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Diego Alvarado
Chilean footballer (born 1991)
Diego Jesús Alvarado Rodríguez (born 20 November 1991) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He last played for Primera B de Chile club Deportes Melipilla.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Jesús Alvarado Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-11-20) 20 November 1991 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | La Florida, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008 | Grêmio | ||
| 2009–2010 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Unión San Felipe | 39 | (7) |
| 2010 | → Trasandino (loan) | – | (–) |
| 2011–2012 | → Deportes Temuco (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Coquimbo Unido | 27 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 23 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Magallanes | 23 | (9) |
| 2017–2018 | Curicó Unido | 8 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Cobreloa (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | San Luis | 18 | (3) |
| 2020 | Aragua | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Santiago Morning | 8 | (1) |
| 2021 | San Antonio Unido | 9 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Deportes Melipilla | 25 | (6) |
| Total | 182 | (31) | |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Chile U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A product of Unión San Felipe youth system,[1] Alvarado also had a stint with Brazilian club Grêmio as a youth player.[2] At professional level, he has played for several clubs in Chilean football.[3] In the Chilean Primera División, he has played for Unión San Felipe, Curicó Unido[4] and Deportes Melipilla.[5]
Abroad, he played for Venezuelan club Aragua in 2020.[6] Then, he returned to Chile to join Santiago Morning.[7]
He retired at the end of the 2022 season.[8]
Alvarado represented Chile at under-20 level[6] in friendly matches against Uruguay U20 played in 2010, alongside players such as Enzo Roco and César Pinares.[9]
His father, Arturo, was a professional footballer who played for Trasandino in the 1980s.[10][11]
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- "Diego Alvarado". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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- "Diego Alvarado y su arribo a Deportes Melipilla: "voy a dar lo mejor de mi"". www.radioprensa.cl (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- "El goleador chileno que partió de la Primera B a Venezuela" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- @=Stgo_Morning (November 30, 2020). "Nueva semana, nuevo bohemio que ya se integró al equipo ⚽️" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2022 – via Twitter.
- Encina, Camilo (6 December 2023). "Listado de lujo: los 27 futbolistas que recibirán el Fondo de Retiro del Sifup tras colgar los botines". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- Benoit, Jorge (30 September 2010). "URUGUAY 5 - 0 CHILE EN SUB 20". FUTBOLFLORIDA (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- @djar91 (13 May 2019). "Mi querido padre mi cable a tierra mi consejero mi amigo mi referente te amo viejo querido" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via Instagram.
- "GOLEADORES CAMPEONATO NACIONAL 1984". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- Diego Alvarado at Soccerway
- Diego Alvarado at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Diego Alvarado at PlaymakerStats.com