Alexis (footballer, born 1974) explained

Alexis
Fullname:José Alejandro Suárez Martín
Birth Date:6 March 1974
Birth Place:Las Palmas, Spain
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Las Palmas
Years1:1991–1995
Years2:1995–2003
Years3:2003–2007
Years4:2007–2008
Clubs1:Las Palmas
Clubs2:Tenerife
Clubs3:Levante
Clubs4:Valladolid
Caps1:61
Caps2:163
Caps3:129
Caps4:11
Totalcaps:364
Goals1:1
Goals2:8
Goals3:8
Goals4:0
Totalgoals:17

José Alejandro Suárez Martín (born 6 March 1974), known as Alexis, is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender.

He amassed La Liga totals of 195 matches and seven goals over eight seasons, representing in the competition Tenerife, Levante and Valladolid.

Club career

Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Alexis started playing professionally with hometown's UD Las Palmas, by then in Segunda División B. Subsequently, he joined neighbours CD Tenerife,[1] [2] making his La Liga debut in the 1995–96 season as they finished in fifth position.

After Tenerife's second top level relegation in four years, in 2002, Alexis played a further season with the club before signing for Levante UD, being instrumental in the Valencia side's 2004 promotion. Following another promotion and relegation with the latter he scored a rare goal in 2006–07, in a 1–0 away win against Recreativo de Huelva on 17 September 2006,[3] being an undisputed first-choice throughout the top flight campaign (33 starts in 34 appearances, 2,979 minutes of action).

In the summer of 2007, Alexis moved to Real Valladolid, appearing sparingly throughout the season and being released in October of the following year despite still having a contract running, alongside teammate Cifu, in the same predicament.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tú a Gran Canaria y yo a Tenerife. You to Gran Canaria and myself to Tenerife. Vavel. Miguel. García. es. 24 December 2015. 4 July 2018.
  2. Web site: ¿Qué fue del CD Tenerife semifinalista de la UEFA?. What happened to UEFA semi-finalists CD Tenerife?. Sphera Sports. es. 18 January 2017. 21 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170921144142/http://www.spherasports.com/que-fue-tenerife-semifinalista-uefa-116746/. 21 September 2017. dead.
  3. http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/cronica/es/desarrollo/689578.html El Levante se impone al Recreativo (Levante defeat Recreativo)
  4. http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2008/09/05/info/1220623486_630299.html Daniel Cifuentes dice que "no podemos perdonar ni un solo euro" (Daniel Cifuentes says "we cannot forgive one single euro")