Julián Álvarez (footballer)

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Julián Álvarez
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Álvarez playing for Argentina at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Julián Álvarez[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Calchín, Argentina[2]
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 19
Youth career
2014–2016 Atlético Calchín
2016–2019 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 River Plate 57 (23)
2022– Manchester City 31 (9)
2022 → River Plate (loan) 17 (11)
International career‡
2018– Argentina U20 15 (2)
2019–2020 Argentina U23 7 (1)
2021– Argentina 22 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023

Julián Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [xuˈljan ˈalβaɾes]; born 31 January 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester City and the Argentina national team. Known for his intelligence, goalscoring, and link-up play, he often is considered one of the best young players in the world.

Álvarez began his career at River Plate in his native country. He was a key member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, as well as the Manchester City side that won the continental treble in the 2022–23 season, becoming the first ever player to win a treble and a World Cup in the same season.

Club career

River Plate

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Álvarez with River Plate in 2019

Álvarez joined River Plate from Atlético Calchín in 2016, notably participating in the Generation Adidas Cup with the club's youth teams.[3][4][5] Prior to signing for River, Álvarez had trials with Boca Juniors and Real Madrid; scoring twice in five games for the latter in a youth tournament.[4][6][7] He was unable to join Real due to age restrictions.[4] Álvarez was moved into River Plate's senior squad under manager Marcelo Gallardo during the 2018–19 season, with his professional debut arriving on 27 October 2018 during a Primera División fixture with Aldosivi; he was subbed on for Rodrigo Mora with 26 minutes remaining of a 1–0 victory.[3][8][9]

Álvarez appeared late on during the second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores finals, with River beating rivals Boca Juniors.[3] Álvarez scored the first goal of his senior career on 17 March 2019, netting in a 3–0 league win over Independiente.[3] During the succeeding December, he scored in the 2019 Copa Argentina Final against Central Córdoba as River won 3–0 to secure the trophy. In 2020, Álvarez netted five goals in six Copa Libertadores group stage encounters.

On 25 May 2022, Álvarez scored six goals for River Plate in an 8–1 win over Alianza Lima in the Copa Libertadores.[10]

Manchester City

On 31 January 2022, his 22nd birthday, it was confirmed that Álvarez had signed for Premier League champions Manchester City on a five-and-a-half-year contract, but with the player remaining at River Plate on loan until July.[11] He scored on his competitive debut on 30 July, where City lost 3–1 to rivals Liverpool in the 2022 FA Community Shield.[12] On 7 August, Álvarez made his Premier League debut after coming on as a substitute for Erling Haaland in a 2–0 away win over West Ham United.[13] On 31 August, Álvarez scored his first two Premier League goals in a 6–0 win against Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium.[14] On 5 October, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 5–0 win over Copenhagen.[15]

On 17 May 2023, he scored the last goal in a 4–0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final second leg, which cemented his club's qualification to the final.[16] Four days later, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Chelsea to win his first Premier League title, and third in a row for his club.[17] On 10 June, he won the Champions League final with his club, despite being a non-playing substitute, to become among the players who won the FIFA World Cup and Champions League in the same season, in addition to achieving both the latter and the Copa Libertadores.[18]

International career

In 2018, Álvarez was selected by the Argentina U-20s to train against the senior team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[19][20] In December, Álvarez was picked for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[21] In preparation for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he scored the second goal against Saudi Arabia in what was a 5–0 victory, during a friendly tournament played in Spain. After that, he received a call-up from Fernando Batista for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in May 2019.[22] Four matches and one goal, versus South Africa, arrived for him in Poland.[3] Batista subsequently called Álvarez up for the Olympic Team in the succeeding September, which preceded his selection for the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament; which Argentina won, with Álvarez scoring once (versus Venezuela) in seven matches.[3][23]

Álvarez made his debut for the Argentina senior team on 3 June 2021, in a World Cup qualifier against Chile. He substituted Ángel Di María in the 62nd minute.[24] On 29 March 2022, he scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw against Ecuador.[25]

He was included in Argentina's World Cup Winning 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[26] On 30 November, he scored his first World Cup goal in a 2–0 win in the last group stage match against Poland.[27] Álvarez followed with a second World Cup goal on 3 December, when he scored in Argentina's 2–1 win against Australia.[28] He continued his scoring streak by adding two more goals in Argentina's 3–0 win against Croatia in the semi-finals, becoming the youngest player since Pelé in 1958 to score two goals in a World Cup semi-final at 22 years, 316 days old.[29][30] On 18 December, he was involved in Argentina's second goal as his team defeated France 4–2 on penalties after the match ended 3–3 in extra-time of the final to win the World Cup.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 May 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 2018–19 Primera División 5 1 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 8 1
2019–20 Primera División 7 0 3 1 2 0 5[lower-alpha 3] 1 — 17 2
2020 Primera División 10 2 3 1 1 1 11[lower-alpha 3] 5 — 25 9
2021 Primera División 35 20 — — 10[lower-alpha 3] 2 1[lower-alpha 5] 2 46 24
2022 Primera División 17 11 1 1 0 0 8[lower-alpha 3] 6 0 0 26 18
Total 74 34 8 3 3 1 35 14 2 2 122 54
Manchester City 2022–23 Premier League 31 9 5 3 2 1 10[lower-alpha 6] 3 1[lower-alpha 7] 1 49 17
Career total 105 43 13 6 5 2 45 17 3 3 171 71
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Copa de la Superliga, EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance in Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

As of match played 19 June 2023[32]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2021 5 0
2022 14 7
2023 3 0
Total 22 7
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Álvarez goal
List of international goals scored by Julián Álvarez
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 29 March 2022 Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil, Ecuador 7  Ecuador 1–0 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [33]
2 27 September 2022 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States 11  Jamaica 1–0 3–0 Friendly [34]
3 16 November 2022 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 12  United Arab Emirates 1–0 5–0 Friendly [35]
4 30 November 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 15  Poland 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup [36]
5 3 December 2022 Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 16  Australia 2–0 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup [37]
6 13 December 2022 Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar 18  Croatia 2–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup [38]
7 3–0

Honours

River Plate

Manchester City

Argentina Olympic Team

Argentina

Individual

References

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