Alejandro Villarreal
Colombian footballer (born 2005)
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Alejandro Villarreal Zuluaga (born 28 July 2005) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine club Aldosivi, on loan from Brazilian club Santos.[2]
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Villarreal in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alejandro Villarreal Zuluaga | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 July 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Aldosivi (on loan from Santos) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Leones del Sur | |||||||||||||||||
| América de Cali | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | Deportivo Cali | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Santos | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Santos | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Aldosivi (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Colombia U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:39, 28 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:04, 18 February 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Early career
Born in Medellín, Antioquia, Villarreal began his career in Cali at the age of six with EF Leones del Sur. He subsequently represented América de Cali before having a six-season spell in the youth sides of Deportivo Cali.[3]
Santos
On 7 March 2024, Villarreal agreed to a deal with Brazilian club Santos,[4] but his registration was not made on time as the Profeta only had an amateur deal at Deportivo Cali, which delayed the transfer clearance.[5] He was only officially registered in July, and also trained with the first team squad;[6] Cali also retained 10% of his economic rights.[7]
Villarreal made his professional debut with Peixe on 17 August 2024, coming on as a second-half substitute for João Schmidt in a 1–0 Série B home loss to Avaí.[8] He subsequently returned to the under-20 team.
Loan to Aldosivi
On 30 July 2025, Villarreal was loaned to Argentine Primera División side Aldosivi until January 2027.[9] He made his debut for the club on 15 August, replacing Tobías Cervera late into a 0–0 home draw against Belgrano.
International career
On 20 August 2024, Villarreal was called up to the Colombia national under-20 team by manager César Torres for two friendlies against Uruguay,[8] but was cut from the squad six days later.[10]
Career statistics
Honours
Santos