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Brazilian footballer (born 2002) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Viniegra and the second or maternal family name is Santana.

Alejandro Viniegra
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Viniegra Santana
Birth name Alejandro Santana Viniegra
Date of birth (2002-02-13) 13 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team Ituano (on loan from Red Bull Brasil)
Youth career
Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Cruzeiro 1 (0)
2021 North Texas SC 6 (1)
2022– Red Bull Brasil 29 (9)
2023– → Ituano (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2017 Brazil U16 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023

Alejandro Viniegra Santana (born 13 February 2002) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ituano, on loan from Red Bull Brasil.

Club career

Cruzeiro

Viniegra made his professional debut with Cruzeiro on 12 February 2018 playing the last minute against Bahia ending in a tie.

International career

Mexico

In October 2020, Viniegra was called up to the Mexico national under-20 team training camp by Raúl Chabrand, for which he had done virtual training sessions three months before.

Personal life

Born in Brazil to a Mexican father and a Brazilian mother, he holds dual Brazilian and Mexican citizenship.

Notes

  1. This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Santana and the second or paternal family name is Viniegra.

References

  1. "Alejandro Santana Viniegra". footballdatabase.eu. Football Database EU. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. "Alejandro Viniegra, el brasileño mexicano convocado al Tri Sub-20". TUDN. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. "Alejandro Santana the Mexican Neymar that El Tri let get away". goal.com (in Spanish). Goal/ Jovenes Futbolistas MX. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

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