Alejandro "Álex" Millán Iranzo (born 7 November 1999) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

Club career

Born in Zaragoza,

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, Millán joined Real Zaragoza's youth setup in 2009, aged nine. In July 2016, he moved to Villarreal CF for a fee of

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350,000, signing a contract until 2020. On 27 August 2017, while still a youth, Millán made his senior debut with the C-team, coming on as a late substitute for Andrei Rațiu in a 0–0 Tercera División away draw against

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. He was definitely promoted to the C-side ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, and scored his first senior goals on 12 October 2018, netting a hat-trick in a 4–2 home win against CD Acero. Millán was promoted to the reserves in 2019, in

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. He made his first team debut on 16 December of the following year; after replacing

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in the 78th minute, he scored his team's fifth in a 6–0 away routing of

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, for the season's Copa del Rey. Millán made his La Liga debut on 19 December 2020, replacing fellow youth graduate

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in a 3–1 away success over CA Osasuna. The following 13 August, he moved abroad and joined

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club

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on loan for one year. Following the signing of fellow striker

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in January 2022, his loan was taken over by league leaders

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on 28 January. On 8 July 2022, Millán was loaned to Famalicão in Portugal for the 2022–23 season. The following 7 January, his loan was terminated, and he returned to the B-team in

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. On 27 June 2023, Millán signed a two-year contract with fellow second division side

, but suffered a

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injury in the pre-season which led him to miss most part of the season.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Millan, Alex 1999 births Living people Footballers from Zaragoza Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Belgian Pro League players Primeira Liga players Villarreal CF C players Villarreal CF B players Villarreal CF players Real Oviedo players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players F.C. Famalicão players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal