Christian Alfonso López (born 2 May 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Alfonso signed with RCD Espanyol in 2002 at the age of 13, from neighbours CE L'Hospitalet. Two years later, he returned to his previous club and made his senior debut there, appearing in two Segunda División B games in the 2007–08 season in an eventual relegation. He was an essential player in the subsequent promotion, then scored ten goals from 30 appearances to help them to retain their status.Christian Alfonso; El Blog de L'Hospi, 25 November 2010 (in Catalan)
Alfonso moved to Espanyol again in late March 2011, alongside teammate Cristian Gómez – the deal being made effective in July – initially being assigned to the reserves.L’Espanyol B fitxa Cristian Alfonso i Cristian Gómez de l’Hospitalet (Espanyol B sign Christian Alfonso and Cristian Gómez from L'Hospitalet); BTV Notícies, 28 March 2011 (in Catalan) On 2 October 2011, he made his first-team (and La Liga) debut, featuring 16 minutes in a 0–4 home loss against Real Madrid.Higuain gives Mourinho plenty to ponder; ESPN Soccernet, 2 October 2011 He scored his only competitive goal on 1 November 2012, but in a 3–1 defeat at Sevilla FC in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.Un penal i dos córners allunyen la Copa (One penalty and two corners lay Cup to waste); Ara, 2 November 2012 (in Catalan)
On 15 August 2013, Alfonso joined AD Alcorcón of Segunda División, in a season-long loan deal.Cristian Alfonso jugará en el Alcorcón cedido por el Espanyol (Cristian Alfonso will play in Alcorcón on loan from Espanyol); Diario AS, 15 August 2013 (in Spanish) He scored his sole goal in the second tier on 1 September, the first in the 3–0 home win over Recreativo de Huelva.El Alcorcón se apunta al liderato tras golear al Recreativo (Alcorcón poised to lead after thrashing Recreativo); Marca, 2 September 2013 (in Spanish)
Alfonso was loaned to Girona FC of the same league on 29 August 2014, also in a one-year deal.Christian Alfonso, cedido al Girona (Christian Alfonso, loaned to Girona); Marca, 29 August 2014 (in Spanish) Roughly a year later, he terminated his contract with Espanyol.Rescissions de contracte de C. Gómez i de Christian Alfonso (Contract terminations of C. Gómez and Christian Alfonso); RCD Espanyol, 31 August 2015 (in Catalan)
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