Júnior Alonso Biography
Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica (born 9 February 1993) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays either as a centre back or a left back for Russian Premier League club Krasnodar and the Paraguay national team.
Club career
Lille
Alonso joined French club Lille in a permanent transfer in January 2017. He made his debut for the club on 18 February 2017, coming on as a second-half subs*ute in a win over SM Caen. He would go on to make 56 appearances for Lille in all compe*ions before leaving on loan in August 2018.
Celta (loan)
On 14 August 2018, Alonso was loaned to La Liga's Celta Vigo for one year with an option to make the deal permanent.
Boca Juniors (loan)
On 2 January 2019, he was loaned to Boca Juniors. On 2 May 2019, Alonso was an unused subs*ute as Boca defeated Rosario Central in the 2018 Supercopa Argentina on penalty-kicks after the match ended 0–0.
Atlético Mineiro
On 2 July 2020, Alonso joined Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro on a four-year deal for a €3 million fee.
Krasnodar
On 7 January 2022, Russian club Krasnodar announced that the terms of transfer has been agreed with Atlético Mineiro, and the terms of the 3.5-year contract has been agreed with Alonso. The contract was signed on 12 January 2022. On 3 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Krasnodar announced that his contract is suspended and he will not train with the team, but the contract is not terminated and remains valid.
Return to Atlético Mineiro (loan)
On 14 March 2022, Atlético Mineiro announced the return of Alonso on loan until the end of 2022.
International career
Alonso is a full international for Paraguay, having made his senior debut for his country in 2013.
In a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on 23 March 2017, Alonso scored the winning goal, and his first for the national team, in a 2–1 defeat of Ecuador.
On 29 May 2019, Alonso was selected to the final 23-man roster for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil. He would go on to start in all four of Paraguay's matches, playing every single minute, as they lost in the quarter-finals in a penalty shoot-out to hosts and eventual champions Brazil.
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 13 April 2024.International
As of 2 April 2022.Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.Honours
Club
Cerro Porteño
- Paraguayan Primera División: 2013 Clausura, 2015 Apertura
Boca Juniors
- Argentine Primera División: 2019–20
- Supercopa Argentina: 2018
Atlético Mineiro
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2021
- Copa do Brasil: 2021
- Campeonato Mineiro: 2020, 2021, 2022
Individual
- Bola de Prata: 2020, 2021
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2021
- Best Centre-back in Brazil: 2021
- South American Team of the Year: 2021
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Junior Alonso.- Júnior Alonso at National-Football-Teams.com
- Júnior Alonso at Soccerway
- Júnior Alonso at Fichajes.com (in Spanish)
