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 Spanish club Cádiz.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Alfonso Espino García | ||
Date of birth | (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 30) | ||
Place of birth | San Jacinto, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Cádiz | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
Danubio | |||
Huracán Buceo | |||
Miramar Misiones | |||
Nacional | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2019 | Nacional | 128 | (4) |
2019– | Cádiz | 124 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022 |
Born in San Jacinto, Espino joined Nacional'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.
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]
On 7 January 2022, Espino was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.[4] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[5]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | 22 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
2015–16 | 27 | 1 | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||||
2016 | 11 | 1 | — | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
2017 | 33 | 0 | — | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||||
2018 | 34 | 2 | — | 11[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 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 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||||
2020–21 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 2 | ||||
2022–23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
Total | 124 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 3 | ||
Career total | 256 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 295 | 8 |
Cádiz CF – current squad | |
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