manager Marcelino García Toral,[4] Pedraza made his professional – and La Liga – debut, replacing Jonathan dos Santos in the 72nd minute of a 0–0 draw at Valencia CF.[5]

Honours

Spain U19

References

  1. ↑ "El eballense Alfonso Pedraza debuta con el Villarreal ante el Valencia" [Eballense Alfonso Pedraza debuts with Villarreal against Valencia] (in Spanish). Minuto 90. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Empate del filial que sabe a poco (2–2)" [Reserves draw leaves bad taste in mouth (2–2)] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Villarreal B continúa su escalada (1–0)" [Villarreal B continues to climb] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alfonso Pedraza, talento a raudales" [Alfonso Pedraza, talent in abundance] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Villarreal frena la euforia valencianista" [Villarreal stops valencianista euphoria] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Spain see off Russia for seventh Under-19 crown". UEFA.com. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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