| Alfonso Espino | |
| Full Name: | Luis Alfonso Espino García |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1992 |
| Birth Place: | San Jacinto, Uruguay |
| Height: | 1.72 m[1] |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Rayo Vallecano |
| Clubnumber: | 12 |
| Youthclubs1: | Danubio |
| Youthclubs2: | Huracán Buceo |
| Youthclubs3: | Miramar Misiones |
| Youthclubs4: | Nacional Montevideo |
| Years1: | 2014–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Nacional Montevideo |
| Caps1: | 128 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs2: | Cádiz |
| Caps2: | 146 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Clubs3: | Rayo Vallecano |
| Caps3: | 31 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 5 June 2024 |
Luis Alfonso Espino García (born 5 January 1992), commonly known as Pacha Espino, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano.
Born in San Jacinto, Espino joined Nacional Montevideo's youth setup in 2012, from Miramar Misiones.[2] He made his senior debut on 1 February 2014, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racing Montevideo for the Uruguayan Primera División championship.
Espino scored his first senior goal on 24 April 2016, netting the game's only in a home defeat of Fénix. A regular starter, he lifted the 2014–15 and 2016 league titles with the club.
On 28 January 2019, Espino moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side Cádiz CF.[3] He became a regular starter during the 2019–20 season, scoring once in 36 matches as the club achieved promotion to La Liga.
Espino made his top tier debut on 12 September 2020, starting in a 2–0 away loss against CA Osasuna. On 31 October, he renewed his contract until 2023.[4]
On 17 July 2023, free agent Espino signed a three-year contract with Rayo Vallecano also in the Spanish first division, La Liga.[5]
On 7 January 2022, Espino was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.[6] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nacional | 2013–14 | Uruguayan Primera División | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Uruguayan Primera División | 22 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 27 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | Uruguayan Primera División | 11 | 1 | — | 10 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | Urguayan Primera División | 33 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | Uruguayan Primera División | 34 | 2 | — | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |||
| Total | 132 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 5 | |||
| Cádiz | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Segunda División | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 146 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 278 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 317 | 8 | |||