Alexandre Alphonse

Alphonse carries the kind of dual-identity story I always find moving in football. Born in Paris yet choosing to represent Guadeloupe internationally from 2009 to 2016, he played with a pride in his roots that says more than any goal tally. At 174 cm he was never a towering striker, which makes his grafting, opportunistic style all the more endearing to me. Now passing on his experience as an assistant coach with Servette's U21s in Switzerland, he's doing the unglamorous work of building the next generation. That transition from fighter to mentor reveals a craftsman's temperament I genuinely respect.

Name (English)

Alexandre Alphonse

Name (Japanese)

アレクサンドル・アルフォンス

Reading

あれくさんどる・あるふぉんす

Born

June 17, 1982 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Paris, France

Height

174 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.