{{short description|Argentine footballer (born 1999)}} {{redirect|Alex Gómez|the Spanish football manager|Àlex Gómez}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alex Vigo | birth_name = Alex Gómez<ref name="EL1"/> | image = Independiente - Central Norte - Copa Argentina 2022 (101).jpg |caption = Vigo playing for Independiente in 2022 | full_name = Alex Vigo Gamaliel<ref name="EL1">{{cite news|title=Vigo: "Mi padre me abandonó en un rancho antes de nacer"|url=https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/246573-vigo-mi-padre-me-abandono-en-un-rancho-antes-de-nacer-desgarrador-testimonio-del-4-de-colon-actualidad-sabalera.html|accessdate=28 June 2020|work=El Litoral|date=27 June 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|4|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Colastiné Sur, Argentina | height = {{height|m=1.75}}<ref name="En el área"/> | position = Right-back<ref name="WF1">{{cite news|title=Alex Vigo|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe554369/alex-vigo/|access-date=28 June 2020|work=World Football}}</ref> | currentclub = Talleres | clubnumber = 28 | youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = UNL | youthyears2 = 2009–2019 |youthclubs2 = Colón | years1 = 2019–2021 |clubs1 = Colón |caps1 = 30 |goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2021–2024 |clubs2 = River Plate |caps2 = 17 |goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2022–2023 |clubs3 = → Independiente (loan) |caps3 = 35 |goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2023 |clubs4 = → Red Star Belgrade (loan) |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2024– |clubs5 = Talleres |caps5 = 10 |goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2025 |clubs6 = → Sarmiento (loan) |caps6 = 25 |goals6 = 0 | club-update = 17:10, 2 February 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Alex Vigo Gamaliel''' (born 28 April 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Talleres.
==Career== ===Colón=== Vigo joined Colón's academy in 2009 from Liga Santafesina team UNL.<ref name="EL1"/><ref name="En el área">{{cite news|title=Alex Vigo fue la figura sabalera en el triunfo por Copa Santa Fe|url=http://enelarea.com.ar/2018/07/25/alex-vigo-fue-la-figura-sabalera-en-el-triunfo-por-copa-santa-fe/|accessdate=28 January 2019|work=En el área|date=25 July 2018}}</ref> His senior career got underway during the 2018–19 season, with the defender being an unused substitute in July 2018 for a Copa Argentina victory over Deportivo Morón.<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite news|title=Argentina - A. Vigo|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/alex-vigo/556729/|accessdate=28 January 2019|work=Soccerway}}</ref> He made his professional debut six months later, featuring for the full duration of a Primera División fixture with Argentinos Juniors on 28 January 2019; having signed his first professional contract on 23 January.<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="Colón">{{cite news|title=El defensor juvenil, Alex Vigo, firmó su primer contrato profesional con el Club Atlético Colón|url=https://twitter.com/ColonOficial/status/1088175955699556365|accessdate=28 January 2019|work=Colón|date=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Uno Santa Fe">{{cite news|title=Colón se aseguró a Alex Vigo, una de las apuestas de Julio Comesaña|url=https://www.unosantafe.com.ar/colon/colon-aseguro-alex-vigo-apuestas-julio-comesana-01232019_Hy3o_UIXV|accessdate=28 January 2019|work=Uno Santa Fe|date=23 January 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129064130/https://www.unosantafe.com.ar/colon/colon-aseguro-alex-vigo-apuestas-julio-comesana-01232019_Hy3o_UIXV|url-status=dead}}</ref> Vigo featured ten times in his first campaign, which included three appearances in the Copa Sudamericana as they reached the final; where he'd start, though Colón would lose to Independiente del Valle.<ref name="Soccerway"/>
===River Plate=== On 19 February 2021, Vigo completed a transfer to fellow Primera División team River Plate; twelve months on from rejecting the move due to personal issues.<ref name="EL1"/><ref name="EL2">{{cite news|title=Oficial: River le dio la bienvenida a Alex Vigo|url=https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/283501-oficial-river-le-dio-la-bienvenida-a-alex-vigo-colon-vendio-el-50-del-pase-actualidad-sabalera-juvenil-de-colon.html|accessdate=19 February 2021|work=El Litoral|date=19 February 2021}}</ref> He was bought for a fee around 1.75 million euros.
On 7 February 2022, Vigo was loaned out to Independiente until the end of 2022 with a purchase option of 2.5 million dollars for 50 percent of the pass.<ref>[https://oicanadian.com/independiente-presented-vigo-with-a-very-special-video/ Independiente presented Vigo with a very special video], oicanadian.com, 7 February 2022</ref>
==Personal life== Vigo was born under the name Alex Gómez, the surname of his mother.<ref name="EL1"/> However, aged 10, a judge ordered that he and his sister, Aixa, had to take their biological father's surname of Vigo, despite the latter leaving their mother weeks before Alex's birth.<ref name="EL1"/> Vigo's mother, Verónica, had initiated the court case due to the effects of the father's departure, which led to food shortages due to low income.<ref name="EL1"/> Vigo was born in Colastiné Sur, where his home would regularly flood from the nearby Paraná River.<ref name="EL1"/> He rejected a transfer offer from River Plate in early 2020 as he wanted to remain in Colastiné Sur to help his family contain the constant flooding.<ref name="EL1"/>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 7 April 2024}}.<ref name="Soccerway"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Club statistics |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Colón |2018–19 |rowspan="3"|Primera División |6||0||0||0||1||0||3<ref group="lower-alpha" name="COSU">Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana</ref>||0||0||0||10||0 |- |2019–20 |14||0||0||0||1||0||7<ref group="lower-alpha" name="COSU"/>||0||0||0||22||0 |- |2020–21 |10||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||11||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !30!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0!!10!!0!!0!!0!!43!!0 |- |rowspan="1"|River Plate |2021 |rowspan="1"|Primera División |17||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2<ref group="lower-alpha" name="COLI">Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores</ref>||0||0||0||19||0 |- |rowspan="1"|Independiente (loan) |2022 |rowspan="1"|Primera División |35||1||4||0||0||0||3<ref group="lower-alpha" name="COSU"/>||0||0||0||42||0 |- |rowspan="1"|Red Star Belgrade (loan) |2022–23 |rowspan="1"|SuperLiga |13||2||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||16||2 |- |rowspan="1"|Talleres |2024 |rowspan="1"|Primera División |3||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !98!!3!!9!!0!!2!!0!!15!!0!!0!!0!!124!!3 |} {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
==Honours== '''Red Star Belgrade''' * Serbian SuperLiga: 2022–23 * Serbian Cup: 2022–23
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|alex-vigo/556729}}
{{Talleres de Córdoba squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vigo, Alex}} Category:1999 births Category:Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Category:Living people Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Argentine men's footballers Category:Club Atlético Colón footballers Category:Club Atlético River Plate footballers Category:Club Atlético Independiente footballers Category:Red Star Belgrade footballers Category:Talleres de Córdoba footballers Category:Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers Category:Argentine Primera División players Category:Serbian SuperLiga players Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Category:21st-century Argentine sportsmen