Àlex Carbonell Vallés (born 15 September 1997) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Dutch club

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Netherlands. Founded in 2001, the club currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, following relegation from the Eredivisie in 2024–25 Eredivisie, 20 ...

Club career

Born in

Sant Cugat del Vallès Sant Cugat del Vallès () is a town and municipality north of Barcelona, Catalonia. Known as ''Castrum Octavianum'' in antiquity (which means ''the castle of Octavianus'') and as ''Pins del Vallès'' during the Second Spanish Republic, it is nam ...

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, Carbonell initially joined

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in 2003 at the age of six. He left the club in 2011 for Cornellà, but returned in 2013. On 29 August 2015, while still a youth, Carbonell made his senior debut with the reserves by coming on as a late substitute in a 0–0

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home draw against Pobla de Mafumet. On 21 November of the following year, shortly after being promoted to the B-side, he signed a new five-year deal with the club. Carbonell made his first team debut on 30 November 2016, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Hércules, for the season's

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. The following 27 July, he joined

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side

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. Carbonell left Reus in January 2019, after Reus was excluded from the LFP. On 31 January, he signed a short-term deal with fellow second division side

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. In March 2019, Carbonell agreed to a pre-contract with

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, being assigned to the B-team for the 2019–20 campaign. On 9 July, he moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with

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side

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; ) is a professional football club from the municipality of Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was establi ...

. On 29 September 2020, Carbonell joined Swiss club

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, signing a two-year contract. On 13 July 2021, after being rarely used at Luzern, Carbonell signed for

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

and was assigned to the B-team in

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. Roughly one year later, he returned to ''Barça'' and their reserve team also in the third tier, on a one-year deal. On 13 July 2023, Carbonell agreed to a contract with

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, newly-promoted to division two. On 26 June 2024, Carbonell signed a two-year contract with

in the Netherlands, with an optional third year.

Career statistics

Honours

Barcelona *

: 2016–17 Luzern * Schweizer Pokal:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carbonell, Alex 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Sant Cugat del Vallès Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Primera Federación players Eredivisie players Swiss Super League players Segunda División B players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players CF Reus Deportiu players Córdoba CF players Valencia CF players Fortuna Sittard players RC Celta Fortuna players FC Luzern players SD Amorebieta footballers Almere City FC players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen