Alejo Cruz
Uruguayan football player (born 2000)
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Alejo Cruz Techera (born 1 September 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Uruguayan Primera División club Peñarol.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejo Cruz Techera | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Peñarol | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Peñarol | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Peñarol | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Racing Montevideo (loan) | 20 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | Albion | 11 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Danubio (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Atlético Goianiense | 68 | (6) |
| 2025– | Peñarol | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 July 2025 | |||
Career
Cruz is a youth academy graduate of Peñarol. In April 2021, he joined Racing Montevideo on a season long loan deal.[2] He made his professional debut on 2 June 2021 in a 1–0 league win against Uruguay Montevideo.[3]
In July 2022, Cruz terminated his contract with Peñarol and joined Albion.[4] On 28 December 2022, he joined Danubio on loan for the 2023 season.[5] In January 2024, he joined newly promoted Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Atlético Goianiense on a contract until December 2025.[6] On 25 February 2024, he scored his first goal for the club in a 5–1 win against Goianésia.[7]
On 30 July 2025, Cruz returned to Uruguayan football by re-joining his boyhood club Peñarol.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 12 June 2022[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Peñarol | 2021 | Uruguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Racing Montevideo (loan) | 2021 | Uruguayan Segunda División | 20 | 7 | – | – | 4[c] | 1 | 24 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 8 | ||
- Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
- Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya.
- Appearances in Championship play-offs.
