Alejandro "Ale" Rodríguez Marrero (born 19 August 1994), known as Ale Pipo, is a Spanish

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who plays as an

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for Villa Santa Brígida.

Club career

Born in

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...

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, Pipo played youth football for

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

, and made his debut as a senior with the reserves in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

, in 2013. In October of that year he suffered a severe

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injury, being sidelined for more than a year. In July 2015 Pipo signed for

CF Pobla de Mafumet Club de Fútbol Pobla de Mafumet is a Spanish football club based in La Pobla de Mafumet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1953, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal'', which has a capacity of 1,700 spectato ...

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. On 2 February of the following year, after making no appearances, he signed a two-year contract with

CD Tenerife B Club Deportivo Tenerife "B" is the reserve team of CD Tenerife, it is based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. They currently play in , holding home games at ''Ciudad Deportiva Javier Pérez'', with a 1,0 ...

in the fourth tier. Pipo made his

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debut on 20 August 2016, coming on as a late substitute for

Aitor Sanz Aitor Sanz Martín (born 13 September 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Tenerife. He amassed Segunda División totals of 383 games and 11 goals over 13 seasons, in service of Real Unión and Teneri ...

in a 0–1 away loss against

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in the

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championship. On 1 February of the following year he signed for another

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AD Alcorcón B Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón "B" is the reserve team of AD Alcorcón, was founded in 1998, and plays in , is based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Holding home matches at ''Campo Anexo de Santo Domingo'', with a 1000-seat ...

also in the fourth tier. In the summer 2018, Pipo joined

Algeciras CF Algeciras Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Algeciras, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1909 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at '' Estadio Nuevo Mirador''. History Foo ...

. On 12 August 2019 the club announced, that his contract had been terminated by mutual agreement.EL ALGECIRAS ACUERDA LA RESCISIÓN DEL CONTRATO DE PIPO
algecirascf.eu, 12 August 2019

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pipo, Ale 1994 births Living people Footballers from Las Palmas Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players UD Las Palmas Atlético players CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers CD Tenerife B players CD Tenerife players AD Alcorcón B players CF Gavà players Algeciras CF footballers CD San Roque de Lepe footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen