Alan Cantero | |
Fullname: | Alan Martín Cantero |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1998 |
Birth Place: | San Juan, Argentina |
Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Barracas Central (on loan from Godoy Cruz) |
Clubnumber: | 11 |
Youthclubs1: | Sportivo Peñarol |
Years1: | 2016–2020 |
Clubs1: | Sportivo Peñarol |
Caps1: | 32 |
Goals1: | 7 |
Years2: | 2020– |
Clubs2: | Godoy Cruz |
Caps2: | 16 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2022 |
Clubs3: | → Estudiantes BA (loan) |
Caps3: | 36 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Years4: | 2023– |
Clubs4: | → Barracas Central (loan) |
Caps4: | 35 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Club-Update: | 20:15, 3 May 2024 (UTC) |
Alan Martín Cantero (born 28 June 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Barracas Central, on loan from Godoy Cruz.[2]
Cantero came through the youth ranks at Sportivo Peñarol.[3] He was promoted into the Torneo Federal B club's senior set-up in 2016, making his debut in the local league at the age of eighteen.[3] They won promotion from the newly created Torneo Regional Federal Amateur in 2019, with Cantero scoring twice in a 2–1 win over Independiente de Chivilcoy in a promotion play-off final.[3] In Torneo Federal A, the centre-forward netted league goals against Estudiantes, Huracán Las Heras, Sol de Mayo, Sportivo Desamparados and Olimpo before the season's curtailment; he also scored a brace over Desamparados in the Copa Argentina.[2]
In June 2020, Cantero departed Sportivo Peñarol at the expiration of his contract and subsequently joined Primera División side Godoy Cruz.[4] [5] [6] [7] After going unused on the substitute's bench against River Plate a month prior, he made his debut on 14 December during a Copa de la Liga Profesional draw away to Central Córdoba; replacing Tomás Badaloni with eleven minutes left.[2] [8] [9] [10]
In February 2022, Cantero joined Primera Nacional club Estudiantes de Buenos Aires on a loan deal until the end of the year.[11]
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Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Sportivo Peñarol | 2019–20 | Torneo Federal A | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |||
Godoy Cruz | 2020–21 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 |