Nor the merksnor the Schumachernor the sainzperhaps more Llorente-Grossobut no one like them Alonsoa lineage in the sports elite that is already in its third generation and of which frames, Barça’s new signing, is currently one of their competitive stars. A unique family tree in Spanish sport that Barça fans will enjoy for the second time.
In the Alonsos, sport runs in the blood. Especially football and horse racing. Since the grandfather, the Cantabrian central Marcos Alonso “Marquitos”from Di Stefano’s Real Madrid, instilled the poison of football and the passion for horses to his three children, Marcos, César and Merche, the surname in each of his batches has always been at the top of his competition.
Second generation
These three second-generation brothers learned the love of sport well from their father. Marcos Alonso Peña, the father of the new Barça winger, after playing for Racing de Santander and Atlético de Madrid, signed for Barcelona in 1982, winning two League Cups, a Spanish Super Cup, a Copa del Rey and a Spanish League , wearing the shirt of the Spanish team on 22 occasions. His brother, César, also hit the ball, at Rayo Vallecano, but his love for horses was greater until one day he decided to dedicate himself to this sport, first as a jockey, becoming champion of Spain when he was only 19 years old, then as a Thoroughbred racing trainer and currently as a trainer and retriever for high-performance horses in Laredo (Santander).
The culprit that César, uncle of Barça’s new signing, did not dedicate himself to football like his brother Marcos and his father “Marquitos & rdquor ;, was his sister Merche, the eldest, who inherited her father’s equestrian gene dedicating herself to jumps of obstacles. His competitions, talks, meetings and triumphs made César move away from the football fields while his brother Marcos successfully defended the Barça shirt.
Third generation
These common goals and the teachings of their ancestors explain why now the third generation of the Alonso family moves among the elite of the stadiums and racetracks. Mark Alonso Mendozabefore wearing the Barça shirt, he has shown it in English football with the Chelseaeven winning a Champions League -grandfather, father and grandson have each played in the great European final- and managing to defend La Roja with Julen Lopetegui and Luis Enrique. His cousins César and Victoria Alonso Vidal de la Peña, sons of Uncle César, are famous for their successes with horses. The 23-year-old boy, after triumphing in equestrian competitions, abandoned this sport due to a tibia and fibula injury and decided to move into the world of equestrian racing where he now competes as an amateur rider.
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The case of her sister Victoria, Vicky, as she is known, is extraordinary. Her surname is beginning to be common among the winners of the racecourses, where men and women gallop equally. It has been happening recently: after hesitating between rhythmic gymnastics and horses, she chose horse riding and ended up in racing, consecrating herself at just 20 years of age as one of the best jocketas competing on Spanish tracks, achieving memorable triumphs against the best whips of this sport.
Now with Marcos in the Spanish league, this year the three cousins will share gallops and goals through the Spanish stadiums and racecourses with that unique and non-transferable sporting spirit of the Alonsos. All under a challenge: to show fans how well the family transmits its legacy from generation to generation. Something that the Catalans, years ago, already saw and enjoyed.