Álvaro Cejudo Carmona (; born 29 January 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a right winger. He is the assistant manager of Segunda División club Las Palmas.
Brought up at Betis, he amassed La Liga totals of 156 matches and 12 goals over six seasons, with that club and Osasuna. He also played in Australia with Western Sydney Wanderers.
Club career Early years and Las Palmas Born in Puente Genil, Córdoba, Cejudo played youth football with Real Betis but only appeared officially with the B side, competing with them in both Segunda División B and Tercera División. Leaving in the summer of 2007, he joined AD Ceuta at the latter level, where he spent two seasons.Álvaro Cejudo, pieza fundamental de Chaparro en el filial, ficha por el Ceuta (Álvaro Cejudo, Chaparro's key element with the reserves, signs for Ceuta); Al Final de la Palmera, 10 July 2007
In July 2009, Cejudo signed with UD Las Palmas from Segunda División.Las Palmas llega a un acuerdo con Álvaro Cejudo (Las Palmas reach agreement with Álvaro Cejudo); Marca, 13 July 2009 He played his first game as a professional on 29 August and scored in a 1–1 home draw with Real Sociedad,Justo empate en el Estadio de Gran Canaria (Fair draw at the Estadio de Gran Canaria); Marca, 29 August 2009 finishing his first year with 34 matches and six goals to help the Canary Islands team narrowly avoid relegation.
Osasuna Cejudo moved to La Liga with CA Osasuna in the 2011 January transfer window, agreeing to a €320,000 deal in order to replace Atlético Madrid-bound Juanfran.La UD Las Palmas traspasa a Álvaro Cejudo al Osasuna por 320.000 (UD Las Palmas transfer Álvaro Cejudo to Osasuna for 320.000); UD Las Palmas, 14 January 2011 He netted his first goal in the competition on 21 May, the game's only at home against Villarreal CF.Osasuna ensure top-flight status; ESPN FC, 21 May 2012
Betis On 11 August 2014, Cejudo returned to Betis after agreeing to a three-year deal.Álvaro Cejudo regresa al Real Betis y firma por tres temporadas (Álvaro Cejudo returns to Real Betis and signs for three seasons) ; Real Betis, 11 August 2014 He contributed 30 games and one goal in his first season, helping the club return to the top division after a one-year absence.
Cejudo appeared in the same number of matches the following campaign, scoring in a 1–1 home draw against Real Madrid.
Western Sydney Wanderers On 24 July 2017, after failing to renew his contract, the 33-year-old Cejudo joined A-League team Western Sydney Wanderers FC as a marquee player. At the end of the season, he was released.
Racing Santander On 28 July 2018, Cejudo returned to Spain and joined Racing de Santander on a two-year contract. In May 2021, having experienced one promotion and one relegation, the 37-year-old announced his retirement.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCeuta 2007–08Segunda División B35400403942008–09Segunda División B35910—369Total701310407513Las Palmas 2009–10Segunda División34520—3652010–11Segunda División16600—166Total501120—5211Osasuna 2010–11La Liga13100—1312011–12La Liga34440—3842012–13La Liga32330—3532013–14La Liga30230—332Total10910100—11910Betis2014–15Segunda División30130—3312015–16La Liga30111—3122016–17La Liga17100—171Total77341—814Western Sydney Wanderers2017–18A-League20210—212Racing Santander2018–19Segunda División B26530203152019–20Segunda División31900—3192020–21Segunda División B23200—232Total801630208516Career total406552116043356
Honours Betis Segunda División: 2014–15
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