Alejandro Granados
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| Full name | Alejandro Granados Torres[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 May 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alicante, Spain[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Club NXT | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Hércules | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Orlando City | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Orlando City B | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Orlando City | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Club NXT | 70 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Spain U17 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Spain U19 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Alejandro Granados Torres (born 30 May 2006) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club NXT of the Belgian Challenger Pro League.
Early life
[edit]Granados was born in Alicante, Spain, to Cuban parents in 2006 and moved to the United States at the age of nine.[2] He started his youth career with the youth academy of Spanish side Hércules.[3]
Club career
[edit]Granados started his senior career with American side Orlando City B, debuting for the club at the age of fifteen.[4]
On 9 June 2023, Granados signed a short-term agreement with Orlando City.[5]
After one substitute appearance totaling just one minute for the first team, on 8 August 2023, Orlando City announced the transfer of Granados to Club Brugge for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around $2 million.[6][7] He was initially assigned in their reserve team Club NXT.
International career
[edit]Granados is a youth international for Spain.[8] He was called up to the Spain U17 for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Hungary,[9] where he scored in the quarter-final against Ireland.[10]
In 2025, he was included in the Spain U19 squad for the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Romania.[11] He appeared as a substitute during Spain's 1–0 defeat to the Netherlands in the final.[12]
Style of play
[edit]Granados mainly operates as a midfielder and is left-footed and is known for his offensive capabilities.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 20 December 2025[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Orlando City B | 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | MLS Next Pro | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Orlando City | 2023 | MLS | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Club NXT | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 23 | 1 | — | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Challenger Pro League | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Challenger Pro League | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 4 | — | — | — | 63 | 4 | |||||
| Club Brugge | 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 90 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 4 | ||
Honours
[edit]Spain U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2025[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Alejandro Granados". WorldFootball. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ↑ "El sueño americano de Alejandro Granados". MARCA. 25 May 2023.
- ↑ "Granados, el ojito derecho". Diario AS. 19 May 2023.
- ↑ Rincón, Jorge Tellez (11 May 2023). "Alejandro Granados, la promesa que llama la atención desde Orlando".
- ↑ "Orlando City SC signs Alejandro Granados to short-term MLS agreement | Orlando City". Orlando City SC.
- ↑ "Orlando City B transfers midfielder Alejandro Granados to Club Brugge KV | Orlando City B". Orlando City SC.
- ↑ "Brugge paying $2 million for MLS player with one appearance". World Soccer Talk. 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "para Alejandro Granados del Orlando City". Radio Centro 977. 16 May 2023.
- ↑ "Convocatoria de la Sub-17 para el Europeo de Hungría" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ↑ "Quarter-finals: Spain 3-0 Republic of Ireland". UEFA. 28 May 2023.
- ↑ "Esta es la lista definitiva para el Europeo sub-19" [This is the final list for the European Under-19 Championship] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 9 June 2025.
- 1 2 "2025 Under-19 final: Spain 0-1 Netherlands". UEFA. 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "España pelea por una perla... ¡contra Estados Unidos!". Relevo. 4 May 2023.
- ↑ Alejandro Granados at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
External links
[edit]- Alejandro Granados at Soccerway.com
- Alejandro Granados at WorldFootball.net
- Alejandro Granados at FBref.com
- Alejandro Granados at Kicker (in German)
- Alejandro Granados at Major League Soccer
- Alejandro Granados at WorldFootball.net
- 2006 births
- Footballers from Alicante
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- American men's soccer players
- Spanish emigrants to the United States
- Spanish people of Cuban descent
- American people of Cuban descent
- Sportspeople of Cuban descent
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- MLS Next Pro players
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Orlando City B players
- Orlando City SC players
- Club NXT players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen