Alejandro "Álex" Serrano García (born 6 February 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Turan Tovuz.
Club career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Serrano finished his development with Sporting de Gijón's cantera. He made his senior debut at only 15 with the reserves in the 2010–11 season, in Segunda División B.Álex Serrano debutará en el filial con 15 años (Álex Serrano will make debut with reserves at the age of 15); La Nueva España, 2 January 2011 (in Spanish)
In August 2013, Serrano was promoted to the main squad which competed in the Segunda División.Álex Serrano se queda en el primer equipo y Álex Menéndez renueva (Álex Serrano stays in first team and Álex Menéndez renews); El Comercio, 13 August 2013 (in Spanish) He played his first game as a professional on 12 January 2014, starting in a 0–0 away draw against CD Tenerife.Sólo faltaron los goles (Only goals were missing); Marca, 12 January 2014 (in Spanish)
Serrano signed with RCD Espanyol on 22 June 2015, being assigned to the B side also in the third division.L'Espanyol B es reforça (Espanyol B bolstered); RCD Espanyol, 22 June 2015 (in Catalan) On 8 July of the following year he moved to another reserve team, RCD Mallorca B of the same league.Álex Serrano ficha por el filial del Mallorca, de Segunda B (Álex Serrano signs for the reserve team of Mallorca, from Segunda B); La Nueva España, 8 July 2016 (in Spanish)
On 30 January 2018, after six competitive appearances with Mallorca's first team, Serrano joined Celta de Vigo B.Álex Serrano deja el Mallorca y ficha por el filial del Celta (Álex Serrano leaves Mallorca and signs for Celta's reserves); La Nueva España, 30 January 2018 (in Spanish) He went on to represent, in quick succession and still in the third tier, Salamanca CF UDS,Álex Serrano, nuevo fichaje del Salamanca CF UDS para la próxima temporada (Álex Serrano, new Salamanca CF UDS signing for the next season); El Norte de Castilla, 9 August 2019 (in Spanish) CF Talavera de la Reina and UE Cornellà.Bienvenido, Álex Serrano (Welcome, Álex Serrano); UE Cornellà, 29 January 2021 (in Spanish)
Serrano made his debut in top-flight football in the 2021–22 campaign, signing with GKS Górnik Łęczna of the Polish Ekstraklasa.Ex Sporting: Serrano, nuevo fichaje en Polonia (Ex Sporting: Serrano, new signing in Poland); La Voz de Asturias, 10 September 2021 (in Spanish) His first match in the competition took place on 13 September 2021, when he came on as a late substitute for Damian Gąska in the 3–2 home win over Wisła Płock.PKO Ekstraklasa. Bartosz Śpiączka wybudził Górnika Łęczna ze snu. Od 0:2 do 3:2 z Wisłą Płock. Pierwsza wygrana beniaminka (PKO Ekstraklasa. Bartosz Śpiączka woke Górnik Łęczna from sleep. From 0:2 to 3:2 with Wisła Płock. First win for the newcomers); Gol 24, 13 September 2021 (in Polish)
On 1 September 2022, Serrano left the club by mutual consent.Alex Serrano odchodzi z Górnika (Alex Serrano leaves Górnik); Górnik Łęczna, 1 September 2022 (in Polish) Later that month, he joined FC Hebar Pazardzhik of the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria).Владо Манчев привлече испански халф в Хебър (Vlado Manchev lured Spanish midfielder to Hebar VIDEO); Marica, 24 September 2022 (in Bulgarian) He switched teams and countries again in summer 2023, on a one-year contract at Turan Tovuz in the Azerbaijan Premier League.Dos asturianos de adopción jugarán fuera de España esta temporada (Two adopted Asturians will play outside of Spain this season); Fútbol Asturiano, 23 July 2023 (in Spanish)
Personal life Serrano's father, Bernardino, was also a footballer. He too represented Sporting Gijón, and also played for Real Madrid.Álex, mucho más que el hijo de Mino (Álex, much more than the son of Mino); Marca, 11 May 2012 (in Spanish)
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