Alejandro Piedrahita
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Piedrahita Diaz | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Cartago, Valle del Cauca ,Colombia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Pereira | ||
Number | 77 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | Comfandi Cartago | ||
2014–2019 | El Diamante Sports Club | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Deportivo Pereira | 96 | (10) |
2023 | → Banfield (loan) | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
Alejandro Piedrahita Diaz (born 3 September 2002) is a Colombian footballer who plays for as a midfielder for Deportivo Pereira.
Early life
[edit]Piedrahita was born in Cartago, Valle del Cauca to Blanca Edith Díaz and Hernando Piedrahita Escobar. He played football at Comfandi Cartago until he was 12 when in 2014 he started playing at El Diamante Sports Club. He joined Deportivo Pereira in 2019.[1]
Career
[edit]He made his debut for Deportivo Pereira in the Categoría Primera A in 2020.[2] He scored his first senior goal on April 6, 2021 in the league against Independiente Medellín.[3] He played 22 times in 2022 as his club won the Colombian league title.[4]
He joined Club Atlético Banfield in January 2023 on loan for a year with the option to join permanently for a transfer fee or $700,000 for 80% of his rights.[5][6]
International career
[edit]Piedrahita was selected to train with the Colombia national under-20 football team in May 2021.[7][8]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Deportivo Pereira
- Categoría Primera A: 2022 Finalización Winner
- Copa Colombia: 2021 Runner-up
References
[edit]- ^ "Alejandro Piedrahíta, one of the promises of Deportivo Pereira". Semillerosdeportivos.com.
- ^ "The hard story of Alejandro Piedrahita, the new reinforcement of Banfield". Launion.com.
- ^ "Alejandro Piedrahita, the youthful star". Deporterisaraldense.com.
- ^ "Alejandro Piedrahita, ready in Argentina: How much is the option?". Futbolete.com.
- ^ "Alejandro Piedrahita es nuevo jugador de Banfield". 442.perfil.com.
- ^ "BANFIELD ANNOUNCED A NEW REINFORCEMENT". inforegion.com.
- ^ "Quién es el octavo refuerzo de Banfield, que viene de Colombia". Launion.com.
- ^ "El banqueño Carlos Cantillo convocado a la selección Colombia sub 20". Elimformador.com.
External links
[edit]Alejandro Piedrahita at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Colombian men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Deportivo Pereira footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Club Atlético Banfield footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Footballers from Valle del Cauca Department