Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Romario Jesuraj | ||
Date of birth | 26 July 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Dindigul, Tamil Nadu | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chennaiyin | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tamil Nadu U16 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Chennai City | 34 | (3) |
2019–2022 | Goa | 30 | (3) |
2019–2020 | → Mohun Bagan (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2022– | Chennaiyin | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:34, 26 February 2022 (UTC) |
Alexander Romario Jesuraj (born 26 July 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League.[1]
Born in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, Alexander begins his career with Arrows FC in the Chennai Premier Division aged 17. He pursued B.A. degree in political science from Madras Christian College.[2]
Alexander started his I-League career with Chennai City in 2017. He was widely regarded as an exciting player.[3] He was nicknamed as "Namma Neymar Romario" (Our Neymar Romario). He won I-league title with Chennai City FC in 2018–19 season.[4]
On 23 July 2019, Jesuraj joined Goa on a three-year deal from Chennai City.[5]
Jesuraj was loaned from Goa to Mohun Bagan.[6] He won his second I-League title with Mohun Bagan in 2019–20 season.[7]
On 22 November 2020, Alexander made his first appearance for Goa in Indian Super League against Bengaluru.[8] Alexander scored his first goal for club on 4 February 2021 against NorthEast United FC, the match ended in 2–2 draw.[9] He made his first continental appearance on 14 April 2021, against Qatari side Al-Rayyan SC in the 2021 AFC Champions League group stage match.[10] He went on to play 5 games for the club in group stage matches.
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chennai City | 2017–18 | I-League | 15 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |
2018–19 | 19 | 2 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |||
Chennai City total | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
Goa | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 26 | 1 |
2021–22 | 9 | 2 | 5[c] | 1 | — | 14 | 3 | |||
Goa total | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||
Mohun Bagan (loan) |
2019–20 | I-League | 7 | 1 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
Chennaiyin | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Career total | 75 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 8 |
Goa