Alexandre Geijo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Geijo and the second or maternal family name is Pazos.

Álex Geijo
Geijo with Watford in 2013
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Geijo Pazos
Date of birth (1982-03-11) 11 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
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 17 (1)
2010–2012 → Granada (loan) 60 (26)
2012–2013 → Watford (loan) 20 (2)
2013–2014 → Mallorca (loan) 27 (1)
2015–2016 Brescia 36 (11)
2016–2019 Venezia 75 (18)
2019–2021 Sanluqueño 39 (6)
Total 565 (153)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandre "Álex" Geijo Pazos (born 11 March 1982) is a former footballer who played as a striker.[1]

He amassed Segunda División totals of 216 matches and 70 goals over seven seasons, representing five clubs in the process. He added eight goals from 90 appearances in La Liga, with Málaga, Levante, Racing de Santander and Granada, and also competed professionally in his birth nation of Switzerland, Italy (all three major levels) and England.

Club career

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The son of Spaniards who immigrated to Switzerland, Geijo was born in Geneva.[2] He started his professional career in his country of birth with Neuchâtel Xamax FCS 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 reserves), being released in summer 2005.[3]

For the next two years, Geijo played in the Segunda División with another Andalusian club, Xerez CD, where he blossomed into a useful attacking player, scoring 13 goals in his first season.[4] For the 2007–08 campaign, he joined Levante UD:[5] in a team severely hindered by financial problems, and eventually relegated from La Liga, he finished as the second team goal scorer at five, behind Mustapha Riga's eight.[6]

Geijo started his second year strong, netting ten second-tier 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.[7]

On 28 July 2009, Geijo joined Racing de Santander for four years; still recovering from injury, he nonetheless completed a successful medical.[8] His only 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.[9][3] However, on 1 February, he signed with Udinese Calcio, rejoining former Levante coach Gianni De Biasi.[10]

In July 2010, inserted in a partnership between Granada CF and Udinese, Geijo was loaned by the Italians in a season-long move.[11] On 30 October he put three past former team Xerez in a 5–0 home win[12] and, on 13 November, he scored all of his team's goals in a 4–1 home victory over FC Barcelona B.[13] He finished the campaign with 24 goals (fourth-best in the competition) and his team achieved a second consecutive promotion, reaching the top flight after 35 years.[14]

Geijo started 2011–12 injured, with Granada languishing in the table's bottom three for most of the first months.[15][16] On 31 October 2011 he scored his first goal of the campaign, equalising an eventual 2–1 away defeat of Sevilla FC in a local derby.[17]

On 9 August 2012, Geijo joined Football League Championship club Watford on a season-long loan.[18][19] He scored his first goal on 27 November, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win at Sheffield Wednesday.[20]

Geijo only scored once for Udinese in the Serie A, in the 2–2 away draw with U.C. Sampdoria on 21 December 2014.[21] He remained in the country subsequently, with Brescia Calcio in the Serie B[22] and Venezia F.C. in the Serie C, winning promotion with the latter in 2017.[23][24]

Geijo retired in August 2021 at the age of 39, after two seasons in his country's Segunda División B with Atlético Sanluqueño CF.[25]

References

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  1. ^ Borasteros, Daniel (14 November 2005). "Tres goles del 'suizo' Geijo hacen más líder al Xerez de Lucas Alcaraz" [Three goals from 'Swiss' Geijo make Lucas Alcaraz's Xerez even more first]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. ^ Turmo, Iván (31 January 2009). "Alex Geijo: goles con acento andaluz" [Alex Geijo: goals with Andalusian accent] (in Spanish). Swissinfo. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
  3. ^ a b "La cruz de Álex Geijo" [Álex Geijo's cross to bear]. Ideal (in Spanish). 14 June 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Goleadores de 2005–2006" [2005–2006 top scorers]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  5. ^ "El Levante ficha a los delanteros Luyindula y Geijo" [Levante sign forwards Luyindula and Geijo]. Marca (in Spanish). 1 September 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Geijo cierra su etapa en Levante con quince goles en dos temporadas" [Geijo finishes his spell in Levante with fifteen goals in two seasons]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). 28 July 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Geijo se fractura el peroné y será operado el lunes" [Geijo fractures fibula and will undergo surgery on Monday]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 February 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  8. ^ "El Racing ficha a Geijo para las cuatro próximas temporadas" [Racing sign Geijo for next four seasons]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 July 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Geijo goal sinks Gijon". ESPN Soccernet. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  10. ^ "El Racing traspasa a Geijo al Udinese" [Racing transfer Geijo to Udinese]. Marca (in Spanish). 1 February 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  11. ^ Yepes, S. (8 July 2010). "Álex Geijo, jugador cedido al Granada por una temporada" [Álex Geijo, player loaned to Granada for one season]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  12. ^ Pereira, Fran (30 October 2010). "Vergonzosa imagen (5–0)" [Shameful display (5–0)]. Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Geijo, con cuatro goles, lideró a un gran Granada" [Geijo, with four goals, led great Granada]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 13 November 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  14. ^ Prieto, Juan (28 June 2012). "Geijo, adiós a todo un ídolo" [Geijo, farewell to idol extraordinaire]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  15. ^ Estévez, A.; Piñeiro, J.; Ortega, J.M.; Palomar, J. (6 June 2011). "La lesión de Geijo tiene bastante preocupado a todo el Granada" [Geijo's injury has all of Granada worrying]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Geijo, por lesión, y Mollo, por decisión técnica, no viajan y entran Ighalo y Jaime" [Geijo, due to injury, and Mollo, due to technical decision, do not travel and Ighalo and Jaime come in]. Ideal (in Spanish). 19 September 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Sevilla slip up against Granada". ESPN Soccernet. 31 October 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Watford confirm loan signing of Udinese striker Alex Geijo". Watford Observer. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Striker Geijo signs". Watford F.C. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  20. ^ "Sheffield Wed 1–4 Watford". BBC Sport. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  21. ^ Ossorio, Armando (21 December 2014). "Sampdoria-Udinese 2–2: Gabbiadini riprende i friulani, Marassi ancora inviolato" [Sampdoria-Udinese 2–2: Gabbiadini equals Friulians, Marassi still undefeated]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  22. ^ Bargellini, Luca (5 November 2015). "Geijo, il centravanti operaio vera sorpresa del Brescia" [Brescia pulled a real surprise with working striker Geijo] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Il Venezia fa festa, Inzaghi promosso in serie B" [Venezia party, Inzaghi promoted to Serie B] (in Italian). Sky Sport. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Venezia: rescinde Alex Geijo" [Venezia: Alex Geijo cuts ties]. Brescia Oggi (in Italian). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  25. ^ "El ex del Málaga CF Álex Geijo anuncia su retirada" [Former Málaga CF man Álex Geijo announces retirement]. Málaga Hoy (in Spanish). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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