Alejandro García (footballer, born 2001)
Colombian footballer (born 2001)
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Alejandro García Castillo (born 28 February 2001) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brasil Série A club Athletico Paranaense.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro García Castillo | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Manizales, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athletico Paranaense | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Once Caldas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2025 | Once Caldas | 154 | (7) |
| 2026– | Athletico Paranaense | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Colombia U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Colombia U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Colombia U23 | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 April 2026 | |||
Club career
Born in Manizales, García was an Once Caldas youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 15 March 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 home loss to Rionegro Águilas, for the year's Copa Colombia.[1] Mainly a member of the under-20 team, he made his Categoría Primera A debut on 10 September 2018, replacing Marcelino Carreazo in an away loss to the same opponent for the same scoreline.
Promoted to the first team in 2019, García only became a starter in 2021, and scored his first professional goal on 27 March of that year, netting his side's fourth in a 4–2 home win over Boyacá Chicó.[2] In the following campaigns, he continued to feature regularly.[3]
International career
García represented Colombia at under-18,[4] under-20[5][6] and under-23 levels, featuring in the 2023 Pan American Games[7] and the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament with the latter.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 23 June 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Once Caldas | 2017 | Categoría Primera A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||||
| 2022 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2024 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 1 | ||||
| 2025 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 145 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 8 | ||
- Includes Copa Colombia
- Appearances in Copa Sudamericana