Álex Carbonell

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carbonell and the second or maternal family name is Vallés.
Àlex Carbonell
Personal information
Full name Àlex Carbonell Vallés[1]
Date of birth (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Sant Cugat, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Almere City
Number 6
Youth career
2003–2011 Barcelona
2011–2013 Cornellà
2013–2016 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Barcelona B 24 (2)
2016 Barcelona 0 (0)
2017–2019 Reus 33 (2)
2019 Córdoba 9 (0)
2019–2020 Valencia 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Fortuna Sittard (loan) 17 (0)
2020–2021 Luzern 9 (0)
2021–2022 Celta B 34 (0)
2022–2023 Barcelona B 37 (0)
2023–2024 Amorebieta 31 (0)
2024– Almere City 0 (0)
International career
2013 Spain U16 1 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U17 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Àlex Carbonell Vallés (born 15 September 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Almere City.

Club career

Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Carbonell initially joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2003 at the age of six. He left the club in 2011 for Cornellà, but returned in 2013.[2]

On 29 August 2015, while still a youth, Carbonell made his senior debut with the reserves by coming on as a late substitute in a 0–0 Segunda División B home draw against Pobla de Mafumet.[3] On 21 November of the following year, shortly after being promoted to the B-side, he signed a new five-year deal with the club.[4]

Carbonell made his first team debut on 30 November 2016, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Hércules, for the season's Copa del Rey.[5] The following 27 July, he joined Segunda División side Reus Deportiu.[6]

Carbonell left Reus in January 2019, after Reus was excluded from the LFP.[7] On 31 January, he signed a short-term deal with fellow second division side Córdoba.[8]

In March 2019, Carbonell agreed to a pre-contract with Valencia, being assigned to the B-team for the 2019–20 campaign.[9] On 9 July, he moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Eredivisie side Fortuna Sittard.[10]

On 29 September 2020, Carbonell joined Swiss club Luzern, signing a two-year contract.[11] On 13 July 2021, after being rarely used at Luzern, Carbonell signed for Celta de Vigo and was assigned to the B-team in Primera División RFEF.[12] Roughly one year later, he returned to Barça and their reserve team also in the third tier, on a one-year deal.[13]

On 13 July 2023, Carbonell agreed to a contract with Amorebieta, newly-promoted to division two.[14]

On 26 June 2024, Carbonell signed a two-year contract with Almere City in the Netherlands, with an optional third year.[15]

Career statistics

As of 11 December 2023[16]
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2015–16 Segunda División B 2 0 — — 2 0
2016–17 22 2 — 1[a] 0 23 2
Total 24 2 — 1 0 25 2
Barcelona 2016–17 La Liga 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Reus 2017–18 Segunda División 19 0 0 0 1[b] 0 20 0
2018–19 13 1 2 0 1[b] 0 16 1
Total 32 1 2 0 2 0 36 1
Córdoba 2018–19 Segunda División 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Fortuna Sittard 2019–20 Eredivisie 17 0 2 0 — 19 0
Luzern 2020–21 Swiss Super League 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Celta B 2021–22 Primera Federación 34 0 — — 34 0
Barcelona B 2022–23 Primera Federación 37 0 — 1[b] 0 38 0
Amorebieta 2023–24 Segunda División 17 0 1 0 — 18 0
Career total 179 3 6 0 4 0 189 3
  1. ^ Appearance in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ^ a b c Appearance in Copa Catalunya

Honours

Barcelona

Luzern

References

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 21 de abril de 2019, en Oviedo" [Minutes of the Match held on 21 April 2019, in Oviedo] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ Álex Carbonell: Otro viaje de ida y vuelta (Álex Carbonell: Another round trip); Mundo Deportivo, 14 September 2015 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Un penalti fallado en el 90' impide el primer triunfo del Barça B (A missed penalty in the 90th minute prevents the first triumph of Barça B); Sport, 29 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Àlex Carbonell, cinco años más en el Barcelona (Àlex Carbonell, five further years at Barcelona); Sport, 21 November 2016 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Otro petardazo del Barça (Another firecracker from Barça); Marca, 30 November 2016 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Àlex Carbonell, nou jugador del CF Reus (Àlex Carbonell, new player of CF Reus); CF Reus Deportiu, 27 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "Nota Informativa" [Informative note] (in Spanish). La Liga. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Álex Carbonell, nuevo jugador del Córdoba Club de Fútbol" [Álex Carbonell, new player of Córdoba Club de Fútbol] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  9. ^ "El Valencia CF ficha a Álex Carbonell" [Valencia CF sign Álex Carbonell] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Fortuna haalt middenvelder Alex Carbonell" [Fortuna signs midfielder Álex Carbonell] (in Dutch). De Limburger. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Der FC Luzern verpflichtet den ehemaligen Barcelona-Junior Àlex Carbonell". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  12. ^ "El mediocentro Álex Carbonell, cuarto fichaje del Celta B" [Central midfielder Álex Carbonell, fourth signing of Celta B] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Àlex Carbonell, nou jugador blaugrana" [Àlex Carbonell, new blue-and-red player] (in Catalan). FC Barcelona. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Àlex Carbonell refuerza la medular de la SDA" [Àlex Carbonell bolsters the midfield of SDA] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  15. ^ "City sign Àlex Carbonell" [City haalt Àlex Carbonell] (in Dutch). Almere City FC. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  16. ^ Álex Carbonell at Soccerway