Alejandro Miguel Galindo (born 5 March 1992) is a Guatemalan

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who currently plays as a

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for Liga Nacional club

Cobán Imperial Club Social y Deportivo Cobán Imperial, nicknamed ''Los Príncipes Azules'' ("The Blue Princes"), is a Guatemalan football club based in Cobán, Alta Verapaz. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play the ...

. He also holds Colombian citizenship.

Club career

Atlético Juventud and Santa Fe

Born in Guatemala to a Guatemalan father and a Colombian mother, Galindo moved to Colombia with his mother when he was 10 years old. At 12, he started playing in the lower divisions of the Colombian club

Independiente Santa Fe Club Independiente Santa Fe, known simply as Santa Fe, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Santa Fe is one of the th ...

. He debuted in the professional football in

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, an affiliated club of Santa Fe playing in the

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, where he played 31 matches and scored 1 goal. He return for Independiente Santa Fe for the

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, debuting on 9 March in the draw 0–0 against

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in the

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. Galindo played a total of 10 matches for Santa Fe (3 in the league and 7 in the Copa Colombia), and earned the 2012 Apertura title.

Municipal

He joined

CSD Municipal Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or ''Los Rojos'' (the Reds), is a Guatemalan football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football, and play their home matches a ...

from the

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala'' (National Football League of Guatemala), formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" (Major League "A") is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the ''Feder ...

for the 2013–14 season, after almost a year without having played a game. He debuted on 9 October, in the match against

Deportivo Malacateco Club Deportivo Malacateco-Coatepeque is a Guatemalan association football, football club based in Malacatán, San Marcos (department), San Marcos. They play their home games in the Estadio Santa Lucía. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fút ...

International career

Galindo made his debut for

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, at just 20 years of age, as a substitute in on 26 April 2012

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against

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. He entered in the 46th minute, but the match ended in a 0–1 defeat. He played another friendly match on 2 June 2012 against

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, where he played 79 minutes, that ended in a 1–0 victory. His first match of the

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was on 8 June 2012, in a 2–1 defeat against

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Career statistics

Club

International

International appearances

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Guatemala's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Santa Fe * Primera A: 2012 Apertura ;Antigua *

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: Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019 ;Cobán Imperial *

: Apertura 2022 Source:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galindo, Alejandro 1992 births Living people Association football midfielders Guatemalan footballers Guatemalan expatriate footballers Guatemala international footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Naturalized citizens of Colombia C.S.D. Municipal players Antigua GFC players Atlético Juventud footballers Comunicaciones F.C. players Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate footballers in Colombia