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Alfonso Espino
Personal information
Full name	Luis Alfonso Espino García
Date of birth	5 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	San Jacinto, Uruguay
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Rayo Vallecano
Number	12
Youth career
	Danubio
	Huracán Buceo
	Miramar Misiones
	Nacional Montevideo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2019	Nacional Montevideo
2019–2023	Cádiz
2023–	Rayo Vallecano
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024

Luis Alfonso Espino García (born 5 January 1992), commonly known as Pacha Espino, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano.

Club career

Nacional Montevideo

Born in San Jacinto, Espino joined Nacional Montevideo's youth setup in 2012, from Miramar Misiones.^[2] He made his senior debut on 1 February 2014, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racing Montevideo for the Uruguayan Primera División championship.

Espino scored his first senior goal on 24 April 2016, netting the game's only in a home defeat of Fénix. A regular starter, he lifted the 2014–15 and 2016 league titles with the club.

Cádiz

On 28 January 2019, Espino moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side Cádiz CF.^[3] He became a regular starter during the 2019–20 season, scoring once in 36 matches as the club achieved promotion to La Liga.

Espino made his top tier debut on 12 September 2020, starting in a 2–0 away loss against CA Osasuna. On 31 October, he renewed his contract until 2023.^[4]

Rayo Vallecano

On 17 July 2023, free agent Espino signed a three-year contract with Rayo Vallecano also in the Spanish first division, La Liga.^[5]

International career

On 7 January 2022, Espino was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.^[6] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 June 2023^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nacional	2013–14	Uruguayan Primera División	5	0	—		0	0	—		5	0
	2014–15	Uruguayan Primera División	22	0	—		2^[a]	0	—		24	0
	2015–16	Uruguayan Primera División	27	1	—		3^[b]	0	—		30	1
	2016	Uruguayan Primera División	11	1	—		10^[a]	0	—		21	1
	2017	Urguayan Primera División	33	0	—		8^[a]	0	—		41	0
	2018	Uruguayan Primera División	34	2	—		11^[c]	1	1^[d]	0	46	3
	Total		132	4	0	0	34	1	1	0	167	5
Cádiz	2018–19	Segunda División	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	2019–20	Segunda División	36	1	0	0	—		—		36	1
	2020–21	La Liga	32	0	0	0	—		—		32	0
	2021–22	La Liga	37	2	4	0	—		—		41	2
	2022–23	La Liga	36	0	0	0	—		—		36	0
	Total		146	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	150	3
Career total			278	7	4	0	34	1	1	0	317	8

^ ^a ^b ^c Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
^ Six appearances in Copa Sudamericana, five appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores
^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa Uruguaya

References

^ "Alfonso Espino" (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Alfonso Espino, la ruta del campeón: desde San Jacinto en ómnibus a Los Céspedes" [Alfonso Espino, the rout of the champion: since San Jacinto on the bus to Los Céspedes] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "'Pacha' Espino se convierte en el primer fichaje invernal" ['Pacha' Espino becomes the first winter signing] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "Pacha Espino renueva hasta 2023" [Pacha Espino renews until 2023] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Pacha Espino, segundo fichaje del Rayo Vallecano" [Pacha Espino, second signing of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Reservados vs. Paraguay y Venezuela". Uruguayan Football Association. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar" (in Spanish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
^ Alfonso Espino at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2021.