Iván Alejo Peralta (born 10 February 1995) is a

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professional

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who plays as a winger for

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

Club career

Born in

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, Alejo joined

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

youth setup in 2011 from

. He made his senior debut for the former's C-team in 2014, in

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. Alejo was promoted to the reserves in

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in July 2014. After suffering relegation, he agreed to a three-year deal with another

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Villarreal CF B Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio de la Cerámica'', wit ...

also in the third division. On 19 July 2016, Alejo signed a two-year contract with

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club

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

. He made his professional debut on 20 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Sergio Aguza in a 0–0 home draw against

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

. Alejo scored his first goal as a professional on 13 May 2017, netting the first in a 2–0 home win against

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, but was

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a minute later. On 14 June, after helping the

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side avoid relegation, he signed a four-year contract with

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. Alejo made his debut in

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on 21 August 2017, replacing goalscorer

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in a 1–0 away win over

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

. He scored his first goal in the category on 3 December, netting his team's second in a 3–1 home defeat of

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. On 26 July 2018, Alejo signed a five-year contract with fellow top division side

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

. The following 31 January, after being rarely used, he was loaned to second division side

until the end of the season. On 30 August 2019, Alejo moved to

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

in the second level, also in a temporary deal, signed until the end of the season. The following 22 July, after achieving promotion, the club exercised the obligatory buyout clause and signed him permanently until 2025. On 31 December 2024, Alejo moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a loan deal with

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side

APOEL FC APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

. He moved to the latter club permanently the following 1 July, but terminated his link shortly after and returned to his first club Valladolid on 9 July, signing a two-year contract.

Personal life

In March 2020, Alejo donated €10,000 to the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid for the purchase of sanitary supplies needed during the

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Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alejo, Ivan 1995 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Valladolid Men's association football wingers Spain men's youth international footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atlético Madrid C players Atlético Madrid B players Villarreal CF B players AD Alcorcón footballers SD Eibar footballers Getafe CF footballers Málaga CF players Cádiz CF players APOEL FC players Real Valladolid players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus 21st-century Spanish sportsmen