Alex Vigo
Vigo playing for Independiente in 2022
Personal information
Full name Alex Vigo Gamaliel[1]
Birth name Alex Gómez[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999
Place of birth Colastiné Sur, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back[3]
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Youth career
UNL
2009–2019 Colón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Colón 30 (0)
2021– River Plate 17 (0)
2022–2023 → Independiente (loan) 35 (1)
2023 → Red Star Belgrade (loan) 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023

Alex Vigo Gamaliel (born 28 April 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for River Plate.

Career

Colón

Vigo joined Colón's academy in 2009 from Liga Santafesina team UNL.[1][2] His senior career got underway during the 2018–19 season, with the defender being an unused substitute in July 2018 for a Copa Argentina victory over Deportivo Morón.[4] He made his professional debut six months later, featuring for the full duration of a Primera División fixture with Argentinos Juniors on 28 January 2019; having signed his first professional contract on 23 January.[4][5][6] Vigo featured ten times in his first campaign, which included three appearances in the Copa Sudamericana as they reached the final; where he'd start, though Colón would lose to Independiente del Valle.[4]

River Plate

On 19 February 2021, Vigo completed a transfer to fellow Primera División team River Plate; twelve months on from rejecting the move due to personal issues.[1][7] He was bought for a fee around 1.75 million euros.

On 7 February 2022, Vigo was loaned out to Independiente until the end of 2022 with a purchase option of 2.5 million dollars for 50 percent of the pass.[8]

Personal life

Vigo was born under the name Alex Gómez, the surname of his mother.[1] However, aged 10, a judge ordered that he and his sister, Aixa, had to take their biological father's surname of Vigo, despite the latter leaving their mother weeks before Alex's birth.[1] Vigo's mother, Verónica, had initiated the court case due to the effects of the father's departure, which led to food shortages due to low income.[1] Vigo was born in Colastiné Sur, where his home would regularly flood from the nearby Paraná River.[1] He rejected a transfer offer from River Plate in early 2020 as he wanted to remain in Colastiné Sur to help his family contain the constant flooding.[1]

Career statistics

As of 19 February 2021.[4]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colón 2018–19 Primera División 6000103[lower-alpha 1]000100
2019–20 14000107[lower-alpha 1]000220
2020–21 1001000—00110
Total 300102010000430
River Plate 2021 Primera División 0000—0000100
Career total 300102010000430
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Vigo: "Mi padre me abandonó en un rancho antes de nacer"". El Litoral. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Alex Vigo fue la figura sabalera en el triunfo por Copa Santa Fe". En el área. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Alex Vigo". World Football. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Argentina - A. Vigo". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "El defensor juvenil, Alex Vigo, firmó su primer contrato profesional con el Club Atlético Colón". Colón. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Colón se aseguró a Alex Vigo, una de las apuestas de Julio Comesaña". Uno Santa Fe. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Oficial: River le dio la bienvenida a Alex Vigo". El Litoral. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Independiente presented Vigo with a very special video, oicanadian.com, 7 February 2022
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