Alexandre Geijo

Álex Geijo

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Personal information
Full name	Alexandre Geijo Pazos
Date of birth	(1982-09-05) 5 September 1982
Place of birth	Geneva, Switzerland
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Brescia
Number	19
Youth career
	Galaica-Onex
1995–2000	Grand-Lancy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Neuchâtel Xamax	11	(1)
2001–2005	Málaga B	122	(51)
2003–2005	Málaga	15	(0)
2005–2007	Xerez	71	(20)
2007–2009	Levante	53	(15)
2009–2010	Racing Santander	19	(1)
2010–2015	Udinese	16	(1)
2010–2012	→ Granada (loan)	60	(26)
2012–2013	→ Watford (loan)	20	(2)
2013–2014	→ Mallorca (loan)	27	(1)
2015–	Brescia	12	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Geijo and the second or maternal family name is Pazos.

Alexandre "Álex" Geijo Pazos (born 5 September 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Italian club Brescia Calcio as a striker.

Football career

The son of Spaniards who immigrated to Switzerland, Geijo was born in Geneva. He started his professional career in his country of birth with Neuchâtel Xamax in 2000, moving the following year to Spain where he began playing with Málaga CF, with little individual success (15 matches in three seasons, playing mostly for the B-team), being released in the 2005 summer.

For the next two years Geijo played in the second division, with another Andalusia club, Xerez CD, where he blossomed into a useful offensive player, scoring 13 goals in his first season. For the 2007–08 campaign, he joined Levante UD: in a team severely hindered by financial problems, and eventually relegated from La Liga, he finished the as second team goal scorer at five, behind Mustapha Riga's eight.

Geijo started his second year strong, netting ten second level goals before the end of 2008. However, he missed the remainder of the season due to a serious fibula injury, after an awkward fall in a training session.

On 28 July 2009, Geijo joined Racing de Santander for four years. Still recovering from injury, he nonetheless completed a successful medical.

Geijo's first goal only arrived on 24 January 2010, but it was a crucial one, as the Cantabrians beat Sporting de Gijón away by a single goal. However, on 1 February, he signed with Udinese Calcio in Italy, rejoining former Levante coach Gianni De Biasi.

In the 2010 summer, inserted in a partnership between Granada CF and Udinese, Geijo was loaned to the Andalusians by the Italians, in a season-long move. On 30 October he put three past former team Xerez in a 5–0 home win and, on 13 November, he scored all of his team's goals in a 4–1 home defeat of FC Barcelona B; he finished the campaign with 24 goals (fourth-best in the competition), and his team achieved a second consecutive promotion, reaching the top level after 35 years.

Geijo started 2011–12 injured, with Granada languishing in the table's bottom three for most of the first months. On 31 October 2011 he scored his first goal of the campaign, equalizing in an eventual 2–1 away win against Sevilla FC in a local derby.

On 9 August 2012, Geijo joined Football League Championship club Watford on a season-long loan. He scored his first goal on 27 November, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win at Sheffield Wednesday.

External links

• Alexandre Geijo profile at BDFutbol
• Alexandre Geijo at Soccerway