Christian_Alemán
Christian Alemán
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1996)
Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría (born 5 February 1996) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Polish club GKS Katowice.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | GKS Katowice | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2013 | Emelec | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Emelec | 11 | (0) |
| 2015 | Técnico Universitario | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Manta (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2016 | Deportivo Quito | 16 | (9) |
| 2016–2020 | Barcelona SC | 63 | (10) |
| 2017–2018 | → Estudiantes (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2020 | Guayaquil City | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Arka Gdynia | 55 | (7) |
| 2023 | Aucas | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | GKS Katowice | 15 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:57, 28 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
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Emelec were Alemán's first club, he joined their youth system at the age of 5 and went on to play senior football for them from 2013 to 2014 and made eleven appearances in the Ecuadorian Serie A.[3][4] His senior debut for Emelec arrived on 19 June 2013 against Manta, a team he would go on to join in July 2015.[2] Prior to joining Manta, Alemán signed for Técnico Universitario of the Ecuadorian Serie B.[5] He featured four times before leaving for Manta, also of Serie B.[2] For Manta, he scored five goals, including two in an 8–0 win over Deportivo Azogues on 28 November, in fourteen games as they finished 6th.[2]
January 2016 saw him join Deportivo Quito in Serie B, but he left eight months later to play for Ecuadorian Serie A team Barcelona SC.[2][3] He made his Barcelona debut on 21 August 2016 in a 5–1 victory over Fuerza Amarilla.[2] Twenty-one further appearances came during 2016 and 2017, before Alemán departed Ecuadorian football for the first time to move to Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes.[6][7] He scored on his debut for Estudiantes, netting the winning goal against Arsenal de Sarandí on 28 August 2017.[2] He left after six appearances in June 2018, subsequently scoring ten goals in three seasons back with Barcelona.[2]
In September 2020, Alemán headed to fellow Ecuadorian Serie A club Guayaquil City.[2] Nine appearances followed.[2] On 20 December 2020, Alemán agreed a free transfer to Poland with I liga side Arka Gdynia; with his one-and-a-half-year contract commencing in January 2021.[1]
On 21 December 2022, it was announced he would return to Ecuador to join the 2022 season champions Aucas in 2023.[8] After making only three appearances across all competitions in nine months, Alemán left Aucas in early September 2023.
Shortly after, he returned to Poland, and on 20 September he signed a one-year contract with an option for another season with second division side GKS Katowice.[9]
Alemán is the half-brother of fellow footballer Javier Charcopa.[3][10]
- As of 28 May 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Emelec | 2013 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Técnico Universitario | 2015 | Serie B | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Manta (loan) | 2015 | Serie B | 14 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |||
| Deportivo Quito | 2016 | Serie B | 16 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | |||
| Barcelona SC | 2016 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | — | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Serie A | 16 | 4 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 2019 | Serie A | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | ||
| 2020 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 63 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 11 | |||
| Estudiantes (loan) | 2017–18 | Primera División | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Guayaquil City | 2020 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arka Gdynia | 2020–21 | I liga | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | I liga | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 7 | ||||
| 2022–23 | I liga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 61 | 8 | |||||
| Aucas | 2023 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| GKS Katowice | 2023–24 | I liga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 192 | 32 | 7 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 34 | |||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance in Supercopa Ecuador
- Emelec[2]
- Barcelona SC[2]
- Ecuadorian Serie A: 2016
- "Christian Aleman w Arce!". Arka Gdynia. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- Christian Alemán at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Christian Alemán se quedó para triunfar en Barcelona SC". El Comercio. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Christian Alemán profile". BDFA. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Las novelas del mercado de fichajes del fútbol ecuatoriano 2015". Ecuagoal. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Alemán, el nuevo refuerzo de Estudiantes". TyC Sports. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Christian Alemán es nuevo jugador de Estudiantes de La Plata". El Universo. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Christian Aleman przechodzi do ekwadorskiego SD Aucas" (in Polish). Arka Gdynia. 21 December 2022.
- "Christian Alemán piłkarzem GKS-u Katowice" (in Polish). GKS Katowice. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- "El especial partido para Javier Charcopa y Cristian Alemán". Ecuagoal. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- Christian Alemán at Soccerway