Alejandro "Álex" Rey Lugilde (born 29 January 1998) is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

Boiro Boiro is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barbanza. Boiro has an area of 86.58 km2. Boiro was where the controversial assisted suicide ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

Lugo Lugo (, ) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 100,060 in 2024, ...

, Galicia, Rey represented

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

and

RC 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 ...

as a youth. On 8 August 2017, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to

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 ...

side

UD Somozas Unión Deportiva Somozas is a football team based in As Somozas in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1984, the team plays in . The club's home ground is '' Pardiñas'', which has a capacity of 1,500 spectators. History Founded in ...

for one year. Rey made his senior debut on 20 August 2017, playing the last 20 minutes in a 5–0 home routing of

CD Arenteiro Club Deportivo Arenteiro is a football team based in O Carballiño in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1958, it plays in . Its stadium is '' Espiñedo'' with a capacity of 4,500 seats. Between 1990 and 2005 the club was known as ...

. He scored his first goal on 15 October, netting the opener in a 2–0 away defeat of

CD Cultural Areas Club Deportivo Cultural Areas is a Spanish football club based in the parish of Areas, Ponteareas, Galicia. Founded in 1967, the team plays in . The club's home ground is ''Estadio A Lomba'', which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators. Season to s ...

, and finished the campaign as a regular starter. On 31 August 2018, Rey joined

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

and was assigned to the farm team also in the fourth division. He made his first team debut the following 14 April, coming on as a late substitute for Josete in a 4–0 routing at

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

in the

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. On 15 September 2020, Rey was loaned to

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side

Unionistas de Salamanca CF Unionistas de Salamanca Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013, the club plays in , holding home games at ''Campo de Fútbol Municipal Reina Sofía'' with a 4895- ...

for the 2020–21 season.

Personal life

Rey's older brother Javier is also a footballer. A winger, both play together at Polvorín.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rey, Alex 1998 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Lugo Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players RC Celta Fortuna players UD Somozas players Polvorín FC players CD Lugo players Unionistas de Salamanca CF players SD Tarazona footballers CD Boiro footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen