Júnior Alonso

Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica (born 9 February 1993)[2] is a Paraguayan footballer who plays either as a centre back or a left back for Brazilian Serie A club Atlético Mineiro and the Paraguay national team.

Júnior Alonso
Alonso with Paraguay in 2018
Personal information
Full name Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica
Date of birth (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Mineiro
Number 3
Youth career
2011–2012 Cerro Porteño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Cerro Porteño 136 (11)
2017–2020 Lille 46 (2)
2018 → Celta (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 → Boca Juniors (loan) 21 (0)
2020– Atlético Mineiro 67 (2)
National team‡
2013 Paraguay U-20 8 (2)
2013– Paraguay 44 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 November 2021
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alonso and the second or maternal family name is Mujica.

Club career

Lille

Alonso joined French club Lille in a permanent transfer in January 2017.[3] He made his debut for the club on 18 February 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute in a win over SM Caen.[4] He would go on to make 56 appearances for Lille in all competitions before leaving on loan in August 2018.[3]

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.[5][3]

Boca Juniors (loan)

On 2 January 2019, he was loaned to Boca Juniors.[6] On 2 May 2019, Alonso was an unused substitute as Boca defeated Rosario Central in the 2018 Supercopa Argentina on penalty-kicks after the match ended 0–0.[7]

Atlético Mineiro

On 2 July 2020, Alonso joined Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro on a four-year deal for a €3 million fee.[8]

International career

Alonso is a full international for Paraguay, having made his senior debut for his country in 2013.[3]

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.[9]

On 29 May 2019, Alonso was selected to the final 23-man roster for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil.[10] 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.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of 28 November 2021.[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cerro Porteño 2013 Paraguayan Primera División 311—2[lower-alpha 1]0—331
2014 302—12[lower-alpha 2]0—422
2015 434—00—434
2016 324—18[lower-alpha 3]1—505
Total 13611—321—16812
Lille 2016–17 Ligue 1 12020——140
2017–18 34220—2[lower-alpha 4]1383
Total 46240—21523
Celta (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 9020——110
Boca Juniors
(loan)		 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 70202[lower-alpha 5]05[lower-alpha 6]0160
2019–20 140002[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 6]0170
Total 210204060330
Atlético Mineiro 2020 Série A 321——6[lower-alpha 7]0381
2021 2016012[lower-alpha 5]09[lower-alpha 7]0471
Total 52260120150852
Career total 2641514048123134917
  1. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  2. Eight appearances in Copa Libertadores, four appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Eight appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, ten appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
  5. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  6. Appearance(s) in Copa de la Superliga
  7. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Mineiro

International
As of 28 November 2021.[13]
Paraguay
YearAppsGoals
201310
201450
201630
201771
201830
201990
202040
2021121
Total442
Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
123 March 2017Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Ecuador2–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
22 July 2021Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiânia, Brazil Peru2–23–32021 Copa América

Honours

Club

Cerro Porteño

Boca Juniors

Atlético Mineiro

Individual

References
  1. "El Plantel: Junior Alonso" [The Squad: Junior Alonso] (in Spanish). Boca Juniors. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. "Soccer | lib | Player Stats - Júnior Alonso - Boca Juniors - washingtonpost.com". stats.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "Official: Lille central defender Junior Alonso joins Celta Vigo on loan". Get Football News. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. "El esperado debut" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. "Junior Alonso ya es del Celta". AS. 14 August 2018.
  6. "Transferts : Lille prête Junior Alonso à Boca Juniors". lequipe.fr. 2 January 2019.
  7. "Alfaro: "Lo quiero compartir con Guillermo"". Fox Sports (in Spanish). 2 May 2019.
  8. "Atlético-MG anuncia contratação do zagueiro Junior Alonso, que pertencia ao Lille" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte. 2 July 2020.
  9. "Paraguay 2:1 Ecuador". Sky Sports. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  10. "La lista definitiva (23) de la Albirroja para la Copa América "Brasil 2019"". apf.org.py (in Spanish). APF. 29 May 2019.
  11. "Brazil survive penalty shootout to beat Paraguay". ESPN. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  12. Júnior Alonso at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  13. "Alonso, Júnior". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  14. "Picante posteo de Junior Alonso tras el triunfo de Cerro ante Olimpia" (in Spanish). D10. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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