Arturo Alvarez
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| Arturo Alvarez | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arturo Alvarez | |
| Date of birth | June 28, 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Houston, TX, United States | |
| Height | 5'9 | |
| Playing position | midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | FC Dallas | |
| Number | 12 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003-04 2005- |
San Jose Earthquakes FC Dallas |
26 (2) 71 (9) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Arturo Alvarez (born June 28, 1985 in Houston, Texas) is an American soccer player of Salvadorean descent, who currently plays for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.
Arturo joined the league in 2003, signing a Project-40 contract, and was selected 13th overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. In his first year, Arturo saw limited playing time, only registering 655 minutes and has also had difficulty earning playing time in 2004. However, the Quakes traded him to Dallas before the 2005 season, in a large deal that included Richard Mulrooney and Brad Davis.
During the 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs, in the second leg of FC Dallas' Conference semifinal match with the Houston Dynamo, Alvarez was sent off for "violent conduct" after he kneed Brad Davis in the groin while out of bounds in the 47th minute. FC Dallas went on to lose the game, 4-1, and the match 4-2 on aggregate.
In Novemeber, 2007 Alvarez had a one week trial with French club FC Girondins de Bordeaux.
[edit] International Career
Alvarez was recently invited to the Men's Under-23 training camp by US Assistant Coach Peter Nowak. He has the opportunity to represent the US at the Olympics next summer in Beijing.
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