He packed his bags very early, and had no qualms about leaving his southern part of Tenerife to fulfill his dream of being a professional footballer. Formed in the lower categories of Sunderland (sub19 and sub21), he has known countries such as Portugal, Scotland, Romania or New Zealand. Alex Rodríguez Gorrín, 27, has completed this league course one of the most complete seasons of his career. His team in League One (Oxford United) has finished 6th in a category that has history of English football such as Hull City, Sunderland or AFC Wimbledon. Alex has been an important part of the team, participating in 35 of the 46 league games, almost all of them as a starter.
Being chosen one of the best players in the competition, Alex believes that it is time to start the adventure in Spanish football. Speaking to Radio Club Tenerife, the time to go ‘home’ could already be a reality: “In England they have treated me very well, but my family is in Spain and that would always be a reason to go home.”
The football season has been very positive. The feeling, despite being eliminated in the playoffs, is quite positive. In the overall playoff they fell 6-3 with Blackpool, after drawing 3-3 last Friday: “We started weak but we got back in shape, we qualified for the playoff but they didn’t give us to go up. We were eliminated by Blackpool last week, but In terms of experience, it has been very positive to qualify for these two years, “he commented.
Living the pandemic and this global crisis away from home has been one of the worst experiences that he has had to live in the world of football. “The season has really been difficult to not be able to get close to see the family and then in the season we have not been able to play with the public almost the whole year, it has become very complicated because the fans, and more here, are the soul of football “.
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