Marcos Alonso is a famous Spanish footballer playing in the position of left and central defender. Since 2016 he has been playing for the English club Chelsea. Since 2018, defends the colors of the national team of Spain.
Biography
The future footballer was born in December 1990 on the 28th. Unlike most professional athletes of this discipline, he was not particularly eager to play football in childhood. Marcos got to the academy of the royal club Real Madrid at the age of eleven. Despite this, the talented young man quickly revealed himself and began to show excellent results. For all subsequent years, he represented the club’s youth team in different age categories.
early years
In 2008, Alonso first entered the application of the Farm Club "Real Madrid Castilla", which acts in the second division of Spain. The athlete's debut match took place on February 22 of the same year, Marcos left the starting lineup and remained on the field until the final whistle. Unfortunately, the match ended in defeat with a minimum score from Alcorcorn.
In December 2009, head coach of the main team, “Real” Manuel Pellegrini first announced Marcos Alonso in the main team for the match against “Valencia”. But closer to the start of the game, the coach made several changes to the final list, and Alonso's debut was postponed. The first appearance of a football player in the “cream” took place on the fourth of April; Marcos was released 90 minutes into the match against Racing de Santader - he replaced Gonzalo Higuain.
“Real Madrid” - the team is always staffed and played, met the newcomers with fierce competition, which few coped with. Most of the young talents, unable to cope with the enormous loads, went on lease or altered the club registration altogether. The same fate awaited Marcos Alonso.
Having never made his way to the main club, in 2010 he moved to England. The new “home” of the young Spanish player was Bolton Wanderers, who at that time played in the country's main competition - the English Premier League. Alonso's debut took place on August 24 in an away match of the League Cup against Southampton, which ended in a minimal victory for Bolton 1-0.
The first appearance of Alonso in the Premier League matches took place on January 1, 2011 in a away match against Liverpool. The footballer scored his brilliant debut goal a year later, in March 2012. In the match against Wolverhampton, he scored the second goal of the team, the meeting ended with the score 3-2 in favor of the “wolves”. This season was the most productive for the Spanish player, and at the end of the year he was recognized as the best player, “Bolton".
Fiorentina
Over the years spent in “Bolton”, Alonso has grown markedly as a professional football player, and began to attract the attention of reputable European clubs. One of the contenders for the player was the Italian Fiorentina, which in May 2013 agreed on a three-year contract with a young athlete. Alonso began the new season at Fiorentina, but at the end of the year, the Sunderland coach officially announced that Alonso would play on loan for them before the end of the season. In the 13/14 season, Alonso entered the field nine times in the form of Fiorentina and 20 times in the colors of Sunderland.
After returning from the lease, Marcos became a regular player in the starting line-up of “violets”, and over the course of two seasons he played over 70 matches contributing to the results of the team. In March 2015, he scored the first goal for Fiorentina in a match against the Roman club Roma in the Europa League.
Further career
Regular performances and the growing effectiveness of the defender could not go unnoticed by the top clubs in Europe. In 2016, the grandees of European football began to hunt for Marcos, and the English club Chelsea turned out to be the most successful in this race. On August 30, the Aristocrats officially announced the transfer of Spanish defender Marcos Alonso to their camp.
The debut of the new player in the “blue” took place on September 20 in the match against the “Leicester City” in the framework of the EFL Cup. Marcos left in the starting lineup and played all 120 minutes, after the score 2-2 extra time was set, after which Chelsea won 4-2.
Marcos Alonso scored the first goal for Chelsea on November 5, 2016 in a home match against Everton, which ended in a crushing victory for the hosts 5-0. Two months later, the Spaniard marked a double in the match against Leicester, which ended in a 3-0 victory for Chelsea.
In April 2018, a flurry of criticism fell on Marcos Alonso because of a controversial moment in the match with Southampton. During the match, Alonso played very roughly against Shane Long, inflicting a strong blow with a straight leg. Despite this, referee Mike Dean did not see a violation in the episode, and the match continued without sanction against the Chelsea player. The after-game proceedings eventually led to Alonso's three-match suspension.
