Alejandro Piedrahita
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Piedrahita Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Cartago, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Gimnasia LP (on loan from Deportivo Pereira) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Comfandi Cartago | ||
| 2014–2019 | El Diamante Sports Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Deportivo Pereira | 96 | (10) |
| 2023 | → Banfield (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Gimnasia LP (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2025 | |||
Alejandro Piedrahita Díaz (born 3 September 2002) is a Colombian footballer who plays for as a midfielder for Gimnasia LP, on loan from Deportivo Pereira.
Early life
[edit]Piedrahita was born in Cartago, Valle del Cauca to Blanca Edith Díaz and Hernando Piedrahita Escobar. He played football at Comfandi Cartago until he was 12 when in 2014 he started playing at El Diamante Sports Club. He joined Deportivo Pereira in 2019.[1]
Career
[edit]He made his debut for Deportivo Pereira in the Categoría Primera A in 2020.[2] He scored his first senior goal on 6 April 2021 in the league against Independiente Medellín.[3] He played 22 times in 2022 as his club won the Colombian league title.[4]
He joined Club Atlético Banfield in January 2023 on loan for a year with the option to join permanently for a transfer fee or $700,000 for 80% of his rights.[5][6]
In February 2025, the transfer to Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, of the Argentine Primera División, takes place. The transfer is made on loan for one year with an option to buy.[7]
International career
[edit]Piedrahita was selected to train with the Colombia national under-20 football team in May 2021.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 18 February 2025.[10]
| Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Deportivo Pereira | Categoría Primera A | 2020 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | 40 | 6 | |||
| Total | 96 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 10 | ||
| Banfield | Primera División | 2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Gimnasia LP | Primera División | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 102 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 10 | ||
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Deportivo Pereira
- Categoría Primera A: 2022 Finalización
- Copa Colombia: 2021 Runner-up
References
[edit]- ^ "Alejandro Piedrahíta, one of the promises of Deportivo Pereira". Semillerosdeportivos.com.
- ^ "The hard story of Alejandro Piedrahita, the new reinforcement of Banfield". Launion.com.
- ^ "Alejandro Piedrahita, the youthful star". Deporterisaraldense.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Alejandro Piedrahita, ready in Argentina: How much is the option?". Futbolete.com.
- ^ "Alejandro Piedrahita es nuevo jugador de Banfield". 442.perfil.com.
- ^ "BANFIELD ANNOUNCED A NEW REINFORCEMENT". inforegion.com.
- ^ "Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata presented its ninth reinforcement". infocielo.com.
- ^ "Quién es el octavo refuerzo de Banfield, que viene de Colombia". Launion.com.
- ^ "El banqueño Carlos Cantillo convocado a la selección Colombia sub 20". Elimformador.com.
- ^ Alejandro Piedrahita at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Alejandro Piedrahita at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Colombian men's footballers
- Footballers from Valle del Cauca Department
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Argentine Primera División players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Deportivo Pereira footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Club Atlético Banfield footballers
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers