Jorge Alvial
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Jorge Alvial is a Chilean Football Manager and has been an International Scout for Chelsea FC for over 9 years.[1]
In 2006, he was the Manager of the USL Puerto Rico Islanders, recruiting players such as 3-time National Title Champion in Argentina, Gustavo Barros Schelotto, and National team player of Chile, Arturo Norambuena, to join his team. However, during his 2006 season undefeated he left the team to be Chief Scout of the Americas for Chelsea FC with Hans Gillhaus and world-known scout, Piet de Visser.
From when he joined Chelsea in 2006, he has worked with Managers such as Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, André Villas-Boas, Guus Hiddink, Luiz Felipe Scolari, and Avram Grant.
On January 11, 2008, though still hired at Chelsea FC, he joined the FC Dallas coaching staff for a short period of time to evaluate players at the MLS level. However, Alvial went back to Chelsea FC to continue his position as Chief Scout for the Americas the same year.
Alvial did not work in the MLS very long. He was linked to convincing the Argentine Legend of Boca Juniors, Guillermo Barros Schelotto to Columbus Crew for only a salary cap of only $150,000 the first year.[2] With Schelotto, Columbus Crew won their first ever MLS Cup Playoffs. Alvial was also linked to getting Marcos Gonzalez and 3-time national title champion of Chile Milovan Mirošević to sign for Columbus Crew.
During his short spell at FC Dallas, he discovered Brek Shea at the MLS Combine [3] and twins Rogelio Funes Mori and Ramiro Funes Mori at the Sueño MLS.[4][5] FC Dallas first round pick was Shea at the MLS SuperDraft - Shea later went to play for the US National Team and signed for a fee of $3.8 million in Stoke City.[6] Before Alvial went back to scout for Chelsea FC, he discovered the Funes-Mori twins at MLS Sueño. The twins did not end up signing in FC Dallas and instead signed for a bigger and more world-known club River Plate - Ramiro, the defender, won the national title and Copa Sudamericana with River Plate; Rogelio, the forward, soon signed at S.L. Benfica for €2 million.[7][8]
He has one daughter, Isabel Alvial, and three sons named Jorge, Greyson, and professional soccer player Javier Alvial.
References
- ^ http://www.soccerway.com/news/2006/October/16/chelsea-trail-chilean/
- ^ http://jugadorfranquicia.com/2014/09/21/schelotto-i-like-the-idea-of-coaching-in-the-mls-someday/
- ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/brek-shea
- ^ http://community.manutd.com/forums/t/109344.aspx
- ^ http://aguantefutbol.blogspot.com/2009/12/rogelio-gabriel-funes-mori.html
- ^ http://www.fcdallas.com/news/2013/01/fc-dallas-and-mls-reach-agreement-stoke-city-brek-shea-transfer
- ^ http://www.rpp.com.pe/2014-07-15-rogelio-funes-mori-deja-benfica-y-se-va-a-impronunciable-club-turco-noticia_708255.html
- ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/08/10/former-sueno-mls-winner-rogelio-funes-mori-continues-his-adventures-through-