Alexandre Geijo

Alexandre Geijo Pazos, called Alex Geijo, is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Born on 11 March 1982 in Geneva to Spanish parents who had emigrated to Switzerland, he began his career with Neuchâtel Xamax in 2000 and moved to Málaga a year later. He built most of his record in Spain's second tier, the Segunda División, where he scored 70 goals in 216 matches for five clubs, and he scored eight goals in 90 La Liga matches for Málaga, Levante, Racing de Santander and Granada. His best season came on loan at Granada in 2010-11, when he scored 24 goals, four of them in one match against Barcelona B, and helped the club reach the top flight after thirty-five years. He also played in Italy for Udinese, Brescia and Venezia, spent a loan year at Watford in England, and retired in August 2021 at the age of 39 after a spell with Atlético Sanluqueno.