Alain Baroja
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alain Baroja Méndez | ||
Date of birth | 23 October 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Always Ready | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 |
Caracas | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2023 | Caracas | 198 | (0) |
2011–2012 |
→ Llaneros de Guanare (loan) | 29 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → AEK Athens (loan) | 25 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Cádiz (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Sud América (loan) | 32 | (0) |
2017–2018 |
→ Monagas (loan) | 23 | (0) |
2018 | → Carabobo (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Delfín (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2024– | Always Ready | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Venezuela | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:31, 03 April 2021 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:55, 09 June 2017 (UTC) |
Alain Baroja Méndez (born 23 October 1989) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Always Ready and the Venezuela national team.
Club career
Born in
On 17 July 2015,
On 24 August 2016, Baroja was loaned to Spanish Segunda División club Cádiz CF, being immediately loaned out to Sud América in Uruguay.[5]
International career
On 1 October 2012, Baroja received his first call-up to the Venezuelan senior side, for a match scheduled to be played against Ecuador on 16 October 2012 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, but he didn't play. He was called again to play a friendly match against Nigeria but he didn't play either.
Under the new management of Noel Sanvicente, Dani Hernandez was used as first choice goalkeeper in the first 4 friendly games of Sanvicente. In February 2015, there were scheduled 2 matches against Honduras, but because they were out of the FIFA calendar, Sanvicente could only call players from the Venezuelan Primera División for the national team. Baroja was chosen as the starting goalkeeper and finally debuted for the national team at age 25. Venezuela won both matches against Honduras and Baroja's performance was very well received.[6] Baroja started again against Peru on March, a game Venezuela won 1–0 with another good performance of the goalkeeper. On 10 November 2015, Baroja is doubtful for the games with his national team, but his injury isn't serious enough to worry
2015 Copa America
On 12 May 2015, Baroja was named in Venezuela's 23-man squad for the
Career statistics
Club
- As of 17 April 2016
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | GA | Apps | GA | Apps | GA | Apps | GA | Apps | GA | ||
Llaneros de Guanare
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2011–12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
Caracas FC
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2012–13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
2013–14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
Total | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0 | |
AEK Athens F.C. | |||||||||||
2015–16 |
23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Career totals | 142 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
International
- As of 17 November 2015
National Team |
Year | Friendlies | World Cup | Copa América | Total | ||||
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Pld | GA | Pld | GA | Pld | GA | Pld | GA | ||
Venezuela | 2015 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
2016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Career totals | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Honours
Clubs
- Caracas
- AEK Athens
- Greek Cup: 2015-2016
References
- ^ "AEK clinch deal for Baroja". www.sdna.gr. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Baroja out for a month with injury". www.sdna.gr. 18 December 2015.
- ^ "Mπαρόχα: "Όλοι θυσιάστηκαν"". www.sdna.gr. 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Baroja officially released from AEK". www.sdna.gr. 9 June 2016.
- ^ "El Cádiz ficha a Alain Baroja y lo cede al Sud América uruguayo" [Cádiz sign Alain Baroja and loan him to Uruguayan Sud América] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Resultado del partido amistoso Venezuela vs. Honduras, 11 de febrero 2015". deportes.starmedia.com. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Good news for Baroja". www.sdna.gr. 10 November 2015.
- ^ "2015 Copa America squad lists". www.espnfc.com. 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Venezuela 1-0 Colombia Highlights 2015 Copa America". www.totalsportek.com. 14 June 2015.