Alexandre Geijo

Álex Geijo
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Geijo Pazos
Date of birth (1982-09-05) 5 September 1982
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Venezia
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– Venezia 10 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:47, 25 October 2016 (UTC).


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Geijo and the second or maternal family name is Pazos.

Alexandre "Álex" Geijo Pazos (born 5 September 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Italian club Venezia F.C. as a striker.

Football career

The son of Spaniards who immigrated to Switzerland, Geijo was born in Geneva.[1] He started his professional career in his country of birth with Neuchâtel Xamax 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 B-team), being released in the 2005 summer.

For the next two years Geijo played in the second division, with another Andalusia club, Xerez CD, where he blossomed into a useful offensive player, scoring 13 goals in his first season.[2] For the 2007–08 campaign, he joined Levante UD:[3] 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.

Geijo started his second year strong, netting ten second level 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.[4]

On 28 July 2009, Geijo joined Racing de Santander for four years. Still recovering from injury, he nonetheless completed a successful medical.[5]

Geijo's first 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.[6] However, on 1 February, he signed with Udinese Calcio in Italy, rejoining former Levante coach Gianni De Biasi.[7]

In the 2010 summer, inserted in a partnership between Granada CF and Udinese, Geijo was loaned to the Andalusians by the Italians, in a season-long move.[8] On 30 October he put three past former team Xerez in a 5–0 home win and, on 13 November, he scored all of his team's goals in a 4–1 home defeat of FC Barcelona B;[9] he finished the campaign with 24 goals (fourth-best in the competition), and his team achieved a second consecutive promotion, reaching the top level after 35 years.[10]

Geijo started 2011–12 injured, with Granada languishing in the table's bottom three for most of the first months.[11][12] On 31 October 2011 he scored his first goal of the campaign, equalizing in an eventual 2–1 away win against Sevilla FC in a local derby.[13]

On 9 August 2012, Geijo joined Football League Championship club Watford on a season-long loan.[14][15] He scored his first goal on 27 November, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win at Sheffield Wednesday.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Alex Geijo: goles con acento andaluz (Alex Geijo: goals with Andalusian accent); Swiss Info, 31 January 2009 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Goleadores de 2005–2006" [2005–2006 top scorers] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "El Levante ficha a los delanteros Luyindula y Geijo" [Levante signs forwards Luyindula and Geijo] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Geijo se fractura el peroné y será operado el lunes" [Geijo fractures fibula and will undergo surgery on Monday] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "El Racing ficha a Geijo para las cuatro próximas temporadas" [Racing sign Geijo for next four seasons] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Geijo goal sinks Gijon; ESPN Soccernet, 24 January 2010
  7. ↑ "El Racing traspasa a Geijo al Udinese" [Racing transfer Geijo to Udinese] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Álex Geijo, jugador cedido al Granada por una temporada" [Álex Geijo, player loaned to Granada for one season] (in Spanish). Ideal. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Geijo, con cuatro goles, lideró a un gran Granada" [Geijo, with four goals, led great Granada] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Geijo, adiós a todo un ídolo" [Geijo, farewell to idol extraordinaire] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "La lesión de Geijo tiene bastante preocupado a todo el Granada" [Geijo's injury has all of Granada worrying] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "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] (in Spanish). Ideal. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Sevilla slip up against Granada; ESPN Soccernet, 31 October 2011
  14. ↑ Udinese forward confirms arrival via Twitter; Vital Football, 4 August 2012
  15. ↑ Striker Geijo signs; Watford FC, 9 August 2012
  16. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday lost their fifth consecutive Championship match with an emphatic defeat by Watford.". BBC Sport. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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