Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Pérez and the second or maternal family name is
Muñoz .
Alfonso Pérez Muñoz (born 26 September 1972), known simply asAlfonso , is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as astriker .
Having represented bothReal Madrid andBarcelona during his career, he appeared in 307La Liga games for three clubs, also having two spells withReal Betis . He scored 84 goals in the competition over 15 seasons.
The recipient of 39caps forSpain , Alfonso appeared for the nation in the1998 World Cup and twoEuropean Championships .
Alfonso was born inGetafe , in the outskirts ofMadrid .[ 2] In 1991, aged just 18, he made his professional debut withReal Madrid and, although he never carved a regular place in the starting XI – playing mostly second-fiddle toEmilio Butragueño first and thenRaúl andIván Zamorano – helped the capital side to the1995 national championship .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
On 2 December 1993, Alfonso scored twice in thefirst leg of theSupercopa de España , a 3–1 home win againstBarcelona at theSantiago Bernabéu Stadium (4–2 on aggregate).[ 7]
Betis and Barcelona [ edit ] In the summer of 1995, Alfonso joinedReal Betis . In hissecond year at theManuel Ruiz de Lopera , he scored 25La Liga goals which was the most by a player in a single season in the club's history. Teaming up withPier , the pair combined for 60 from 1995 to 1997, and helped theAndalusia team finish fourth in the latter campaign.[ 8] [ 9]
Alfonso signed with Barcelona for the2000–01 campaign . The player had a difficult time adjusting at theCamp Nou ,[ 10] [ 11] netting only twice in his first year[ 12] and serving a loan spell at FrenchLigue 1 sideMarseille in January 2002, alongside Real Madrid'sAlberto Rivera .[ 13]
Barcelona then loaned Alfonso to his former employers Betis, which signed him permanently at the end of2002–03 . After another two seasons where he struggled with injuries and loss of form (ten scoreless games in2004–05 ), he retired from football when his contract expired in June 2005, having scored 112 official goals during his career.[ 14] [ 15]
International career [ edit ] Alfonso appeared in 38 games forSpain ,[ 16] making his debut in afriendly withEngland on 9 September 1992 inSantander .[ 17] The most important of his 11 goals[ 16] was scored againstYugoslavia atUEFA Euro 2000 ; the team was losing 3–2 ininjury time , needing a win to qualify from the group atNorway 's expense. In the90th minute , apenalty was won and converted byGaizka Mendieta , and with seconds remaining Alfonso volleyed a spectacular shot pastIvica Kralj for his second of the game and the win.[ 18]
AtEuro 1996 , Alfonso took part in all of the fixtures, including againstBulgaria in which he scored the equaliser after just one minute on the pitch.[ 19] [ 20] Additionally, he played two1998 FIFA World Cup matches in a group-stage exit in France.[ 21] [ 22]
Alfonso was also a member of thenational team thatwon the gold medal at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona .[ 23] He scored once during the tournament, in a 2–0 victory overQatar .[ 24]
Alfonso possessed above-averageheading ability, despite not reaching 180 cm.[ 25] [ 26]
Alfonso was the older brother of fellow footballerIván Pérez . Both Real Madrid youth graduates, they coincided one season at Betis and reunited at Real Madrid veterans.[ 27] [ 28]
Getafe 's stadium, theColiseum Alfonso Pérez , was named after him, despite the fact that he never played professionally for his hometown club.[ 29] His name was dropped from the facilities in October 2023 after he made disparaging remarks about female footballers in an interview.[ 30]
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pérez goal. [ 31] List of international goals scored by Alfonso Pérez No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 16 December 1992 Sánchez Pizjuán ,Seville , Spain Latvia 3–0 5–0 1994 World Cup qualification 2 6 September 1995 Los Cármenes ,Granada , Spain Cyprus 2–0 6–0 Euro 1996 qualifying 3 9 June 1996 Elland Road ,Leeds , England Bulgaria 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 1996 4 4 September 1996 Svangaskarð ,Toftir ,Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2–1 6–2 1998 World Cup qualification 5 4–1 6 6–1 7 12 February 1997 Rico Pérez ,Alicante , Spain Malta 2–0 4–0 1998 World Cup qualification 8 3–0 9 29 March 2000 Montjuïc ,Barcelona , Spain Italy 1–0 2–0 Friendly 10 21 June 2000 Jan Breydel ,Bruges , Belgium FR Yugoslavia 1–1 4–3 UEFA Euro 2000 11 4–3
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