Marcos Alonso celebrates his 35th birthday today with his career still firmly rooted in top-level football. Born in Madrid in 1990, the Spanish defender remains an active presence in La Liga with Celta Vigo, where he recently featured in their historic win over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu , a result that ended a 19-year wait and was reported by SoftFootball .
That performance summed up much of Alonso's career. Calm, experienced, and reliable when it mattered most. Earlier in the season, he also faced his former club Barcelona in a dramatic Balaidos thriller where Robert Lewandowski's hat trick decided the contest , another match highlighted by SoftFootbal.
Football runs deep in the Alonso family. His grandfather, Marcos Alonso Imaz, famously won five European Cups with Real Madrid, while his father, Marcos Alonso Pena, represented both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. That legacy shaped Alonso's early years at Real Madrid's academy before his professional journey took him across Europe.
