Alejandro García (footballer, born 2001)

Alejandro García
Personal information
Full name Alejandro García Castillo
Date of birth (2001-02-28) 28 February 2001
Place of birth Manizales, Colombia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Athletico Paranaense
Number 17
Youth career
Once Caldas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2025 Once Caldas 154 (7)
2026– Athletico Paranaense 2 (0)
International career
2019 Colombia U18 1 (1)
2019–2020 Colombia U20 2 (0)
2023–2024 Colombia U23 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 April 2026

Alejandro García Castillo (born 28 February 2001) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brasil Série A club Athletico Paranaense.

Club career

Born in Manizales, García was an Once Caldas youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 15 March 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 home loss to Rionegro Águilas, for the year's Copa Colombia.[1] Mainly a member of the under-20 team, he made his Categoría Primera A debut on 10 September 2018, replacing Marcelino Carreazo in an away loss to the same opponent for the same scoreline.

Promoted to the first team in 2019, García only became a starter in 2021, and scored his first professional goal on 27 March of that year, netting his side's fourth in a 4–2 home win over Boyacá Chicó.[2] In the following campaigns, he continued to feature regularly.[3]

International career

García represented Colombia at under-18,[4] under-20[5][6] and under-23 levels, featuring in the 2023 Pan American Games[7] and the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament with the latter.[8]

Career statistics

As of 23 June 2025[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Once Caldas 2017 Categoría Primera A 0010——10
2018 5010——60
2019 200000—20
2020 8000——80
2021 26310——273
2022 15100——151
2023 27120——291
2024 41130——441
2025 211007[b]1—282
Career total 14578071001608
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Colombia
  2. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana

References

  1. ↑ "Alejandro García, trasnochado por el debut en el Once Caldas" [Alejandro García, sleepless due to his Once Caldas debut] (in Spanish). La Patria. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Alejandro García, su primer gol como profesional" [Alejandro García, his first goal as a professional] (in Spanish). Once Caldas. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "¿Se va Alejandro García del Once Caldas? ¿está en lista de transferibles? esto se sabe" [Alejandro García to leave Once Caldas? Is he on the transfer list? This is what we know] (in Spanish). La Patria. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Alejandro García, con Colombia a torneo en Japón" [Alejandro García, with Colombia in a tournament in Japan] (in Spanish). Once Caldas. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Alejandro García, a Seleccion Colombia Sub 20" [Alejandro García, to the Colombia under-20 national team] (in Spanish). Once Caldas. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Alejandro García repite en Selección Colombia Sub 20" [Alejandro García goes back to the Colombia under-20 national team] (in Spanish). Once Caldas. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Alejandro García, del Once Caldas, en la convocatoria de Colombia para los Panamericanos" [Alejandro García, from Once Caldas, in the call-up of Colombia for the Pan American Games] (in Spanish). La Patria. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Alejandro García a Selección" [Alejandro García to the national team] (in Spanish). Once Caldas. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Alejandro García at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
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