Minor Álvarez
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Minor Jesús Álvarez Cordero[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cobán Imperial | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saprissa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Saprissa | ||
| 2011 | → Belén (loan) | ||
| 2012 | → Santos (loan) | ||
| 2013 | Xelajú | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Aurora (loan) | ||
| 2014 | Malacateco | 15 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Antigua GFC | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Petapa | 13 | (0) |
| 2016 | Cartaginés | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | Municipal San Ramón | ||
| 2017 | Pérez Zeledón | 12 | (0) |
| 2017 | UCR | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Sporting San José | ||
| 2019–2020 | Juventud Escazuceña | ||
| 2020 | Limón | 11 | |
| 2021–2022 | Herediano | 10 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Pérez Zeledón (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021-2022 | → Cobán Imperial (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2022- | Cobán Imperial | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | Costa Rica | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:33, 7 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2020 | |||
Minor Jesús Álvarez Cordero, known as Minor Álvarez (born 14 November 1989) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Nacional club Cobán Imperial.
Club career
[edit]Álvarez played for Saprissa and had loan spells at Belén Siglo XXI and Santos de Guápiles.[2] In January 2013, Álvarez moved abroad and signed a 5-year contract with Guatemalan side Xelajú[3] but a surplus in foreigners forced him to be loaned out to Aurora.[4] He received Guatemalan citizenship in September 2013[5] and joined Malacateco in January 2014.
International career
[edit]He was included in the Costa Rica national football team for the 2011 Copa América,[6] but did not play at all in the tournament.[7]
He made his debut on 10 October 2020 in a friendly match against Panama.[8]
Honours
[edit]- Cobán Imperial
- Liga Nacional de Guatemala: Apertura 2022
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
- ^ Minor Álvarez seguiría en el Santos Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine - Mario Segura (in Spanish)
- ^ Minor Álvarez emigró al fútbol de Guatemala - CRHoy (in Spanish)
- ^ Xelajú coloca a Minor Álvarez en el Aurora FC Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine - Mario Segura (in Spanish)
- ^ Álvarez nuevo guatemalteco Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
- ^ Minor Álvarez se integró a la Tricolor - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Minor Álvarez
- ^ "Costa Rica v Panama game report". ESPN. 10 October 2020.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of Guatemala
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- Costa Rica men's international footballers
- 2011 Copa América players
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- Belén F.C. players
- Santos de Guápiles F.C. footballers
- C.S.D. Xelajú MC players
- Aurora F.C. players
- C.D. Malacateco players
- Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
- Costa Rican emigrants to Guatemala
- Liga FPD players
- Costa Rican football biography stubs