Alan Cantero

In 2019, at Sportivo Peñarol, he scored both goals in a 2-1 playoff win over Independiente de Chivilcoy that sealed the club's promotion to the Torneo Federal A, having already helped it win the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. That spell at his first professional club is still the subject of an active FIFA claim: Sportivo Peñarol is seeking a solidarity payment of around $25,000 from Alianza Lima, tied to the training it gave Cantero as a youth player, a case that was under review as of July 2026.

His path after Peñarol ran through Godoy Cruz, which signed him as a free agent in June 2020 but sent him out on loan for most of the following years, first to Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, where he scored four goals in 36 appearances in the Primera Nacional, then to Barracas Central.

Cantero was part of the Alianza Lima squad that won the Torneo Apertura of the Liga 1 in 2026, a title sealed with a 3-0 win over Los Chankas. At international level, he has represented Argentina at youth level, playing at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2022 South American Games with the under-20 side, though he has not been capped by the senior national team.