Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica (born 9 February 1993) is a Paraguayan

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who plays either as a

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or a

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for

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club

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

and the Paraguay national team.

Club career

Lille

Alonso joined French club

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in a permanent transfer in January 2017. He made his debut for the club on 18 February 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute in a win over

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. He would go on to make 56 appearances for Lille in all competitions before leaving on loan in August 2018.

Celta (loan)

On 14 August 2018, Alonso was loaned to

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Celta 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 foun ...

for one year with an option to make the deal permanent.

Boca Juniors (loan)

On 2 January 2019, he was loaned to

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. On 2 May 2019, Alonso was an unused substitute as Boca defeated

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in the 2018 Supercopa Argentina on penalty-kicks after the match ended 0–0.

Atlético Mineiro

On 2 July 2020, Alonso joined Brazilian club

on a four-year deal for a

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3 million fee.

Krasnodar

On 7 January 2022, Russian club

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announced that the terms of transfer has been agreed with Atlético Mineiro, and the terms of the 3.5-year contract has been agreed with Alonso. The contract was signed on 12 January 2022. On 3 March 2022, following the

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, Krasnodar announced that his contract was suspended and he would not train with the team, but the contract was not terminated and remained valid.

Return to Atlético Mineiro (loan)

On 14 March 2022, Atlético Mineiro announced the return of Alonso on loan until the end of 2022.

Second return to Atlético Mineiro

On 10 July 2024, Alonso rejoined

on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

International career

Alonso is a full international for

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

, having made his senior debut for his country in 2013. 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

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. On 29 May 2019, Alonso was selected to the final 23-man roster for the

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in Brazil. 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

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Cerro Porteño *

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship ...

: 2013 Clausura, 2015 Apertura Boca Juniors *

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: 2019–20 *

Supercopa Argentina The Supercopa Argentina (English: Argentine Super Cup) is an official national association football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The annual football match was played for the first time in 2012, being con ...

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Atlético Mineiro *

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Individual

* Bola de Prata: 2020, 2021 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2021 * Best Centre-back in Brazil:

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: 2021 *

Team of the Year:

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