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Alejandro Garnacho
Footballer (born 2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Garnacho and the second or maternal family name is Ferreyra.
Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra (born 1 July 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester United. Born in Spain, he plays for the Argentina national team.
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Full name | Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 20) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
0000–2015 | Getafe | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2020 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Manchester United | 57 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2021 | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Argentina U20 | 5 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Argentina | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:58, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:11, 30 June 2024 (UTC) |
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Garnacho joined Manchester United's youth system from Atlético Madrid in October 2020. He won the FA Youth Cup and the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award in May 2022. The month prior, he had made his first-team debut at the age of 17.
Garnacho initially played youth international football for Spain, the country of his birth, before making his debut for Argentina at under-20 level in 2022. He made his debut for the senior Argentina team in June 2023, and was a member of the squad that won the 2024 Copa América.