| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Gastón Álvarez Sosa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Getafe | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors Melo | |||||||||||||||||
| Cerro Largo | |||||||||||||||||
| Defensor Sporting | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Defensor Sporting | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Boston River | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Getafe (loan) | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Getafe | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Uruguay U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Uruguay U20 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Uruguay U22 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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Pedro Gastón Álvarez Sosa (born 24 March 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Getafe.[1]
Club career
Álvarez made his professional debut on 31 March 2019, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 4–2 league defeat against Racing Montevideo.[2][3] He scored his first professional goal on 11 May 2019, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 draw against River Plate Montevideo.[4]
Álvarez joined Boston River in April 2021 following Defensor's relegation to Segunda División.[5] On 28 January of the following year, he moved abroad and joined Spanish La Liga side Getafe CF on loan until June 2023.[6]
International career
Álvarez is a former Uruguay youth international. In June 2019, he was named in Uruguay's 18-man squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[7][8]
On 21 October 2022, Álvarez was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 18 September 2022[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Defensor Sporting | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 25 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Boston River | 2021 | Uruguayan Primera División | 19 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||
| Getafe (loan) | 2021–22 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 2 | ||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6 | ||
Honours
Uruguay U20
- South American Games silver medal: 2018[10]
References
- 1 2 Gastón Álvarez at Soccerway
- ↑ "Racing vs. Defensor Sporting". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Debutantes de la 7a fecha". Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ↑ "Defensor Sporting vs. River Plate". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Gastón Álvarez no seguirá en Defensor Sporting". Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ↑ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Gastón Álvarez" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Gastón Álvarez] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ↑ "Convocados para los Panamericanos de Lima 2019". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Datos del plantel panamericano de Uruguay". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar" (in Spanish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ↑ "Chile 1 - 0 Uruguay" (in Spanish). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
External links
- Gastón Álvarez at WorldFootball.net