Alexander Jojo

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Alexander Jojo
亞歷斯祖

|image = Alexander Jojo.jpg

|image_size =

|caption = Alexander Jojo with Eastern

|fullname = Christian Alexander Jojo

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1999|02|11}}

|birth_place = Hong Kong

|height = 1.83m[https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20190829/bkn-20190829170012048-0829_00882_001.html 港超聯　愉園開咧前再簽兩小將] on.cc 29 August 2019

|position = Defender

|currentclub = Eastern

|clubnumber = 19

|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017

|youthclubs1 = HKFC

|youthyears2 = 2017–2019

|youthclubs2 = Vizela

|years1 = 2019–2020 |clubs1 = Happy Valley |caps1 = 8 |goals1 = 0

|years2 = 2020–2023 |clubs2 = Eastern |caps2 = 20 |goals2 = 1

|years3 = 2023 |clubs3 = Tai Po |caps3 = 6 |goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2024– |clubs4 = IK Oddevold |caps4 = 3 |goals4 = 0

|years5 = 2024– |clubs5 = → Eastern (loan) |caps5 = 18 |goals5 = 2

|nationalyears1 = 2021

|nationalteam1 = Hong Kong U23

|nationalcaps1 = 7

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 2024–

|nationalteam2 = Hong Kong

|nationalcaps2 = 5

|nationalgoals2 = 0

|club-update = 20:15, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

|nationalteam-update = 20:15, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

}}

Christian Alexander Jojo ({{zh|t=亞歷斯祖}}; born 11 February 1999) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern, on loan from Superettan club IK Oddevold, and the Hong Kong national team.

Club career

On 29 August 2019, Jojo signed his first professional contract with Hong Kong Premier League club Happy Valley.{{cite web |title=前精英賽神射手加盟愉園開季前夕添兩小將 A A A |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/264718 |website=Sportsroad |date=29 August 2019 |access-date=1 July 2020}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 1 July 2020, Jojo signed with Eastern following the expiration of his contract with Happy Valley.{{cite web |title=再簽兩年輕新兵東方下周一開操 |url=https://hk.sports.appledaily.com/sports/20200701/6UDZ4GRUL3O6LOPVLA7UTWPWLI/ |website=Apple Daily |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701132438/https://hk.sports.appledaily.com/sports/20200701/6UDZ4GRUL3O6LOPVLA7UTWPWLI/ |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 7 September 2023, Jojo joined Tai Po.

On 9 December 2023, Jojo joined Superettan club IK Oddevold.{{cite web |title=大埔宣布亞歷斯祖外闖歐洲 |url=https://www.wenweipo.com/epaper/view/newsDetail/1733542513219866624.html |website=Wenweipo |access-date=10 December 2023}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 8 August 2024, Jojo rejoined Eastern on loan for the 2024–25 season.[https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20240808/bkn-20240808120502060-0808_00882_001.html 港超聯亞歷斯祖借將身分回歸東方] on.cc 8 August 2024

International career

Jojo was born in Hong Kong to an English father, and his mother is half Swedish and half Ethiopian.https://www.bohuslaningen.se/sport/fotboll/nyforvarvet-fran-hongkong-gor-sig-hemmastad-i-uddevalla-ingen-kulturchock-.e7146362-2f2e-4893-a01b-b4bdc4da42ab On 28 April 2021, he announced that he had received a Hong Kong passport after giving up his British passport and Swedish passport, making him eligible to represent Hong Kong internationally.

Jojo was called up to the Hong Kong national team for two international friendlies against Myanmar on 21 and 24 September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfa.com/en/news/press-release/19276/detail |title=Final Squad of the Hong Kong Representative Team |publisher=The Football Association of Hong Kong, China |access-date=12 December 2023}}

Jojo was part of the Hong Kong side at the 2022 Asian Games which advanced to the semi-finals. Hong Kong had beaten Iran U-23 1–0 in the quarter-finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3236458/asian-games-2023-hong-kongs-mens-footballers-semi-finals-famous-win-over-iran?module=inline&pgtype=article |title=Asian Games 2023: Hong Kong's men into football semi-finals with famous win over Iran |publisher=South China Morning Post |access-date=12 December 2023}}

On 8 September 2024, Jojo made his international debut for Hong Kong in a friendly match against Fiji.{{cite web|publisher=South China Morning Post|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3277657/hong-kong-seal-tri-nations-glory-late-matt-orr-goal-draw-against-hosts-fiji|title=Hong Kong seal tri-nations glory as late Matt Orr goal earns draw against hosts Fiji|date=8 September 2024}}

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|FA Cup !colspan="2"\|Sapling Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Happy Valley \|2019–20 \|rowspan="2"\|Hong Kong Premier League \|8	0	1	0	6	0	1Appearances in the Hong Kong Senior Shield	0	16	0
Eastern \|2020–21 \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !8	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	16	0

;Notes

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !National team !Year !Apps !Goals
rowspan="2" \|Hong Kong \|2024 \|3 \|0
2025 \|1 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !4 !0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!National team

!Year

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="2" |Hong Kong

|2024

2025

colspan="2" |Total