Alejandro Bergantiños García

Bergantiños was born in A Coruña. He had his first professional spell as a footballer in 2008, at already 23: loaned by local club Deportivo de La Coruña, he was an essential midfield figure as Xerez CD achieved a first-ever top flight promotion – 31 games, 21 starts and 2,085 minutes played. In very late August 2009, after tying him to the club for four more years, Depor agreed to loan Bergantiños once again to the Andalusians, in another season-long move. He made his La Liga debut on 30 August, playing the last 30 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against RCD Mallorca, and produced roughly the same numbers than in the previous year as the Andalusians were immediately relegated. Bergantiños moved on loan to Granada CF for the 2010–11 campaign. He left in January 2011 to begin yet another loan, at Segunda División rivals Gimnàstic de Tarragona. Bergantiños returned to Galicia in 2011–12, and soon became a regular, appearing in all the league games and helping his team achieve promotion back to the top flight. He scored his first goal in the competition on 20 October 2012, but in a 5–4 home defeat to FC Barcelona. Weeks later, he extended his contract until 2016, with a buyout clause of €10 million. In September 2015, Bergantiños signed a new deal lasting until 2018. On 12 December that year, against Barcelona again but at the Camp Nou, he helped the visitors come from behind 2–0 to draw it 2–2 by netting in the 85th minute. On 2 March 2017, in his first league game of the season,…

Xerez

Segunda División: 2008–09 Deportivo

Segunda División: 2011–12