Jorge Franco Alviz (born 29 October 1993), known as Burgui (), is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left winger
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for Croatian club
HNK Šibenik
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.
Club career
Real Madrid
Born in
Burguillos del Cerro,
Province of Badajoz
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,
Extremadura
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, Burgui joined hometown club
CD Burguillos' youth setup in 2003, aged 10. In 2010 he moved to
CP Cacereño
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, and signed with
CD Diocesano the following year.
After scoring 26 goals with the ''Juvenil'' squad, Burgui joined
Real Madrid in March 2012, with the deal being made effective in June. He made his senior debut with
the C team in the
2012–13 season, in
Segunda División B.
Burgui first appeared with
the reserves on 2 June 2013, coming on as a
substitute for
Juanfran in the 68th minute of a 4–0 home win against
AD Alcorcón
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in the
Segunda División. For
the following campaign, he was definitely promoted to the B side.
On 21 September 2013, Burgui scored his first professional goal, but in a 1–2 home loss to
Real Zaragoza
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. On 11 May of the following year he appeared on the bench with the first team, remaining unused in a 2–0
La Liga
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defeat at
RC Celta de Vigo.
On 3 July 2015, Burgui was loaned to
RCD Espanyol
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in a
season
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-long deal. He made his debut in
La Liga
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on 22 August, replacing
Álvaro González in a 1–0 home victory over
Getafe CF, and scored his first goal for the club on 15 December by equalising in a 2–1 defeat of
Levante UD also at the
Estadi Cornellà-El Prat, in the second leg of
the last 32 of the
Copa del Rey
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(3–2 aggregate).
Burgui's first league goal came on 27 February 2016, levelling again in a 4–2 win away to
Sporting de Gijón
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. On 11 July, he was loaned to precisely that opponent for one year.
Alavés
On 11 July 2017, after
suffering relegation, Burgui signed a permanent four-year contract with fellow top-tier club
Deportivo Alavés
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. On 13 February 2020, he was loaned to
Real Zaragoza
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of the second division until the end of
the season.
Burgui was rarely played during his spell at
Mendizorrotza Stadium
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History
Opened on 27 April 1924, it is currently the third oldest football stadium in the Spanish Professional ...
, mainly due to an
anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Šibenik
Burgui moved abroad for the first time in February 2022, joining
HNK Šibenik
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of the
Croatian Football League
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until June 2023.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
People from Zafra-Río Bodión
Sportspeople from the Province of Badajoz
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Extremadura
Association football wingers
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
CD Diocesano players
Real Madrid C footballers
Real Madrid Castilla footballers
RCD Espanyol footballers
Sporting de Gijón players
Deportivo Alavés players
Real Zaragoza players
Croatian Football League players
HNK Šibenik players
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Croatia
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia