Álvaro Saborío

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Saborío and the second or maternal family name is Chacón.

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Álvaro Saborío
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Saborío playing for D.C. United in 2015
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón
Date of birth (1982-03-25) 25 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
Height Script error: No such module "person height".
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 D.C. United
Number 9
Youth career
Monterrey B
Coyotes de Saltillo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Saprissa 151 (95)
2006–2010 Sion 91 (38)
2009–2010 → Bristol City (loan) 20 (2)
2010 → Real Salt Lake (loan) 27 (12)
2011–2015 Real Salt Lake 100 (51)
2015– D.C. United 9 (3)
International career‡
2004 Costa Rica U23 15 (13)
2002– Costa Rica 100 (33)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:30, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2015

Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo saβoˈɾi.o]; born 25 March 1982) is a Costa Rican footballer, who currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer and the Costa Rica national team.

A full international for Costa Rica since 2002, Saborío has over 100 caps and 35 goals for the nation, whom he represented at five CONCACAF Gold Cups, in addition to one tournament each at the Olympics, FIFA World Cup and Copa América.

Club career

Saborío is a product of CF Monterrey's youth system. He played with the club's reserve team in the Segunda División de México and with affiliate Coyotes de Saltillo in the Primera A.[1][2]

Deportivo Saprissa

Saborio began his professional career with Saprissa in his native Costa Rica.[3] He made his Costa Rican Primera División debut against Limonense on 8 August 2001.[2] Saborío was the leading goal-scorer of the 2003–2004 Costa Rican season, finishing the year with 25 goals, five above Whayne Wilson.

With Saprissa, he has won a league title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool. At the tournament, he scored two goals and ended up tied with three other players for top scoring honors.

FC Sion

He moved to Swiss Super League outfit FC Sion after playing for Costa Rica at the 2006 World Cup. He formed a good partnership at FC Sion with Poland's Zbigniew Zakrzewski.

His performances in Switzerland reportedly caught the eye of Stoke City's manager Tony Pulis who aimed to sign him in the summer of 2009, however he instead joined Bristol City on loan.

Bristol City

Saborío played his first game for Bristol City in a Championship match on 13 September against Coventry City making an impact by setting up fellow striker Nicky Maynard. Saborío also picked up his first yellow card in English football as the match ended in a 1–1 draw.[4] Soborio scored his first goal for Bristol City in their 1–1 draw with Scunthorpe United.[5]

He left Bristol City and his contract was terminated with FC Sion in February 2010 so that he could return to Costa Rica.

Real Salt Lake

Saborío signed with Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake in March 2010.[6] He made a huge impact in his first season in Salt Lake: RSL boasted the highest-scoring offense in MLS in 2010 (45 goals); Saborío led the way with a team-high 12 tallies. For his efforts, he earned the MLS Newcomer of the Year award.[7] He also starred for the club in the CONCACAF Champions League tournament, scoring eight goals as Real Salt Lake advanced to the championship round.

After a successful first season at the club, Soborío was made Salt Lake's first ever Designated Player, signing a four-year contract with the club on 1 December 2010.[8]

Since joining RSL, Saborío has become the club's all-time leading scorer, and been their key target man. As of 5 May 2012 Saborío has scored 38 goals across all competition. Including 8 of them coming from CONCACAF Champions League play.

On 18 November 2013 Saborío was named FutbolMLS.com's Latino del Año.[9]

Saborío scored a goal in the 52nd minute of the 2013 MLS Cup on 7 December. His goal was equalized by Aurélien Collin in the 76th minute. He later missed his penalty kick when the game went into a penalty kick shoutout, in which Sporting Kansas City won.

D.C. United

On July 16, 2015, Saborío was traded to D.C. United for Luis Silva.[10]

International career

He is also an important player for the Costa Rica national football team at numerous levels. He represented the U-23 team at the 2004 Olympics,[11] scoring the qualifying goal that took them there, and subsequently starting three of four games for the team, scoring a goal against Portugal.

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an October 2002 friendly match against Ecuador and has, as of July 2015, earned a total of 103 caps, scoring 35 goals,[12] placing him 3rd at his country's all-time goalscorers list behind Rolando Fonseca and Paulo Wanchope.

Saborío, better known as Pipe, has been notably recognized for his accomplishments with Deportivo Saprissa, and the high amount of goals he has scored in a short period. But after a year at the club his Costa Rican coach got a hold of him and he took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[11] He was mostly a substitute for Costa Rica national football team, behind Rónald Gómez and former Man City forward Paulo César Wanchope. He also scored the first goal ever in the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, in the inaugural match against China. Saborío was at the centre of much controversy in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, criticized heavily for his misses, including two penalty kicks in the quarter final against Honduras, and for a training pitch incident where he allegedly kicked a ball at a child who was in the stands.[13]

Saborío scored eight times in Costa Rica's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, including a hat-trick in a 4–0 away win over Guyana on 12 June 2012,[14] and a further two goals on 16 October in a 7–0 win over the same opponents.[15] On 12 May 2014 Saborío was named to Costa Rica's 30-man preliminary roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[16] However, on 29 May, the Costa Rican Football Federation confirmed that Saborío had broken the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot during a training session with the national team and would subsequently miss the World Cup.[17]

Saborío was in Costa Rica's squad for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and earned his 100th cap on 11 July at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, assisting Bryan Ruiz's goal in a 1–1 Group B draw with El Salvador; he was the fith Costa Rican to make a century of appearances.[18]

International goals

Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first. Matches vs Guadalupe not official fifa matches.[19]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 September 2003 FIU Stadium, USA  China PR 1 – 0 2–0 Friendly
2 19 November 2003 Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Costa Rica  Finland 2 – 1 2–1 Friendly
3 12 June 2004 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Cuba  Cuba 1 – 2 2–2 WQC
4 4 September 2005 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City  Panama 0 – 1 1–3 WCQ
5 7 September 2005 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 0 2–0 WQC
6 9 November 2005 Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique  France 0 – 1 3–2 Friendly
7 11 February 2006 Rose Bowl, USA  South Korea 1 – 0 1–0 Friendly
8 2 September 2006 Stade de Genève, Switzerland  Austria 0 – 1 2–2 Friendly
9 2 September 2006 Stade de Genève, Switzerland  Austria 2 – 2 2–2 Friendly
10 24 March 2007 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  New Zealand 1 – 0 4–0 Friendly
11 24 March 2007 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  New Zealand 4 – 0 4–0 Friendly
12 21 June 2008 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  Grenada 1 – 0 3–0 WQC
13 20 August 2008 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  El Salvador 1 – 0 1–0 WQC
14 3 June 2009 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  United States 1 – 0 3–1 WCQ
15 6 June 2009 Dwight Yorke Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 1- 1 2–3 WQC
16 27 June 2009 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  Venezuela 1 – 0 1–0 Friendly
17. 19 July 2009 Cowboys Stadium, USA  Guadeloupe 2 – 0 5–1 CGC
18. 19 July 2009 Cowboys Stadium, USA  Guadeloupe 4 – 1 5–1 CGC
19. 10 October 2009 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  Trinidad and Tobago 3 – 0 4–0 WCQ
20. 10 October 2009 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica  Trinidad and Tobago 4 – 0 4–0 WCQ
21. 3 September 2010 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama  Panama 2 – 2 2–2 Friendly
22. 26 March 2011 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica  China PR 1 – 0 2–2 Friendly
23. 5 June 2011 Cowboys Stadium, United States  Cuba 2 – 0 5–0 CGC
24. 8 June 2012 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica  El Salvador 1 – 0 2–2 WCQ
25. 12 June 2012 Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana  Guyana 1 – 0 4–0 WCQ
26. 12 June 2012 Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana  Guyana 2 – 0 4–0 WCQ
27. 12 June 2012 Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana  Guyana 3 – 0 4–0 WCQ
28. 16 October 2012 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica  Guyana 4 – 0 7–0 WCQ
29. 16 October 2012 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica  Guyana 7 – 0 7–0 WCQ
30. 6 February 2013 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Panama 1 – 2 2-2 WCQ
31. 15 October 2013 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica  Mexico 2 – 1 2-1 WCQ
32. 5 March 2014 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica  Paraguay 2 – 1 2-1 Friendly
33. 10 October 2014 Sohar Regional Sports Complex, Sohar, Oman  Oman 0 -2 1-4 Friendly
34. 13 November 2014 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay 0–1 3-3 Friendly
35. 31 March 2015 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panamá City, Panamá  Panama 1– 2 1-2 Friendly

Personal life

A son of former Costa Rica international Álvaro Grant MacDonald and Marlene Saborío,[20] Saborío can speak four languages: Portuguese, Spanish, French and English.[21]

Saborío holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[22]

Career league statistics

Updated on 10 August 2013

Team Season Apps Goals
Costa Rica Saprissa 2001/02 24 11
2002/03 36 27
2003/04 37 25
2004/05 21 15
2005/06 31 17
Total 149 95
Switzerland FC Sion 2006/07 31 14
2007/08 34 17
2008/09 22 5
Total 87 36
England Bristol City (Loan) 2009/10 21 2
Total 21 2
United States Real Salt Lake 2010 27 12
2011 23 11
2012 37 17
2013 15 12
2014 9 5
Total 96 57
Career League Total 314 190

Honours

Club

National Team

Individual

See also

References

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  16. ↑ RSL's Álvaro Saborío Called to Costa Rica's 30-man World Cup Roster
  17. ↑ Copa Mundial: Álvaro Saborío será baja en Costa Rica por fractura en su pie derecho, confirma la federación costarricense
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  20. ↑ Saborío lleva 5 tantos en 4 juegos seguidos Una precoz alianza con los goles - Nación (Spanish)
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