00:00This player may be eligible for 4 selections, but who is Alejandro Gomez Rodriguez, born on March 11, 2008 in Caracas, Venezuela.
00:07He is a player who is technically eligible with Venezuela, by birth, with Portugal and France in relation to his grandparents, and finally English in relation to the place where he grew up.
00:15His training will start in England, first at Estlay between 2020 and 2022, and fairly quickly he will join the Southampton academy, where he will forge a reputation as one of the best goalscorers of his generation.
00:25With the club's youth teams, he racks up goals, but above all, he's a very versatile player. Indeed, he prefers to play as a number 9, prefers to play centrally, but he's also capable of playing on the wings, for example.
00:34In the summer of 2024, he will leave Southampton on a free transfer, he will be tracked by big English clubs like Manchester City or Chelsea, but it is Olympique Lyonnais that he will choose to sign his first professional contract.
00:44The Olympique Lyonnais training centre then placed its bets on a player who has great potential, but who already at his young age is showing qualities of explosiveness, athleticism, speed, a player who has very good support, who is powerful in duels, and a player who is capable in a match of converting the opportunities he has, but above all of anchoring himself quite well.
00:59And the last thing that interested Olympique Lyonnais was a player who is right-footed with both feet.
01:04Sportingly, he will first go through the reserve team, scoring 6 goals in 16 matches in National 3, then he will discover the professional group, making his first appearance in the group on April 10, 2025 in the Europa League against Manchester United, before making his grand debut in Ligue 1 on May 4, 2025 against Racing Club de Lens.
01:18In the national team, he racked up goals with England U16, then U17, and he distinguished himself at the U17 Euro 2025 by scoring a goal in every group stage match.
01:26At the end of January 2026, when Olympique Lyonnais made massive changes to their squad against Pau Thessaloniki for their last Europa League match, Alejandro Gomez came on as a substitute, and at 17 years and 324 days old, became the youngest goalscorer in Olympique Lyonnais history in the European Cup, ahead of a certain Karim Benzema, but also a Rémi Imbert who had regained the record a few minutes earlier.
01:43That said, perhaps young Alejandro will soon leave Olympique Lyonnais in order to get more playing time and continue his development.
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