Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez

Cristian Álvarez
Personal information
Full nameCristian Osvaldo Álvarez
Date of birth9 January 1978
Place of birthBuenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionRight back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Argentinos Juniors
Youth career
Lanús
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002Lanús95(7)
2002–2003Arsenal Sarandí37(3)
2003Lanús12(4)
2003–2007Racing Santander42(6)
2005Córdoba (loan)23(9)
2005–2006Tenerife (loan)40(11)
2007–2009Córdoba65(7)
2009–2011Arsenal Sarandí47(7)
2011–2014San Martín San Juan81(5)
2014–Argentinos Juniors20(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 16 March 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez (born 9 January 1978) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Argentinos Juniors mainly as a right back.

He played six years of his career in Spain, amassing league totals of 170 games and 33 goals in representation of three teams (42/6 in La Liga).

Football career

Born in Buenos Aires, Álvarez began his career at Club Atlético Lanús in the Argentine Primera División in 1998. He also had a short spell with Arsenal de Sarandí before moving to Spain with Racing de Santander where he played three seasons with average impact, with a six-month loan stint with Segunda División side Córdoba CF in between.

After another loan in the Spanish second level, with CD Tenerife, Álvarez returned to Santander, appearing in 23 matches in 2006–07 as the Cantabria team finished tenth. In the following campaign he signed permanently with Córdoba for two years, with the Andalusians eventually barely maintaining their division two status.

In the 2009 off-season, after helping Córdoba finish mid-table, 31-year-old Álvarez returned to his country and a former club, signing with Arsenal Sarandí. Two years later, he joined San Martín de San Juan.

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