Alexander Alvarado
Personal information
Full name Alexander Antonio Alvarado Carriel[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Quevedo, Ecuador
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 L.D.U. Quito
Number 8
Youth career
2008–2014 Deportivo Quevedo
2014–2015 Independiente del Valle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Deportivo Quito 4 (0)
2017 Gualaceo 43 (3)
2018–2020 Aucas 77 (5)
2020 → Orlando City (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022 Orlando City 10 (0)
2022 → L.D.U. Quito (loan) 27 (10)
2022– L.D.U. Quito 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Ecuador U20 17 (4)
2019– Ecuador 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ecuador
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 2019 Poland
South American U-20 Championship
Winner 2019 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023

Alexander Antonio Alvarado Carriel (born 21 April 1999) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for L.D.U. Quito of the Ecuadorian Serie A.

Club career

Alvarado joined the Deportivo Quevedo academy at the age of nine. At the age of 12, he was loaned to Canillitas Quevedo. In 2014, back with Deportivo's academy, he scored 28 goals to help the team win the youth championship and clinch the tournament's golden boot. At the end of the season, Alvarado was recruited to join the youth team at Independiente del Valle.[2]

In 2015, Alvarado joined Deportivo Quito in Serie A where he made his senior debut but found his playing opportunities limited. He moved to Serie B side Gualaceo in 2017 in order to play regularly, making a total of 43 appearances and scoring 3 goals in his sole season with Gualaceo.[2][3]

In 2018, Alvarado returned to Serie A after signing a three-year contract with Aucas.[4]

On 13 October 2020, Alvarado joined Major League Soccer side Orlando City on loan for the rest of the 2020 season with an option to join permanently at the end of the year.[5] He made his debut on 28 October as a 79th-minute substitute in a 4–1 win against Atlanta United.[6] After two appearances, Alvarado had his loan move made permanent as part of the club's end of season roster moves on 2 December 2020.[7]

On 19 January 2022, Alvarado joined Ecuadorian Serie A side L.D.U. Quito on loan for the 2022 season with an option to buy.[8] The purchase option was exercised on 29 November 2022.[9]

International career

Youth

In January 2019, Alvarado was selected to represent Ecuador U20 at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship. He scored three goals as Ecuador won the tournament, qualifying them for the 2019 U-20 World Cup in the process. Alvarado retained his place in the squad and appeared in all seven matches as the team finished in third-place. He scored once, a penalty in the round of 16 victory over Uruguay.[10]

Senior

Alvarado made his senior international debut on 10 September 2019, entering as an 85th minute substitute in a 3–0 friendly victory over Bolivia.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 October 2022.[13][3]
Club Season Division League Cup[a] Continental[b] Playoffs Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Apps Goals Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Quito 2015 Serie A 1 0 — — — 1 0
2016 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Gualaceo SC 2017 Serie B 43 3 — — — 43 3
Aucas 2018 Serie A 39 3 0 0 — 2[c] 0 41 3
2019 25 1 3 0 — 4[d] 0 32 1
2020 13 1 0 0 2 1 — 15 2
Total 77 5 3 0 2 1 6 0 88 6
Orlando City (loan) 2020 MLS 2 0 — — 0 0 2 0
Orlando City 2021 10 0 — — 0 0 10 0
Total 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
L.D.U. Quito (loan) 2022 Serie A 27 10 0 0 8 4 — 35 14
L.D.U. Quito 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 27 10 0 0 8 4 0 0 35 14
Career total 163 18 3 0 10 5 6 0 182 23
  1. ^ Includes Copa Ecuador
  2. ^ Includes Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ 2018 Serie A Playoffs
  4. ^ 2019 Serie A Playoffs

International

As of 24 March 2023[14]
Ecuador
Year Apps Goals
2019 2 0
2022 1 0
2023 1 0
Total 4 0

Honors

International

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Alexander Alvarado soñó con ponerse la camisa de la Selección nacional y lo logró". La Hora (in Spanish).
  3. ^ a b "Alexander Alvarado". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. ^ "Juan Carlos Anangonó y Alexander Alvarado, fichados por Aucas". El Universo (in Spanish). 4 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Orlando City SC Acquires Ecuadorian Forward Alexander Alvarado". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  6. ^ "Orlando City SC 4, Atlanta United FC 1 2020 MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com.
  7. ^ "Orlando City Exercises Options on 12 Players Following 2020 MLS Campaign". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  8. ^ "Nuevo Guerrero Albo: Alexander Alvarado – LDU". L.D.U. Quito (in Spanish).
  9. ^ "Orlando City transfer forward Alexander Alvarado to Ecuador's LDU Quito". Major League Soccer.
  10. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 – Uruguay vs Ecuador". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Emoción en Cuenca por la goleada 3–0 de Ecuador sobre Bolivia en el amistoso". El Comercio (in Spanish).
  12. ^ "Ecuador goleó a Bolivia y la Selección de Célico fue ovacionada en Cuenca". Bendito Futbol (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "Alexander Alvarado – oGol". oGol.
  14. ^ Alexander Alvarado at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata

External links

L.D.U. Quito – current squad
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