José Luis Álvarez (footballer)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Núñez.
José Luis Álvarez
Personal information
Full name José Luis Álvarez Núñez
Date of birth (1960-12-08) 8 December 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth La Serena, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Deportes La Serena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1980 Deportes La Serena
1981–1983 Colo-Colo (8)
1984 O'Higgins
1984 Fluminense
1985–1986 Unión La Calera
1986 Magallanes
1987 Deportes La Serena
1988 Deportes Arica
1989 Cobreandino
1990 Sporting Cristal
1991 Jorge Wilstermann
1992 Deportes Melipilla
1992 Municipal Talagante
International career
1979 Chile U20
1981 Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Luis Álvarez Núñez (born 8 December 1960) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

Club career[edit]

A product of Deportes La Serena youth system, he was promoted to the first team by the coach Alfonso Sepúlveda[1] and played alongside Sergio Ahumada, his football idol.[2] Then he moved to Colo-Colo in 1981 where he scored 18 goals in official matches.[3]

In Chile, he also played for O'Higgins, Unión La Calera, Magallanes, Deportes Arica, Cobreandino, Deportes Melipilla and Municipal Talagante.[4]

Abroad, he played for Fluminense in Brazil, Sporting Cristal in Peru and Jorge Wilstermann in Bolivia.[4]

International career[edit]

Álvarez represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1979 South American Championship.[5]

At senior level, he made an appearance for the Chile national team in a friendly match of the 1981 Copa Juan Pinto Durán [es] versus Uruguay in 29 April,[1] making an assist to his teammate Manuel Rojas.[6]

Coaching career[edit]

He has worked as coach for amateur clubs and football academies such as the Colo-Colo Academies based in Doñihue.[7][8]

Personal life[edit]

Born in La Serena, Chile, his parents were José Álvarez and María Adriana Núñez.[1]

He is well known by his nickname Pelé Álvarez due to the fact he used to make feints like the Brazilian historical player.[4]

Following his retirement, he studied and worked as a bank clerk.[2]

He has taken part of the "Colo-Colo de Todos los Tiempos" (Colo-Colo from All Time), a team made up by historical players of Colo-Colo that plays friendly matches around the country.[9]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Colo-Colo

Fluminense

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "José Luis Álvarez". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Reportaje a José Luis Álvarez on YouTube (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Historia de Colo-Colo - Goleadores de Colo-Colo". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "José Luis Álvarez: "Pelé" a la chilena" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. 30 May 2005. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ^ Aceituno, Freddy; Álvarez, Ricardo (November 2016). JUEGOS DE CHICOS PROBLEMAS DE GRANDES (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago: University of Chile. pp. 78, 80. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  6. ^ Reyes, Luis (28 March 2018). "5 jugadores que 'se borraron' de la Roja tras un debut soñado" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  7. ^ González Amado, Pablo (15 April 2010). "O "Pelé" mais grande de Doñihue" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Colo Colo reclutó 6 talentos infantiles y juveniles en Doñihue". elurbanorural.cl (in Spanish). 16 December 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ^ "ANECDOTARIO: FILOSOFÍA FUTBOLERA DEL "CHUPETE" HORMAZÁBAL" (in Spanish). ANFP. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

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