Álex Grimaldo

Grimaldo is one of those players whose value you only fully appreciate when you watch him over a full season. At just 170 cm he is not physically imposing, yet he has become arguably the finest attacking left-back in the world through sheer technical refinement, that thunderous left foot, and an almost telepathic read of when to overlap. What I respect most is the journey: a Barcelona youth product who took the patient route through Portugal before truly exploding in Germany. He never let detours sour him, and now he embodies the modern wing-back ideal almost single-handedly. A craftsman worth studying.

Name (English)

Álex Grimaldo

Name (Japanese)

アレハンドロ・グリマルド

Reading

あれはんどろ・ぐりまるど

Born

September 20, 1995 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

Origin

Valencia, Province of Valencia, Spain

Height

170 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/grimaldo35/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lex%20Grimaldo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921324

Tags

• Province of Valencia
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-18

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