Diego Alvarado

Chilean footballer (born 1991)
Diego Alvarado
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

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.

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

His father, Arturo, was a professional footballer who played for Trasandino in the 1980s.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Goleador de Magallanes en libertad de acción, volante que pretendía Ñublense renovó en San Marcos". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Curicó Unido: Tiempo de Diego Alvarado…". MDSports Chile (in Spanish). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Diego Alvarado". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ^ @curicounido (31 May 2017). "CONFIRMADO: Diego Alvarado (Delantero-25 Años) firmó por 18 meses y es oficialmente jugador de Curicó Unido" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ a b "El goleador chileno que partió de la Primera B a Venezuela" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  7. ^ @=Stgo_Morning (30 November 2020). "Nueva semana, nuevo bohemio que ya se integró al equipo ⚽️" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Benoit, Jorge (30 September 2010). "URUGUAY 5 - 0 CHILE EN SUB 20". FUTBOLFLORIDA (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  10. ^ @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.
  11. ^ "GOLEADORES CAMPEONATO NACIONAL 1984". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2022.

External links

  • Diego Alvarado at Soccerway
  • Diego Alvarado at BDFA (in Spanish)
  • Diego Alvarado at PlaymakerStats.com