Alejo Cruz

Alejo Cruz
Personal information
Full name Alejo Cruz Techera
Date of birth (2000-09-01) 1 September 2000
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Peñarol
Number 14
Youth career
Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Peñarol 4 (0)
2021 → Racing Montevideo (loan) 20 (7)
2022–2023 Albion 11 (1)
2023 → Danubio (loan) 29 (3)
2024–2025 Atlético Goianiense 68 (6)
2025– Peñarol 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 July 2025

Alejo Cruz Techera (born 1 September 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Uruguayan Primera División club Peñarol.[1]

Career

Cruz is a youth academy graduate of Peñarol. In April 2021, he joined Racing Montevideo on a season long loan deal.[2] He made his professional debut on 2 June 2021 in a 1–0 league win against Uruguay Montevideo.[3]

In July 2022, Cruz terminated his contract with Peñarol and joined Albion.[4] On 28 December 2022, he joined Danubio on loan for the 2023 season.[5] In January 2024, he joined newly promoted Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Atlético Goianiense on a contract until December 2025.[6] On 25 February 2024, he scored his first goal for the club in a 5–1 win against Goianésia.[7]

On 30 July 2025, Cruz returned to Uruguayan football by re-joining his boyhood club Peñarol.[8]

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2022[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peñarol2021Uruguayan Primera División00—000000
2022 30002[a]01[b]060
Total3000201060
Racing Montevideo (loan) 2021 Uruguayan Segunda División 207––4[c]1248
Career total237002051308
  1. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
  2. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya.
  3. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs.

Honours

Peñarol

Atlético Goianiense

References

  1. 1 2 Alejo Cruz at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Seguí todos los pases de Segunda división, que se prepara para una temporada de Primera". 29 April 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Racing vs. Uruguay Montevideo - 2 June 2021". Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sin crucifijo". 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Danubio confirmó la contratación de Alejo Cruz, su cuarta alta para 2023". 28 December 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Atlético Goianiense presentó a Alejo Cruz apelando a un clásico de los videojuegos". 9 January 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Brasil: Alejo Cruz y Emiliano Rodríguez convirtieron para el Atlético Goianiense". 26 February 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Alejo Cruz, quien "tenía chances de jugar en Brasil, Grecia y Portugal", llegó a Peñarol". 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Copa AUF Uruguay: Peñarol se consagró campeón tras derrotar 2-0 a Plaza en el Centenario". 29 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Peñarol se quedó con la Supercopa uruguaya". 31 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Brasil: Atlético Goianiense se coronó campeón estadual con doblete de Emiliano Rodríguez". 7 April 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.


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