Alfonso Espino
Uruguayan footballer (born 1992)
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Luis Alfonso Espino García (born 5 January 1992), commonly known as Pacha Espino, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Alfonso Espino García | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | San Jacinto, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Danubio | |||
| Huracán Buceo | |||
| Miramar Misiones | |||
| Nacional Montevideo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Nacional Montevideo | 128 | (4) |
| 2019–2023 | Cádiz | 146 | (3) |
| 2023– | Rayo Vallecano | 47 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2025 | |||
Club career
Nacional Montevideo
Born in San Jacinto, Espino joined Nacional Montevideo's youth setup in 2012, from Miramar Misiones.[2] He made his senior debut on 1 February 2014, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racing Montevideo for the Uruguayan Primera División championship.
Espino scored his first senior goal on 24 April 2016, netting the game's only in a home defeat of Fénix. A regular starter, he lifted the 2014–15 and 2016 league titles with the club.
Cádiz
On 28 January 2019, Espino moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side Cádiz CF.[3] He became a regular starter during the 2019–20 season, scoring once in 36 matches as the club achieved promotion to La Liga.
Espino made his top tier debut on 12 September 2020, starting in a 2–0 away loss against CA Osasuna. On 31 October, he renewed his contract until 2023.[4]
Rayo Vallecano
On 17 July 2023, free agent Espino signed a three-year contract with Rayo Vallecano also in the Spanish first division, La Liga.[5]
International career
On 7 January 2022, Espino was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.[6] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 4 June 2023[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nacional | 2013–14 | Uruguayan Primera División | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Uruguayan Primera División | 22 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 27 | 1 | — | 3[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | Uruguayan Primera División | 11 | 1 | — | 10[a] | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | Urguayan Primera División | 33 | 0 | — | 8[a] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Uruguayan Primera División | 34 | 2 | — | 11[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 46 | 3 | ||
| Total | 132 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 5 | ||
| Cádiz | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Segunda División | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Total | 146 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 278 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 317 | 8 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- Six appearances in Copa Sudamericana, five appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores
- Appearance(s) in Supercopa Uruguaya
