Álex Berenguer

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Álex Berenguer
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Berenguer Remiro
Date of birth (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
winger
Team information
Current team
Athletic Bilbao
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2014
Osasuna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Osasuna B 31 (9)
2014–2017 Osasuna 80 (4)
2017–2020
Torino
84 (9)
2020– Athletic Bilbao 132 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Alejandro "Álex" Berenguer Remiro (born 4 July 1995) is a Spanish professional

Torino
for three seasons before joining Athletic in 2020.

Club career

Osasuna

Berenguer was born in Pamplona, Navarre; his father's family is from Almería.[1] He graduated with CA Osasuna's youth setup, and made his debuts as a senior with the reserves in the 2013–14 campaign, in Tercera División.[2]

On 10 September 2014, Berenguer made his professional debut,

Segunda División debut on 10 January of the following year, again from the bench in a 1–1 away draw against Recreativo de Huelva.[4]

Berenguer scored his first professional goal on 30 August 2015, netting the game's only in a home success over CD Mirandés.[5] The following 29 January he extended his contract until 2020,[6] and finished the campaign with three goals in 39 appearances as his side achieved promotion to La Liga.

Berenguer made his debut in the highest category of Spanish football on 22 September 2016, starting in a 2–1 home loss against RCD Espanyol.[7] He scored in the top division for the first time on 5 April of the following year, netting the game's only goal in an away success over Deportivo Alavés.[8]

Torino

On 17 July 2017, Berenguer was sold to Italian club

Torino for €5.5 million (plus €1 million in bonuses). In addition, a clause was inserted for an additional €1.5 million in the event he was sold to Athletic Bilbao[9][10] (a club he had been close to signing for but which has a rivalry with Osasuna, made worse in the weeks beforehand over accusations of Athletic 'poaching' a youth player).[11][12]

Athletic Bilbao

On 2 October 2020, Athletic Bilbao reached an agreement with Torino for the transfer of Berenguer, who agreed to a four-year deal with the Lions.

Berenguer also scored eight league goals in his first season at San Mamés, but he did not find the net again for several months of the following campaign and came under threat from teenager Nico Williams in the battle for a regular starting place on the wing. In February 2022 he broke his duck for the season with a "stunning" late winner against Real Madrid at the 2021–22 Copa del Rey's quarter-final stage, having come on for the injured Williams at half-time.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 March 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Osasuna B 2013–14[19] Tercera División 13 1 1[a] 0 14 0
2014–15[19] Tercera División 18 8 1[a] 0 39 3
Total 31 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 33 9
Osasuna 2014–15
Segunda División
13 0 1 0 14 0
2015–16 Segunda División 38 3 0 0 1[b] 0 39 3
2016–17 La Liga 29 1 2 1 31 2
Total 80 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 84 5
Torino
2017–18
Serie A 22 1 3 1 25 2
2018–19
Serie A 31 2 3 0 34 2
2019–20
Serie A 29 6 2 0 5[c] 0 36 6
2020–21
Serie A 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 84 9 8 1 5 0 0 0 97 10
Athletic Bilbao 2019–20 La Liga 1[d] 0 1 0
2020–21 La Liga 35 8 6 1 2[e] 0 43 9
2021–22 La Liga 34 3 5 1 2[e] 0 41 4
2022–23 La Liga 37 4 6 3 43 7
2023–24 La Liga 26 6 5 1 31 7
Total 132 21 23 6 0 0 4 0 159 27
Career total 327 43 34 8 5 0 7 0 373 51
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Tercera División promotion play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in La Liga play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. 2020 Copa del Rey Final
    (played in 2021)
  5. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

References

  1. ^ "Berenguer, futbolista de Osasuna con sangre muy almeriense" [Berenguer, Osasuna footballer with much Almeria blood] (in Spanish). La Voz de Almería. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Álex Berenguer debutó con el Promesas" [Álex Berenguer debuted with Promesas] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. ^ "El Alavés sentencia a Osasuna en la prórroga" [Alavés doom Osasuna in the extra time] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Recre y Osasuna cambian a medias sus dinámicas" [Recre and Osasuna change a half of their dynamics] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Berenguer rompe el equilibrio" [Berenguer breaks the balance] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Álex Berenguer renueva su contrato hasta junio de 2020" [Álex Berenguer renews his contract until June 2020] (in Spanish). El Español. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  7. ^ "El Espanyol respira a costa de Osasuna" [Espanyol breathe at Osasuna's expense] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Osasuna recuerda esa dulce sensación" [Osasuna remember this sweet sensation] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  9. ^ "El Club Atlético Osasuna alcanza un acuerdo con el Torino Football Club para el traspaso de Álex Berenguer" [Club Atlético Osasuna reach an agreement with Torino Football Club for the transfer of Álex Berenguer] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Osasuna estrena con Álex Berenguer las cláusulas anti Athletic" [Osasuna launches the anti Athletic clauses with Álex Berenguer]. Sport (in Spanish). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  11. ^ Robert Basic (9 July 2017). "El polivalente futbolista navarro que quería jugar en el Athletic" [The versatile Navarrese footballer who wanted to play for Athletic]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Osasuna cut ties with Athletic Club in aftermath of Areso transfer". Marca. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Agreement in principle reached with Torino FC for Alex Berenguer". Athletic Bilbao. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Levante 1–2 Athletic Bilbao". BBC Sport. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  15. ^ a b Lowe, Sid (17 April 2021). "Messi stars as Barcelona thrash Athletic Bilbao to lift Copa del Rey". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  16. ^ a b Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Athletic Bilbao strike late to send Real Madrid crashing out of Copa del Rey". The Guardian. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  18. ^ Álex Berenguer at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Álex Berenguer - Athletic Club :: Fútbol de Andalucía ::". www.lapreferente.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 17 de enero de 2021, en Sevilla" [Minutes of the Match held on 17 January 2021, in Seville] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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