Alejandro

Grimaldo

Alejandro Grimaldo history

Alejandro Grimaldo was born on 20 September 1995 in Valencia and plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He played for Valencia CF from 2006-2008, for FC Barcelona from 2008-2015, for SL Benfica Lissabon from 2016-2023 and has played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 2023.

Current season 2024/25

In this season, the player with the shirt number 20 has scored one goal and takes fourth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Granit Xhaka, Jonas Hofmann, Jonathan Tah, Martin Terrier, Jeremie Frimpong and Piero Hincapié. With one assist, Alejandro Grimaldo currently has the third-most in his team along with Aleix García, Martin Terrier, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Victor Boniface. With 17 shots taken so far, Alejandro Grimaldo has had the third-most attempts on goal of any Bayer 04 Leverkusen player. With 23 passes to a shot, he presently has the second-most in the league. He was in the starting line-up in all previous seven games of the season. Of these, Alejandro Grimaldo won four games with his club.

With a total of 52 crosses, the 29-year-old provided a high amount of pressing in the penalty area of his opponent incomparable to anyone else in the league. Few players have covered a greater distance in the current season than him. He is presently the fourth-best runner with 81 km run on the pitch.

Last game

The 1.71m-tall defender played his last game on the seventh matchday of the 2024/25 season (19 October 2024). He was victorious over Eintracht Frankfurt while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a score of 2-1. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times. In terms of total touches, he had 75 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 19 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win seven. He covered a distance of 11.7 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Alejandro Grimaldo ran, like no other player in the game, a total of 32 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Alejandro Grimaldo has played 40 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 31. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Here, Alejandro Grimaldo has put a total of 11 balls in the net. He took the German championship title in 2023/24 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

International appointments

Alejandro Grimaldo won the DFB-Pokal in 2023/24 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He won the Supercup in 2024 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.