José María "Txema" Alonso Fernández (born 29 April 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.
Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Txema's professional career was closely associated to UE Lleida, which he represented in all three major levels of Spanish football.
He contributed with 35 games and three goals in the 1992–93 season as the team returned to La Liga after a 42-year absence, and made his debut in the competition on 5 September 1993 by starting in a 0–1 away loss against CD Tenerife.
Aged 32, Txema returned to his main club for 2003–04, after a loan stint at Getafe CF,[2] and immediately helped them achieve promotion to the second tier.
Txema's father José María (a forward who played for several clubs in the second tier)[3] and elder brother Kike (a midfielder who mainly competed in the third tier)[4] were also footballers – the siblings faced off once in the league, in 1990, and three times in the Copa del Rey, including part of a memorable underdog run by CD Numancia in the 1995–96 season.