Alexandre "Álex" Geijo Pazos (born 11 March 1982) is a former

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who played as a striker. He amassed Segunda División totals of 216 matches and 70 goals over seven seasons, representing five clubs in the process. He added eight goals from 90 appearances in

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, with Málaga, Levante,

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and Granada, and also competed professionally in his birth nation of Switzerland, Italy (all three major levels) and England.

Club career

The son of

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who immigrated to Switzerland, Geijo was born in

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. He started his professional career in his country of birth with

Neuchâtel Xamax FCS Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club Serrières or Neuchâtel Xamax FCS () is a Swiss football club based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal, founded in 1906 and Swiss champions of 1916, and FC Xamax fou ...

in 2000, moving the following year to Spain where he began playing with Málaga CF, with little individual success (15 matches in three seasons, playing mostly for the reserves), being released in summer 2005. For the next two years, Geijo played in the Segunda División with another

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n club,

Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo, known simply as Xerez, is a Spanish football team based in Jerez de la Frontera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Xerez currently plays in Tercera División RFEF, the fifth tier of Spanish football. Founded on 24 ...

, where he blossomed into a useful attacking player, scoring 13 goals in his first season. For the 2007–08 campaign, he joined Levante UD: in a team severely hindered by financial problems, and eventually relegated from

, he finished as the second team goal scorer at five, behind Mustapha Riga's eight. Geijo started his

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strong, netting ten second-tier goals before the end of 2008. However, he missed the remainder of the season due to a serious

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injury, after an awkward fall in a training session. On 28 July 2009, Geijo joined

for four years; still recovering from injury, he nonetheless completed a successful medical. His only goal only arrived on 24 January 2010, but it was a crucial one, as the

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ns beat

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away by a single goal. However, on 1 February, he signed with

Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a foo ...

, rejoining former Levante coach

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. In July 2010, inserted in a partnership between

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

and Udinese, Geijo was loaned by the Italians in a

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-long move. On 30 October he put three past former team Xerez in a 5–0 home win and, on 13 November, he scored all of his team's goals in a 4–1 home victory over

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. He finished the campaign with 24 goals (fourth-best in the competition) and his team achieved a second consecutive promotion, reaching the top flight after 35 years. Geijo started 2011–12 injured, with Granada languishing in the table's bottom three for most of the first months. On 31 October 2011 he scored his first goal of the campaign, equalising an eventual 2–1 away defeat of

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in a

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. On 9 August 2012, Geijo joined Football League Championship club

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on a

-long loan. He scored his first goal on 27 November, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win at

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. Geijo only scored once for Udinese in the

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, in the 2–2 away draw with

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on 21 December 2014. He remained in the country subsequently, with Brescia Calcio in the

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and

Venezia F.C. Venezia Football Club, commonly referred to as Venezia, is a professional football club based in Venice, Italy, that currently plays in Serie B. Originally founded as Venezia Foot Ball Club in 1907, the club have spent a large part of their hi ...

in the

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, winning promotion with the latter in

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. Geijo retired in August 2021 at the age of 39, after two seasons in his country's Segunda División B with

Atlético Sanluqueño CF Atlético Sanluqueño Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1948, although its registration in official competitions took place in 19 ...

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