Alejandro "Álex" Gallar Falguera (born 19 March 1992) is a Spanish

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who plays as either a left winger or a

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for Spanish club

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Club career

Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gallar was a Terrassa FC youth graduate. He made his senior debut on 8 December 2009, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2

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away loss against

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. Gallar scored his first senior goal on 14 April 2010, netting his team's first in a 2–1 home win against Orihuela CF. On 19 June of that year he moved to

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, returning to youth football; he was promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2011–12 season. On 2 August 2012, after being sparingly used, Gallar signed for another reserve team, Real Murcia Imperial in Tercera División. The following January, he moved to fellow league team

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. On 28 May 2013, Gallar returned to Terrassa and the third division, after agreeing to a one-year deal. After spells at UE Cornellà and

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, he moved to Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on 8 July 2016. Gallar was a key unit in ''Cultu's'' promotion to

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, scoring a career-best 20 goals. On 10 July 2017, he signed a three-year deal with SD Huesca in the second division, for a fee of

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400,000. Gallar made his professional debut on 19 August 2017, starting in a 0–1 loss at

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. His first goal came on 10 October, in a 1–1 home draw against

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; he ended the campaign as a starter, netting eight times as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to La Liga. Gallar made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 19 August 2018, starting and scoring a brace in a 2–1 away defeat of SD Eibar. He finished 2018–19 with four goals in 25 appearances (only ten starts, however), as his side was immediately relegated back. On 21 August 2019, Gallar agreed to a four-year contract with

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in the second level. On 25 September of the following year, he moved to fellow league team FC Cartagena on loan for the 2020–21 season; his loan with the ''Efesé'' was renewed for the 2021–22 campaign. Gallar rescinded with Girona on 14 July 2022, and signed a two-year deal with second division side

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the following day. On 30 June of the following year, after the club's relegation, he left after activating an exit clause on his contract. On 9 August 2023, he joined

International career

In March 2019, Gallar was called up to the Catalonia representative team for a

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against Venezuela. However, Huesca refused to let him and

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take part in the match.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallar, Alex 1992 births Living people Footballers from Terrassa Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Primera Federación players Tercera División players UE Rubí players Terrassa FC footballers RCD Mallorca B players Real Murcia Imperial players UE Cornellà players Hércules CF players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players SD Huesca footballers Girona FC players FC Cartagena footballers Málaga CF players UD Ibiza players