Alejandro Cantero
{{short description|Spanish footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{family name hatnote|Cantero|Sánchez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Álex Cantero
| image =
| fullname = Alejandro Cantero Sánchez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|6|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| height = 1.82 m
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Tenerife
| clubnumber = 19
| youthyears1 = 2006–2011 | youthclubs1 = Brunete
| youthyears2 = 2011–2016 | youthclubs2 = Real Madrid
| youthyears3 = 2016–2018 | youthclubs3 = Levante
| years1 = 2018–2021 | clubs1 = Levante B | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 7
| years2 = 2021–2024 | clubs2 = Levante | caps2 = 88 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2024– | clubs3 = Tenerife | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Spain U19 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update = 2 April 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
Alejandro "Álex" Cantero Sánchez (born 8 June 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for CD Tenerife.
Club career
=Levante=
A youth product of CD Brunete and Real Madrid CF, Cantero joined the youth academy of Levante UD in 2016. He signed a professional contract with Levante on 19 February 2019, for four years.{{cite web | title=Firmado: Blindaje antiBarça y City para el internacional sub-19 | website=Super Deporte | date=19 February 2019 | url=https://www.superdeporte.es/levante/2019/02/19/firmado-blindaje-antibarca-city-internacional/403443.html | language=es | access-date=30 April 2021}}
Cantero began his senior career as a stalwart with Levante's reserve side in Segunda División B. He made his senior debut with Levante in a 2–0 La Liga loss to Celta de Vigo on 30 April 2021.{{cite web | last=Marco | first=Marc Escribano | title=El Levante se sigue dejando llevar | website=Las Provincias | date=30 April 2021 | url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/levanteud/directo-celta-vigo-levante-20210430195020-nt.html | language=es | access-date=30 April 2021}}
On 24 June 2021, Cantero was promoted to the main squad for the 2021–22 campaign.{{cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/2021/06/24/primera/1624549831_446442.html|title=Fichajes de la casa|trans-title=Home signings|publisher=Diario AS|language=es|date=24 June 2021|accessdate=1 August 2021}} He was mainly a substitute during the season, as the club suffered relegation.
Cantero scored his first professional goal on 27 August 2022, netting the opener in a 2–0 Segunda División home win over CD Tenerife. On 1 September, his contract was extended until 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/levante-ud/20220901/el-levante-ud-amplia-el-contrato-de-alex-cantero_170367230.html|title=El Levante UD amplía el contrato de Álex Cantero|trans-title=Levante UD extend the contract of Álex Cantero|publisher=El Desmarque|language=es|date=1 September 2022|accessdate=22 July 2024}}
=Tenerife=
On 21 July 2024, Cantero signed a two-year deal with Tenerife in the second division.{{cite web|url=https://www.clubdeportivotenerife.es/noticias/cantero-nuevo-refuerzo-del-cd-tenerife|trans-title=Cantero, new addition of CD Tenerife|title=Cantero, nuevo refuerzo del CD Tenerife|language=es|website=CD Tenerife|date=21 July 2024|accessdate=21 July 2024}}
International career
Cantero represented the Spain under-19 national team in 2019 for a pair of friendlies.{{cite web | title=Así fue el estreno de Cantero | website=ElDesmarque Valencia | date=26 Jul 2019 | url=https://eldesmarque.com/valencia/levante-ud/202324-cantero-debuta-con-el-levante | language=es | access-date=30 Apr 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.realmadrid.com/futbol/cantera/infantil-a/alejandro-cantero-sanchez Real Madrid profile] {{in lang|es}}
- {{BDFutbol|22695}}
- {{LaPreferente|270028}}
- {{Soccerway|alejandro-cantero-sanchez/586957}}
{{CD Tenerife squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Madrid
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Segunda División B players
Category:Atlético Levante UD players
Category:Levante UD footballers