Jonathan Álvez

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Jonathan Álvez
Álvez with Barcelona SC in 2017
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Daniel Álvez Sagar
Date of birth (1988-05-31) 31 May 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Vichadero, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Unión Santa Fe
Number 44
Youth career
Nacional
2006–2007 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Boston River ? (3)
2009–2010 Coraceros 20 (13)
2010–2011 Platense 11 (9)
2011–2015
Torque
50 (44)
2013–2014Danubio (loan) 28 (15)
2014–2015Vitória Guimarães (loan) 20 (5)
2015LDU Quito (loan) 23 (10)
2016–2018 Barcelona SC 88 (46)
2018–2019 Atlético Junior 22 (2)
2018–2019
Internacional
(loan)
22 (6)
2019–2021 Barcelona SC 31 (9)
2021–2021 Atlético Nacional 32 (5)
2022– Unión Santa Fe 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:34, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Jonathan Daniel Álvez Sagar (born 31 May 1988) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Unión de Santa Fe.

Club career

Uruguay

Born in Vichadero, Álvez came up from River Plate's youth system, but failed to appear as a senior with the first team. In 2008, he moved to Segunda División side Boston River, scoring his first senior goal on 29 November of that year in a 1–0 home win against Rocha.[1]

In September 2009, Álvez joined Coraceros Polo Club in the Segunda División Amateur, and scored 13 goals for the side; highlights included a hat-trick in a 3–1 away win against Albion.[2] He subsequently signed for fellow league team Platense, contributing with nine goals and narrowly missing out promotion.[3]

In 2011, Álvez agreed to a deal with

Torque, still in the third division. He achieved promotion to the second level in his first season as champions (also scoring the winner in the final against Canadian SC),[4] and scored a 17 goals as his side missed out a consecutive promotion in the play-offs.[5]

In February 2012, Álvez moved to Toluca with Torque teammate Nicolás Milesi on a trial basis,[6] but nothing came of it. On 19 June 2013, he agreed to a one-year loan deal with Danubio.[7]

Álvez made his Primera División debut on 18 August 2013, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Cerro Largo.[8] On 14 September he scored his first goal in the category, netting the first in a 2–0 home win against Nacional.[9]

Álvez scored 15 goals for Danubio during his spell, including two braces against Fénix and one against Racing Montevideo.[10]

Vitória Guimarães (loan)

LDU Quito
in 2015

On 16 August 2014, Álvez moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a one-year loan deal with Primeira Liga side Vitória Guimarães.[11] He made his debut on 30 August, replacing Tomané in a 3–0 away win against Belenenses.

Álvez scored his first goal abroad on 19 September 2014, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 home draw against Paços de Ferreira.[12] On 3 October, he scored a brace in a 3–0 home win against Boavista.

Álvez scored five goals for Vitória, but left the club in June 2015 after failing to agree new terms.[13]

Ecuador

On 26 July 2015, Álvez signed for

Emelec
.

Álvez with Barcelona SC in 2017

On 10 February 2016, Álvez was presented at

his first season
, he scored 19 goals as his side was crowned champions.

Career statistics

As of 9 December 2017[16]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coraceros 2009–10 Segunda División Amateur 20 13 20 13
Platense 2010–11 Segunda División Amateur 11 9 11 9
Torque
2011–12 Segunda División Amateur 24 27 24 27
2012–13 Segunda División 26 17 26 17
Subtotal 50 44 50 44
Danubio 2013–14 Primera División 28 15 28 15
Vitória Guimarães 2014–15 Primeira Liga 18 5 1 0 1[a] 0 20 5
LDU Quito
2015 Serie A 18 10 5[b] 0 23 10
Barcelona SC
2016
Serie A 38 19 1[b] 0 39 19
2017
39 20 10[c] 6 48 26
Subtotal 77 39 11 6 88 45
Total 222 135 1 0 16 6 1 0 240 141
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Honours

Torque
Danubio
Barcelona SC
  • 2016

References

  1. ^ "Uruguay Second Level 2008/09". RSSSF. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Uruguay 2009/10". RSSSF. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "Uruguay 2010/11". RSSSF. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Torque Campeón Uruguayo 2011/2012" [Torque Uruguayan Champion 2011/2012] (in Spanish). Segunda B Amateur. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Uruguay 2012/13". RSSSF. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "Viajan a Mexico" [They travel to Mexico]. clubatleticotorque.com (in Spanish). CA Torque. February 13, 2012. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  7. ^ "Cayeron los primeros" [The first ones are down] (in Spanish). Aguanten Che. June 19, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  8. ^ "Cerro Largo y Danubio no concretaron en las redes" [Cerro Largo and Danubio could not put it into the net] (in Spanish). Tenfield. August 18, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  9. ^ "Danubio gritó fuerte en Jardines" [Danubio scream loud at the Jardines] (in Spanish). Tenfield. September 14, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  10. ^ "Danubio: Jonathan Álvez se perderá la definición del campeonato uruguayo" [Danubio: Jonathan Álvez will miss the ending of the Uruguayan championship] (in Spanish). La Red 21. May 12, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  11. ^ "Jonatan Álvez é do Vitória" [Jonatan Álvez joins Vitória] (in Portuguese). Vitória Guimarãeas. August 16, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  12. ^ "V.Guimarães–Paços de Ferreira, 1–1 (crónica)" [V.Guimarães–Paços de Ferreira, 1–1 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  13. ^ "SAD abdicou de Álvez e procura avançado" [SAD let go of Álvez and search for a forward] (in Portuguese). Record. June 23, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  14. ^ "Liga (Q) fichó al atacante charrúa Jonathan Álvez" [Liga (Q) signed the Uruguayan forward Jonathan Álvez] (in Spanish). Expreso. July 26, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  15. ^ "Barcelona SC presentó oficialmente a Jonathan Álvez por 4 temporadas" [Barcelona SC officially presented Jonathan Álvez for 4 seasons] (in Spanish). ECUAFUTBOL. February 10, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  16. ^ Jonathan Álvez at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

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