Christian Alemán

Christian Alemán
Personal information
Full name Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría
Date of birth (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Attacking midfielder[1]
Youth career
2001–2013 Emelec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Emelec 11 (0)
2015 Técnico Universitario 4 (0)
2015 → Manta (loan) 14 (5)
2016 Deportivo Quito 16 (9)
2016–2020 Barcelona SC 63 (10)
2017–2018 → Estudiantes (loan) 4 (1)
2020 Guayaquil City 9 (0)
2021–2022 Arka Gdynia 55 (7)
2023 Aucas 1 (0)
2023–2024 GKS Katowice 15 (1)
2024–2025 Manta 42 (11)
2026 Bolívar 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:11, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Christian Fernando Alemán Alegría (born 5 February 1996) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.[2]

Career

Emelec were Alemán's first club, he joined their youth system at the age of 5 and went on to play senior football for them from 2013 to 2014 and made eleven appearances in the Ecuadorian Serie A.[3][4] His senior debut for Emelec arrived on 19 June 2013 against Manta, a team he would go on to join in July 2015.[2] Prior to joining Manta, Alemán signed for Técnico Universitario of the Ecuadorian Serie B.[5] He featured four times before leaving for Manta, also of Serie B.[2] For Manta, he scored five goals, including two in an 8–0 win over Deportivo Azogues on 28 November, in fourteen games as they finished 6th.[2]

January 2016 saw him join Deportivo Quito in Serie B, but he left eight months later to play for Ecuadorian Serie A team Barcelona SC.[2][3] He made his Barcelona debut on 21 August 2016 in a 5–1 victory over Fuerza Amarilla.[2] Twenty-one further appearances came during 2016 and 2017, before Alemán departed Ecuadorian football for the first time to move to Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes.[6][7] He scored on his debut for Estudiantes, netting the winning goal against Arsenal de Sarandí on 28 August 2017.[2] He left after six appearances in June 2018, subsequently scoring ten goals in three seasons back with Barcelona.[2]

In September 2020, Alemán headed to fellow Ecuadorian Serie A club Guayaquil City.[2] Nine appearances followed.[2] On 20 December 2020, Alemán agreed a free transfer to Poland with I liga side Arka Gdynia; with his one-and-a-half-year contract commencing in January 2021.[1]

On 21 December 2022, it was announced he would return to Ecuador to join the 2022 season champions Aucas in 2023.[8] After making only three appearances across all competitions in nine months, Alemán left Aucas in early September 2023.

Shortly after, Alemán returned to Poland, and on 20 September he signed a one-year contract with an option for another season with second division side GKS Katowice.[9] Alemán scored once in 15 league appearances as GKS won promotion to the Ekstraklasa after finishing the season as runners-up. On 17 June 2024, it was announced Alemán would leave GKS at the end of his contract.[10]

On 5 August 2024, he re-joined Ecuadorian Serie B club Manta.[11]

Personal life

Alemán is the half-brother of fellow footballer Javier Charcopa.[3][12]

Career statistics

As of 28 May 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Emelec 2013 Serie A 100——0000100
2014 Serie A 10——000010
Total 110——0000110
Técnico Universitario 2015 Serie B 40———0040
Manta (loan) 2015 Serie B 145———00145
Deportivo Quito 2016 Serie B 169———00169
Barcelona SC 2016 Serie A 80——000080
2017 Serie A 140——4[b]100181
2018 Serie A 164——0000164
2019 Serie A 21600—2[b]000236
2020 Serie A 4000—1[b]00050
Total 631000—71007011
Estudiantes (loan) 2017–18 Primera División 4100—2[c]00061
Guayaquil City 2020 Serie A 9000——0090
Arka Gdynia 2020–21 I liga 14120———161
2021–22 I liga 30631———337
2022–23 I liga 11010———120
Total 55761———618
Aucas 2023 Serie A 1000—1[b]01[d]030
GKS Katowice 2023–24 I liga 15010———160
Manta 2024 Serie B 0000———00
Career total 1923271—1011021034
  1. ↑ Includes Polish Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa Ecuador

Honours

Emelec[2]
Barcelona SC

References

  1. 1 2 "Christian Aleman w Arce!". Arka Gdynia. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Christian Alemán at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Christian Alemán se quedó para triunfar en Barcelona SC". El Comercio. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Christian Alemán profile". BDFA. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Las novelas del mercado de fichajes del fútbol ecuatoriano 2015". Ecuagoal. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Alemán, el nuevo refuerzo de Estudiantes". TyC Sports. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Christian Alemán es nuevo jugador de Estudiantes de La Plata". El Universo. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Christian Aleman przechodzi do ekwadorskiego SD Aucas" (in Polish). Arka Gdynia. 21 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Christian Alemán piłkarzem GKS-u Katowice" (in Polish). GKS Katowice. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Christian Alemán odchodzi z GKS-u Katowice". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Christian Alemán w Manta FC". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "El especial partido para Javier Charcopa y Cristian Alemán". Ecuagoal. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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