Agustín Álvarez (footballer, born April 2001)

Agustín Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Agustín Álvarez Wallace
Date of birth (2001-04-20) 20 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Unión La Calera
(on loan from Montevideo City Torque)
Number 36
Youth career
2005–2019 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Peñarol 51 (0)
2023– Montevideo City Torque 33 (1)
2024Atlético Nacional (loan) 16 (0)
2024–Unión La Calera (loan) 1 (0)
International career
2017 Uruguay U16 2 (0)
2018–2020 Uruguay U20 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 August 2024

Agustín Álvarez Wallace (born 20 April 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Unión La Calera, on loan from Montevideo City Torque.[2]

Club career

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Álvarez joined the youth academy of Peñarol in 2005.[3] He made his professional debut for the club on 27 July 2019 in a 2–0 league win against Danubio.[4][5]

On 3 February 2023, Álvarez joined Montevideo City Torque on a permanent deal until December 2027.[3] In 2024, he was loaned out to the Colombian club Atlético Nacional and the Chilean club Unión La Calera.[6]

International career

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Álvarez is a former Uruguayan youth international.[7]

Personal life

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Álvarez is the brother of former Uruguayan youth international Elbio Álvarez.[8]

Career statistics

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As of 2 November 2022[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Peñarol 2019 Uruguayan Primera División 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2020 19 0 1[a] 0 20 0
2021 9 0 4[b] 0 1[c] 0 14 0
2022 22 0 5 0 0 0 1[d] 0 28 0
Career total 51 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 63 0
  1. ^ Appearance in Copa Libertadores.
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. ^ Appearance in Championship playoff.
  4. ^ Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya.

Honours

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Peñarol

Uruguay U20

References

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  1. ^ "Agustín Álvarez" (in Portuguese). Peñarol. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Agustín Álvarez at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b "La emotiva carta que escribió Agustín Álvarez Wallace, quien no seguirá en Peñarol". 3 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Debutantes de la 3a fecha del Torneo Intermedio 2019". 2 August 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Peñarol vs. Danubio - 27 July 2019". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Agustín Álvarez Wallace fue oficializado como nuevo refuerzo de U. La Calera para la segunda rueda del Campeonato". puranoticia.pnt.cl (in Spanish). 1 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ^ "29 futbolistas convocados para el primer entrenamiento del año". 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Quiénes son los nuevos juveniles que ascendió Forlán". 12 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Peñarol es el Campeón Uruguayo". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Peñarol se quedó con la Supercopa uruguaya". 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Chile 1 - 0 Uruguay" (in Spanish). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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