Byron Alvarez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 21, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Missouri Comets | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Yakima Reds | ||
| 1999–2000 | La Piedad F.C | ||
| 2000–2001 | C.F. Tampico | ||
| C.F. Ciudad Juárez | |||
| C.F. Tampico | |||
| 2002 | MetroStars | 8 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Portland Timbers | 96 | (41) |
| 2004–2006 | Chicago Storm (indoor) | 45 | (25) |
| 2007 | Charleston Battery | 22 | (8) |
| 2007–2009 | Monterrey La Raza (indoor) | 42 | (39) |
| 2008 | Portland Timbers | 9 | (1) |
| 2010– | Missouri Comets (indoor) | (53) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 28th, 2012. |
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Byron Álvarez (born October 21, 1978 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican football (soccer) forward. He plays for the Missouri Comets of Major Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2010–2011 MISL Most Valuable Player.
Alvarez began playing football at sixteen. He appeared with a string of minor league Mexican clubs including Reboceros de La Piedad, Jaiba Brava de Tamaulipas, Astros de Ciudad Juárez, and C.F. Tambico.
In 2002, he signed with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer. In 2003, he moved to the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division. On September 29, 2004, the Chicago Storm of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) traded Kevin Sakuda to the San Diego Sockers for the rights to Alvarez. On October 18, 2004, the Storm signed him on loan from the Timbers and he played the 2004–2005 and 2005–2006 indoor seasons in Chicago. Following the 2006 USL-1 season, Alvarez became a free agent and on April 3, 2007 signed with the Charleston Battery of USL-1. He played twenty-two games and scored eight goals. On July 9, 2007, the Monterrey La Raza of MISL selected Alvarez in the MISL expansion draft. The LaRaza went to the MISL championship series, but fell to the Baltimore Blast. Following the end of the indoor season, he contacted Gavin Wilkinson, coach of the Timbers, about the possibility of rejoining the Timbers. Alvarez signed with the Timbers on July 14, 2008. He played only nine games with the Timbers and returned to the LaRaza which was now playing in the newly created National Indoor Soccer League. On April 7, 2009, he was announced as the 2008-09 NISL Most Valuable Player.
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