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Alfredo Stephens

アルフレド・ステファンス　/　あるふれど・すてふぁんす

American association football player

December 25, 1994 (age 31)　・　Panama, United States

association football player

My Take

Alfredo Stephens is the kind of player I enjoy precisely because he chose an unusual path. A Panamanian attacking midfielder grinding it out in Japan's J1 League with Shimizu S-Pulse is not the obvious route to a national-team career, yet he's done both. Panama's football rise has leaned on players willing to go anywhere to keep developing, and he embodies that hunger. I can't pretend to deep familiarity with his every match, but a Christmas-day baby from Panama making a living in the J-League and pulling on the national shirt is a genuinely globalized football story I find easy to root for.

Overview

Alfredo Horacio Stephens Francis (born 25 December 1994) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse and the Panama national football team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Alfredo Stephens
Name (Japanese): アルフレド・ステファンス
Reading: あるふれど・すてふぁんす
Born: December 25, 1994 (age 31)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dog
Origin: Panama, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 178 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

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