Efraín Álvarez

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Efraín Álvarez
Personnel
birthday June 19, 2002
place of birth Los Angeles , California ,  USA
size 173 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
2016– LA Galaxy
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2019– LA Galaxy 1 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
Mexico U-14
Mexico U-15
USA U-14
USA U-15
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 30, 2017

Efrain Alvarez (born June 19, 2002 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American - Mexican football player in the position of midfielder .

Club career

The Mexican-born Efrain Alvarez was born on June 19, 2002 in the metropolis of Los Angeles in the US state of California. In 2016 he joined the academy of the major league soccer franchise LA Galaxy and was active in the academy teams U-13 / U-14 and U-15 / U-16 in the 2015/16 season. For the U-13 / U-14 team, he scored 25 goals in 20 competitive matches (18 + 2); for the U-15 / U-16 team, he scored two goals in twelve competitive games (9 + 3). In the following season of 2016/17 he alternated between the U-15 / U-16 team and the U-17 / U-18 team, with most of the players in the latter team being three years older than himself. In 12 appearances (9 + 3) for the U-15 / U-16, he scored seven goals; in his total of 14 games (11 + 3) for the U-17 / U-18 he scored twelve goals. He also belonged to the U-14 squad, in which he was not used in 2016/17.

On August 2, 2017, at the age of 15 years, one month and 14 days, he became the youngest player to ever sign a contract in the United Soccer League (USL), the second highest North American soccer league. So far, this record has been held by Alphonso Davies , who was 15 years, three months and three days old at the time of his first professional contract in February 2016. The youngest LA Galaxy II player to date with a professional contract was Eric López in November 2014, who was 15 years and eight months old at the time; At that time he was the youngest player with a professional contract in the history of the USL. After he sat unused on the bench for the first time in the championship game against San Antonio FC on September 9, 2017 , Mike Muñoz replaced him on October 7, 2017 as the youngest player in the history of the United Soccer League. In the game he was sent on the pitch by coach Mike Muñoz at halftime to replace Adrian Vera .

National team career

In 2016 Alvarez was used for four different junior national teams. Among other things, he took part in the Rimini Cup in Germany with the Mexican U-15 national team in June 2016 and was still a member of the Mexican U-14 national team in September. Furthermore, he was for some time in the squad of the US U-14 and U-15 selections. With the second-named team, he won the International Festival of Fútbol in Argentina in April 2016 under coach Dave van den Bergh and was a frequent goal scorer himself.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LA Galaxy II is set to sign Efrain Alvarez, and it's a big deal , accessed December 30, 2017
  2. ↑ a b c d e f LA Galaxy II sign LA Galaxy Academy midfielder Efrain Alvarez (English), accessed on December 30, 2017
  3. ↑ Match Report: LA Galaxy II battle for a point with San Antonio, 1-1 , accessed December 30, 2017
  4. ↑ a b Match Report: LA Galaxy defeat Portland Timbers 2 in front of sell-out crowd, 3-2 , accessed December 30, 2017
  5. ↑ Alvarez on Los Dos win: “I was super excited to make my debut” | After The Whistle , accessed December 30, 2017
  6. ↑ U-15 BNT DEFEATS URUGUAY 2-0 TO WIN 2016 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FUTBOL (English), accessed on December 30, 2017


personal data
SURNAME Álvarez, Efraín
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alvarez, Efrain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Mexican soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 2002
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States