Who is Alejandro Iturbe, youth team of Atlético de Madrid: how old is he and what does he play?

If there is a position where Atlético de Madrid’s youth system has projects for the future, it is goalkeeper. And among all the young people who have been dreaming for a while and climbing in the different teams of the red and white lower categories, it stands out Alejandro Iturbe. The 19-year-old goalkeeper is a member of the mattress daughter this year, where he met gomisanother young man in whom great hopes are pinned.

Iturbe’s career with the club of his life goes back a few years, particularly in the junior category. Since then he has not moved from the Academy and has progressed through all categories to be on the last step for the first team.

Alejandro is an agile goalkeeper who stands out for his safety and good reflexes. This is all standard but in such a demanding position that has evolved so much in recent years you have to learn every day and the club are working with him to improve in every way including his footwork so necessary in the current football. . He puts everything on his side, since those in charge of the mattress quarry have emphasized more than once that he is a very hard-working boy, aware that there is still a long way to go and that he does not believe the comments that we They reach everyone and they talk about him as the future Oblak.

Last summer, Alex extended his contract with Atlético for the next three seasons and dreams of more signatures to come. He hopes to keep defending that shield for many years to come and has been committed to it since he put on his goalkeeper gloves.

At the moment, in addition to defending the goal of the rojiblanco daughter, he has already done the pre-season with the first team and sat on the bench in the Champions League, an award for his great performances. As a reminder and as an example of what it has to offer, the demonstrations remain in the latest edition of the UEFA Youth League, in which he was an important part for Atlético de Madrid to get into the Final Four. His evolution has not gone unnoticed in the eyes of the Federation’s technical managers, prompting him to be called up by the U-19 team led by Santi Denia.

This is Iturbe people are already talking about him but more will be done in the future and while these things are dangerous and comparisons in football are particularly odious we will say it for those who haven’t seen him play: what the experts saying from Atlético’s youth system has its share of the truth, when he comes under goal, Alex is quite reminiscent of Jan Oblak. It is in your hands that this comparison will not seem unreasonable to us in a few years.