Claudio Álvarez

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Claudio Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Claudio Andrés Álvarez González
Date of birth (1967-04-19) 19 April 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Viña del Mar, Chile
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1990 Santiago Wanderers
1986 → Defensor Casablanca (loan) (–)
1987Ferroviarios (loan) (–)
1990Unión San Felipe (loan) (5)
1991 Unión Española 1 (1)
1991 FC Baden
1991 Deportes Puerto Montt (4)
1992 Cobresal 27 (10)
1993 Deportes Antofagasta
1993–1994 Deportes La Serena 17 (3)
1994 Deportes Puerto Montt 3 (0)
1994 Provincial Osorno 18 (5)
1995 Santiago Wanderers 12 (2)
1996 Unión Santa Cruz 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claudio Andrés Álvarez González (born 19 April 1967) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. Besides Chile, he played in Switzerland.

Career[edit]

A forward from the Santiago Wanderers youth system, Álvarez began his career with them in the Chilean second division and after he was with Defensor Casablanca and Ferroviarios in the third level.[1]

In the Chilean top division, Álvarez played for Unión Española,[2] Cobresal,[3] Deportes La Serena[4] and Provincial Osorno.[5] He also made appearances for Deportes Antofagasta in the 1993 Copa Chile.[1]

In the second division, he also played for Unión San Felipe,[6] Deportes Puerto Montt[7][8] and Unión Santa Cruz.[9] With Santiago Wanderers, he got three promotions to the top level in 1985, 1989[10] and 1995, winning the league title in the last.[11]

In 1991, he had a stint with Swiss side FC Baden,[11] alongside his compatriots Eduardo Soto and Ramón Pérez.[12]

Personal life[edit]

He is nicknamed Tanque (Tank), as his father Juan Álvarez, a former footballer and historical player of Santiago Wanderers.[11]

He has worked as a football coach for children in his city of birth[13] in a municipal project called Casa del Deporte (Sports Place) alongside former footballers such as Luis Alberto Lufi and Juan Carlos Ceballos.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Claudio ÁLVAREZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Union Española 1991 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ^ "1989-1992 – El ocaso de un grande". cdcobresal.cl (in Spanish). Cobresal. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. ^ "La Serena 1993 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Club Deportivo PROVINCIAL OSORNO". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Wanderers en Torneo de Apertura de Primera División 1990". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  7. ^ (Nicolas) Deportes Puerto Montt 4-0 Iberia Bío Bío - Segunda División 1991 on YouTube (in Spanish). 11 December 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Puerto Montt 1994 - Segunda Division". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Wanderers en Torneo de Apertura 1996". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  10. ^ Campos, Carlos (23 February 2022). "Liguilla de Promoción 1989: Santiago Wanderers es de Primera". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d "Es un orgullo trabajar en un modelo deportivo tan exitoso como el de Viña". Historia Deportiva (in Spanish). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  12. ^ "BRÊVES Des Chiliens à Baden" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). 34785. La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland: 10. 1 July 1991. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Taekwondo, Fútbol y Zumba en mañana deportiva en Escuela Dr. Adolfo Tannenbaum" (in Spanish). Departamento de Deportes y Recreación Viña del Mar. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

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