Gonzalo Álvarez

Gonzalo Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Esteban Álvarez Morales
Date of birth (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth San Felipe, Chile
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Audax Italiano
Number 14
Youth career
Escuela Luis Quesada
Real Madrid Academy[1]
Unión San Felipe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2021 Unión San Felipe 35 (11)
2018 → San Antonio Unido (loan) 24 (1)
2020–2021 → Audax Italiano (loan) 36 (8)
2022– Audax Italiano 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2022

Gonzalo Esteban Álvarez Morales (born 20 January 1997), nicknamed El Gringo,[2] is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chilean Primera División side Audax Italiano.

Career

He joined Unión San Felipe at U16 level,[3] making his professional debut in a Primera B match against Naval on May 14, 2014.[1]

On second half 2020 Chilean Primera División, he joined Audax Italiano on loan from Unión San Felipe with an option to buy,[4] making his debut at the Chilean top flight scoring a goal against Coquimbo Unido.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 March 2021[5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Unión San Felipe 2013–14 Primera B 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2014–15 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2015–16 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 1 0
2016–17 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
2017–T 3 0 5 0 — 0 0 8 0
2019 12 4 4 0 — 0 0 16 4
2020 16 7 — — 0 0 16 7
Total 35 11 10[a] 0 — 0 0 45 11
San Antonio Unido
(loan) 		2018 Segunda
División 		24 1 2[a] 0 — 0 0 26 1
Audax Italiano
(loan) 		2020 Primera
División 		13 5 — — 0 0 13 5
2021 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 13 5 0 0 — 0 0 13 5
Career total 72 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 84 17
Notes
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Copa Chile

Personal life

Born in San Felipe, he moved to Miami along with his family at the age of 7, returning to Chile at the age of 13.[1] Due to the fact that he lived in the United States, he has been nicknamed El Gringo.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "El Gringo de San Felipe" (in Spanish). Unión San Felipe. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "El cuestionario a Gonzalo Álvarez: "Espero que todo marche positivamente esta temporada"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "El admirador de Messi y Salah que causa sensación en Audax" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Gonzalo Álvarez se une a la tienda itálica". Audax Italiano (in Spanish). Audax Italiano. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. ^ Gonzalo Álvarez at Soccerway
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