Alejandro "Álex" Domínguez Romero (born 30 July 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for French side

Toulouse FC Toulouse Football Club () is a French professional association football, football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France, French football. Toulouse plays it ...

Career

Born in

Granollers Granollers (; ) is a city in central Catalonia, about 30 kilometres north-east of Barcelona. It is the capital and most densely populated city in the comarca of Vallès Oriental. Granollers is now a bustling business centre, having grown from ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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, Domínguez represented

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a historical List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sabadell ( Catalonia) Founded in 1903, its first men's team plays in the . Its first CE Sabadell (women), women's tea ...

as a youth before making his senior debut with the reserves on 6 December 2014, starting in a 2–1

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 ...

home loss against

UE Castelldefels Unió Esportiva Castelldefels is a Spanish football team based in Castelldefels, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1948 it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Municipal Els Canyars'', with a capacity for 2,500 specta ...

. After one further match for the B-side, he moved to

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

and was assigned back to the youth setup. In 2016, Domínguez was loaned to

CF Damm Club de Futbol Damm is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1954, it is dedicated to youth football. Their ''Juvenil A'' squad play in the Group III of t ...

for one year, to finish his formation; upon returning, he was assigned to Espanyol's B-team also in the fourth division. He featured sparingly for the side, and renewed his contract until 2020 on 22 March 2018. On 10 July 2018, after achieving promotion, Domínguez agreed to a three-year deal with another

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Deportivo Alavés B Deportivo Alavés B, S.A.D., usually known as Alavés B, is a Spanish football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1959 it is the reserve team of Deportivo Alavés, and currently plays in , ho ...

still in division four. On 28 August of the following year, after another promotion, he moved to

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

and was initially assigned to the B-side in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. Domínguez made his first team debut on 20 July 2020, starting in a 5–1 home routing of

Extremadura UD Extremadura Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2007, it last played in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Francisco de la ...

in the

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. He began the 2020–21 campaign as a backup to

Álvaro Valles Álvaro Valles Rosa (born 25 July 1997) is a Spanish professional association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Betis. Career Early career Born in La Rinconada, Andalusia, L ...

, but was made a starter by manager

Pepe Mel José "Pepe" Mel Pérez (born 28 February 1963) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. He amassed Segunda División totals of 215 matches and 78 goals over eight seasons, for Real Madrid Cast ...

in November after a poor run of form from Valles. On 27 July 2021, after losing his starting spot back to Valles, Domínguez was loaned to second division newcomers

UD Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza (town), Ibiza, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it pla ...

for a year. Upon returning, he was again a backup to Valles as the club achieved promotion to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

. On 26 July 2023, Domínguez moved abroad and signed for

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

side

. On 16 January 2025, he returned to his home country after agreeing to a six-month loan deal with

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dominguez, Alex 1998 births Living people Footballers from Granollers Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Ligue 1 players CE Sabadell FC B players CF Damm players RCD Espanyol B footballers Deportivo Alavés B players UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas players UD Ibiza players Toulouse FC players SD Eibar footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France 21st-century Spanish sportsmen