Alfonso Pérez

Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, called Alfonso ( born September 27, 1972 in Getafe ) is a former Spanish footballer. The striker was active in his career for both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

Life

Alfonso was born in Getafe, a suburb of Madrid. Early in his career he played for Real Madrid, where he replaced the legendary Emilio Butragueño as choice strikers. In 1992 he was part of the Spanish Olympic team that Barcelona won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics. At Real Madrid Alfonso succeeded nevertheless not the right breakthrough, which is why he moved to Real Betis in 1995.

In 1997, he was charged with 25 hits second best scorer of the Spanish Primera División behind Ronaldo. In 1998 he was elected to Spain's footballer of the year. At this time he was regarded as one of Europe's best strikers. But he was thrown back in subsequent seasons by many injury breaks.

At Euro 2000, he brought Spain with two goals in the final group match against Yugoslavia in the quarter-finals. He also scored the decisive goal in the 94th minute to 4:3. In consequence, however, the Spanish national difference in a dramatic match against France in the quarter- finals after team captain Raúl had missed a penalty just before the end.

After the European Championships, he was obliged by FC Barcelona, ​​where he could not prevail. He was then loaned to French club Olympique Marseille. After the end of the loan, he went back to Betis Sevilla. In the 2003 /04 season he scored 9 goals again. In the following season, he played only 100 minutes. At the end of his career he was in recognition of the club, after the Cup victory, holding the first Copa del Rey in the air. Alfonso played 38 games for the Spanish national football team, scoring 11 goals.

A point of interest in connection with it is that the Spanish club Getafe named their stadium still active times the footballer after him. Alfonso had thus the privilege to play even at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. In the summer of 2005, he finished his career.

Achievements

Club:

• Spanish Champion: 1995
• Spanish Cup winners: 1993, 2005
• Spanish Super Cup Winners: 1993

National team:

• Football Olympic Champions: 1992
• World Cup Participation: 1998 (2 inserts)
• European Championships: 1996 (4 inserts, 1 goal ), 2000 (4 inserts, 2 goals)

Individual:

• Player of the year in Spain: 1998

Others

His younger brother Iván graduated as the Youth School of Real Madrid. In Betis Sevilla were both playing for two seasons together in a team.