Girona signs the Peruvian center-back Alexander Callens and extends the contract of the Uruguayan Santi Bueno until 2026

MADRID, 23 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Girona FC confirmed this Monday the signing of the Peruvian center-back Alexander Callans, who arrives from New York City FC and has signed for the Girona team for the remainder of the season and for another two.

Callans, who will not occupy a non-EU position as he has Spanish nationality, will coincide in the locker room with the Argentine forward ‘Taty’ Castellanos, with whom he shared a dressing room in the New York team, and with the Venezuelan midfielder Yangel Herrera, with whom he did it in the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

In addition, the international center back with Peru knows Spanish football since in the summer of 2011 he signed for Real Sociedad ‘B’ and made his debut with the first team in a Copa del Rey tie, while he also spent two seasons in the Numancia. In 2017 he signed for New York City FC, with whom he has made more than 160 appearances, won the MLS champion title in 2021 and with whom he was nominated twice for best defense of the year in the US league (2017 and 2021).

On the other hand, Girona also announced an agreement with the Uruguayan defender Santi Bueno to extend his relationship with the club for other seasons, for which his contract would end on June 30, 2026. So far, the South American, signed in the In the summer of 2019, he has played 104 games, with four goals and five assists, and has become a fixture in the starting eleven.