# Alejandro Galindo (footballer)

Alejandro Miguel Galindo (born 5 March 1992) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Municipal and the Guatemala national team. He also holds Colombian citizenship.

## Club career
### Atlético Juventud and Santa Fe

Born in Guatemala City to a Guatemalan father and a Colombian mother, Galindo moved to Colombia with his mother when he was 10 years old. At 12, he started playing in the lower divisions of the Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe. He debuted in the professional football in Atlético Juventud, an affiliated club of Santa Fe playing in the Categoría Primera B, where he played 31 matches and scored 1 goal. He returned to Independiente Santa Fe for the 2011 Categoría Primera A season, debuting on 9 March in the draw 0–0 against Bogotá F.C. in the Copa Colombia. Galindo played a total of 10 matches for Santa Fe (3 in the league and 7 in the Copa Colombia), and earned the 2012 Apertura title.

### Municipal

He joined Municipal from the Liga Nacional for the 2013–14 season, after almost a year without having played a game. He debuted on 9 October, in the match against Malacateco.

## International career

Galindo made his debut for Guatemala, at just 20 years of age, as a substitute in on 26 April 2012 friendly match against Paraguay. He entered in the 46th minute, but the match ended in a 0–1 defeat. He played another friendly match on 2 June 2012 against Costa Rica, where he played 79 minutes, that ended in a 1–0 victory. His first match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was on 8 June 2012, in a 2–1 defeat against Jamaica.

## Career statistics

    As of 22 February 2016

### Club

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Colombia | Colombia | Colombia | League | League | Cup | Cup | South America | South America | Total | Total |
| 2009 | Juventud | Categoría Primera B | 31 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 2010 | Juventud | Categoría Primera B | 31 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 2011 | Santa Fe | Categoría Primera A | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | Santa Fe | Categoría Primera A | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala | Guatemala | League | League | Cup | Cup | North America | North America | Total | Total |
| 2013–14 | Municipal | Liga Nacional de Fútbol | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Antigua | Liga Nacional de Fútbol | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 |
| 2015–16 | Antigua | Liga Nacional de Fútbol | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Total | Colombia | Colombia | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| Total | Guatemala | Guatemala | 61 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3 |
| Total | Career total | Career total | 95 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 4 |

### International
#### International appearances

| Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Guatemala | 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2019 | 10 | 6 |
| Guatemala | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2022 | 12 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2023 | 15 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2024 | 6 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 53 | 8 |

### International goals

    Scores and results list the Guatemala's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 5 September 2019 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Anguilla | 4–0 | 10–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 2. | 10 September 2019 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 3. | 16 November 2019 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Puerto Rico | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 4. | 16 November 2019 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 5. | 21 November 2019 | Estadio Israel Barrios, Coatepeque, Guatemala | Antigua and Barbuda | 4–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 6. | 21 November 2019 | Estadio Israel Barrios, Coatepeque, Guatemala | Antigua and Barbuda | 5–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 7. | 8 June 2024 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Dominica | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8. | 8 June 2024 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Dominica | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Honours

Santa Fe
* Primera A: 2012 Apertura
Antigua
* Liga Nacional de Guatemala: Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019
Cobán Imperial
* Liga Nacional de Guatemala: Apertura 2022
Municipal
* Liga Nacional de Guatemala: Clausura 2024
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