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 the ongoing season, the 1.71m-tall defender has scored one goal and takes third place within his squad. He shares this rank with Granit Xhaka, Jonas Hofmann, Robert Andrich, Jonathan Tah, Martin Terrier, Jeremie Frimpong and Piero Hincapié. With one assist, the player with the shirt number 20 presently has the third-most in his team along with Aleix García, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Victor Boniface. With 15 shots taken so far, Alejandro Grimaldo has had the third-most attempts on goal of any Bayer 04 Leverkusen player. With 20 passes to a shot, he currently occupies second place in the league statistics together with Florian Wirtz. Alejandro Grimaldo was in the starting line-up in all previous six games of the season. Of these, he won three games with his club.

With a total of 45 crosses, Alejandro Grimaldo 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 sixth-best runner with 70 km run on the pitch.

Last game

The 29-year-old played his last game on the sixth matchday of the 2024/25 season (5 October 2024). Playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he played against Holstein Kiel and tied with 2-2. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of four times. In terms of total touches, he had 119 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 20 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 12. During his total playing time in this game, Alejandro Grimaldo ran 12 km and thus covered a longer distance than all other players in the club. In doing so, he had a total of 25 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Alejandro Grimaldo has played 39 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 30. 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.