Jesús Alfaro Ligero (born 24 June 1991) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

club

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

as a winger.

Club career

Born in

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Huelva Huelva ( , , ) is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the Huelva (province), province of Huelva, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. Located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits betwee ...

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, Alfaro was a

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youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 3 January 2010, starting in a 0–0

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home draw against Marbella FC. On 3 January 2013, after only sparingly for the B-side in the following years, Alfaro terminated his contract and immediately joined fellow third division club Arroyo CP. He remained in the category in the following four seasons, representing Algeciras CF, CD Alcoyano and FC Barcelona B, achieving promotion to

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with the latter in 2017. Alfaro made his professional team debut on 28 August 2017, coming on as a substitute for Ferrán Sarsanedas in an 0–3 home loss against

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� ...

. The following 17 January, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with fellow second division side

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...

. On 8 August 2018, Alfaro was loaned to third division club Real Murcia for the season. The following January, he moved to

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also in a temporary deal, before signing a permanent contract with the latter club on 11 July 2019. On 21 June 2023, Alfaro signed for Polish second division club

on a one-year deal with an extension option, which was exercised in late April 2024. On 2 May, he was named in the starting line-up for the 2023–24 Polish Cup final against Pogoń Szczecin. Alfaro was substituted in the 77th minute, as Wisła went on to win 2–1 after extra time.

Personal life

Alfaro's two brothers are also footballers: Juan José (1981), a

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, graduated in

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, but spent his entire career in

or lower. Winger

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(1986) appeared several seasons for Sevilla B, after emerging through the club's youth ranks.

Honours

Wisła Kraków *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2023–24

References

External links

FC Barcelona official profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfaro, Jesus 1991 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Huelva Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players I liga players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC C players Algeciras CF footballers CD Alcoyano footballers FC Barcelona Atlètic players Real Zaragoza players Real Murcia CF players Hércules CF players UD Logroñés players CD Badajoz players Wisła Kraków players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen