Alejo Cruz
{{short description|Uruguayan football player (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Cruz|Techera|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alejo Cruz
| full_name = Alejo Cruz Techera
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|09|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| height = 1.70 m
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Atlético Goianiense
| clubnumber = 7
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Peñarol
| years1 = 2021–2022
| clubs1 = Peñarol
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2021
| clubs2 = → Racing Montevideo (loan)
| caps2 = 20
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2022–2023
| clubs3 = Albion
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2023
| clubs4 = → Danubio (loan)
| caps4 = 29
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2024–
| clubs5 = Atlético Goianiense
| caps5 = 56
| goals5 = 6
| club-update = 16 February 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
Alejo Cruz Techera (born 1 September 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Brazilian club Atlético Goianiense.{{Soccerway|678709}}
Career
Cruz is a youth academy graduate of Peñarol. In April 2021, he joined Racing Montevideo on a season long loan deal.{{cite web|title=Seguí todos los pases de Segunda división, que se prepara para una temporada de Primera|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/segui-todos-los-pases-de-segunda-division-que-se-prepara-para-una-temporada-de-primera-202146114316|date=29 April 2021|access-date=7 February 2022}} He made his professional debut on 2 June 2021 in a 1–0 league win against Uruguay Montevideo.{{cite web|title=Racing vs. Uruguay Montevideo - 2 June 2021|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/06/02/uruguay/segunda-division/racing-club-de-montevideo/uruguay-montevideo-football-club/3509269/|access-date=7 February 2022}}
In July 2022, Cruz terminated his contract with Peñarol and joined Albion.{{cite web|title=Sin crucifijo|url=http://www.padreydecano.com/cms/noticias/sin-cruzifijo/|date=14 July 2022|access-date=15 July 2022}} On 28 December 2022, he joined Danubio on loan for 2023 season.{{cite web|title=Danubio confirmó la contratación de Alejo Cruz, su cuarta alta para 2023|url=https://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/Danubio-confirmo-la-contratacion-de-Alejo-Cruz-su-cuarta-alta-para-2023-uc841718|date=28 December 2022|access-date=14 February 2023}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club | rowspan="2"|Season | colspan="3"|League | colspan="2"|Cup | colspan="2"|Continental | colspan="2"|Other | colspan="2"|Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| rowspan="3"|Peñarol | 2021 | rowspan="2"|Uruguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2Appearances in Copa Libertadores. | 0 | 1Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya. | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Racing Montevideo (loan)
|2021 |20 | 7 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 4Appearances in Championship play-offs. | 1 | 24 | 8 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 8 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|alejo-cruz}}
{{Atlético Goianiense squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cruz, Alejo}}
Category:Footballers from Montevideo
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Uruguayan men's footballers
Category:Uruguayan Primera División players
Category:Uruguayan Segunda División players
Category:Racing Club de Montevideo players
Category:Atlético Clube Goianiense players
Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
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