Iván_Álvarez_(footballer,_born_1980)
Iván Álvarez (footballer, born 1980)
Chilean footballer
Iván Marcelo Álvarez Valenzuela (born 20 January 1980 in Curicó) is a former Chilean football forward. His last club was Rangers de Talca.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iván Marcelo Álvarez Valenzuela | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-01-20) 20 January 1980 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Curicó, Chile | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Escuela Municipal Curicó | |||
| 1993–1999 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Universidad Católica | 2 | (0) |
| 2002 | Deportes Temuco | 28 | (7) |
| 2003 | Rangers | 30 | (7) |
| 2004 | Santiago Wanderers | 9 | (4) |
| 2004 | Cobreloa | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | Palestino | 14 | (2) |
| 2005 | Deportes Concepción | 11 | (2) |
| 2006–2009 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 56 | (10) |
| 2006 | → Jorge Wilstermann (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| 2008 | → Deportes Melipilla (loan) | 28 | (5) |
| 2009–2011 | Rangers | 45 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Chile U17 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Curicó, as a child, Álvarez and his twin brother, Cristián, were with Escuela de Fútbol Municipal de Curicó (Municipal Football Academy of Curicó), later named Juventud 2000, what was founded by his father Luis Hernán.[1] Next, he began to play in Club Deportivo Universidad Católica youth system, being promoted to first adult in 2000. The next year was sent on loan to second-tier side Deportes Temuco, where he helped to achieve the Primera B title, being him one of the tournament's goalscorer with 14 scores.[2]
After being released from Católica, between 2003 and 2004 he played for Rangers de Talca (where he had a good spell),[3][4] Santiago Wanderers and Palestino.
After playing for Deportes Concepción in 2005, the incoming year, he joined Bolivian side Jorge Wilstermann. Then, from 2007 to 2009, he played for Deportes Puerto Montt (except in 2008 when was loaned to Deportes Melipilla).
In 2011, he retired from football, being his last club Rangers de Talca (now in the second division), when achieved the promotion to top-tier.[5]
Álvarez and his twin brother, Cristián, represented Chile at under-17 level in both the 1997 South American Championship and the 1997 FIFA World Championship.[6]
He is the twin brother of Cristián Álvarez and son of Luis Hernán Álvarez, legendary scorer of Chilean giants Colo-Colo.[7]
Álvarez also worked as a panelist of a football program in Canal del Fútbol (CDF) called En El Nombre del Fútbol.[8]
Club
- Deportes Temuco
- Cobreloa
- Iván Álvarez at Soccerway
- ""Juventud 2000": La Academia de los sueños". VLN Radio (in Spanish). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- "Primera B: Temuco celebró el ascenso". Emol.com. 7 October 2001. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- "Rangers ficha a Iván Alvarez y espera a Nicolás Peric". La Tercera. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- "Iván Alvarez y la venta de Rangers: Era urgente que el club tuviera un dueño". Radio Cooperativa. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- "Rangers logró el ascenso en sufrido partido ante Everton". Radio Cooperativa. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- "Luis Hernán Álvarez, el gran capitán aún vive en el corazón de los curicanos". Diariolaprensa.cl. 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- "Entrevista a Iván Álvarez, hijo de goleador". Farodeportivo.cl. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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