Alexandre "Álex" Corredera Alardi (born 19 March 1996) is a Spanish

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who plays as an

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for

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

Club career

Born in

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, Corredera joined

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's youth setup in 2004 at the age of eight. On 1 July 2015, he signed a two-year deal with

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

, being initially assigned to the reserves in the

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. Corredera made his senior debut on 23 August 2015, starting in a 1–0 Tercera División away win against CD Boiro. Seven days later he scored his first goal, netting the first in a 2–2 home draw against

Arosa SC Arosa Sociedad Cultural is a Spanish football team based in Vilagarcía de Arousa, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio A Lomba'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. Season to sea ...

. On 9 July 2017,

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Corredera moved to another

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UD Almería B Unión Deportiva Almería "B" is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2001, it is the reserve team of UD Almería and currently plays in , holding home gam ...

also in the fourth level. On 24 September, he scored a

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in a 4–0 home routing of Villacarrillo CF. Corredera made his first-team debut on 22 October 2017, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 0–1 home loss against

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before ...

in the

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. The following 3 July, he joined

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

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. On 16 January 2019, Corredera moved to

Valencia CF Mestalla Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia Mestalla, is the reserve team of Valencia CF, a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1944, and currently plays in , holding home games at '' Ciud ...

of the third division, after terminating his contract with Murcia. On 18 July 2019, he signed for

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905, it currently plays in , and holds home games at '' Estadio Nuevo Vivero'', with a 15,198-seat capacity. History Fo ...

in the same category. On 2 June 2021, after scoring a career-best 10 goals in the 2020–21 season, Corredera signed a three-year contract with

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

of the second division. On his club debut on 15 August, he scored a last-minute winner in a 2–1 away win over

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

; it was also his first professional goal. On 12 September 2024, Corredera signed for

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club

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. On 3 July of the following year, he returned to his home country after agreeing to a three-year deal with

in the second division.

Honours

Barcelona *

UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the under-19 teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Le ...

: 2013–14

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corredera, Alex 1996 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Vic Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players UD Almería B players UD Almería players Real Murcia CF players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers CD Badajoz players CD Tenerife players Sporting de Gijón players Russian Premier League players FC Khimki players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Spanish sportsmen