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Ricardo Álvarez (Chilean footballer)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Casanova.
Ricardo Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Abraham Álvarez Casanova[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brujas de Salamanca
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Colo-Colo 3 (0)
2019 Huachipato 0 (0)
2021 Trasandino – (–)
2022– Brujas de Salamanca – (–)
International career
2013 Chile U15
2014–2015 Chile U17 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2022

Ricardo Abraham Álvarez Casanova (born 10 February 1999) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brujas de Salamanca in the Tercera A (Chile). He has represented his country at under-15 and under-17 level.

Club career

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Álvarez was born in Santiago.[1] He made his senior debut for Colo-Colo at the age of 15 years, 96 days, as a 77th-minute substitute against Palestino in the group stages of the 2014–15 Copa Chile on 17 May 2014. Palestino scored the only goal of the match a minute later.[2] He made his first appearance in the Primera División on the opening day of the 2017 Clausura, again as a substitute, in a 3–0 win away to Unión Española,[3][4] and made his first start on 15 October 2017, as Colo-Colo beat Santiago Wanderers 3–0 to go top of the 2017 Transición table.[5]

In 2020 he didn't play professional football. In 2021 he returned to the football activity and joined Trasandino de Los Andes in the Tercera A, the fourth category of the Chilean football.[6] In 2022, he joined Brujas de Salamanca.[7]

International career

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Internationally, Álvarez was a regular member of the Chile under-15 squad in 2013. He was in the squad at the 2013 Montaigu Tournament in March,[8] played at the Torneo de Gradisca in May[9] and in the Copa México de Naciones in August,[10] and scored twice at the South American U15 Championships, once in the group stage and once as Chile lost the third-place play-off.[11][12]

He played for Chile under-17 at both the 2014 South American Games[13] and the 2015 South American U17 Championships.[14][15]

Career statistics

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As of matches played on 24 November 2018.
Club Season League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colo-Colo 2014–15 Chilean Primera División 0 0 1 0 1 0
2016–17 Chilean Primera División 1 0 0 0 1 0
2017 Chilean Primera División 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career totals 3 0 1 0 4 0
Reference:[16]

Honours

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Colo-Colo
Trasandino

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ricardo Álvarez". Colo-Colo. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Marcador Virtual: Colo Colo vs. Palestino" [Virtual scoreboard: Colo Colo vs Palestino] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Unión Española vs. Colo-Colo 0–3". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ^ "El mensaje lleno de fe de Ricardo Álvarez tras sumar minutos ante Unión" [The message full of faith from Ricardo Álvarez after adding minutes against Unión] (in Spanish). Santiago: Somos Chile Radio. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Colo Colo derrota a Wanderers y alcanza el liderato del Transición" [Colo Colo beat Wanderers and take the lead in the Transición]. Diario Uchile (in Spanish). Santiago. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  6. ^ Munizaga, Sebastián (11 July 2021). "Ricardo Álvarez, ex promesa de Colo Colo, vuelve al fútbol y es nuevo fichaje de Trasandino". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  7. ^ @SebastianMuni (28 January 2022). "En su tiempo, no hace mucho, Ricardo Álvarez era uno de los MUY buenos proyectos que tenía Colo Colo" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Sub 15 viaja a Mundialito de Francia" [Under-15s go to the Little World Cup in France] (in Spanish). Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Chile sub 15 debuta con empate ante Eslovenia en Torneo de Gradisca" [Chile U15 start with a draw against Slovenia in the Torneo de Gradisca]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  10. ^ "El Tri Sub-15 cae en Copa México de Naciones" [Mexico U15 go down in the Copa México de Naciones]. Noroeste (in Spanish). Culiacán. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Chile debutó en el Sudamericano sub 15 de Bolivia con empate ante Uruguay" [Chile begin the South American U15 Championships in Bolivia with a draw against Uruguay] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Chile finalizó entre los cuatro mejores del Sudamericano Sub-15" [Chile finish in the top four at the South American U15 Championships] (in Spanish). ANFP. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Suramericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Jugadores de Colo Colo, UC y la U dominan en nómina de Chile para Sudamericano Sub 17" [Players from Colo Colo, Universidad Católica and Universidad de Chile dominate the Chile squad for the South American U17 Championships]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Fase de grupos: Grupo B: Fecha 3: Ecuador 4–1 Chile" [Group phase: Group B: Day 3] (in Spanish). Conmebol. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  16. ^ "R. Álvarez". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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