Piero Alva
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Piero Fernando Alva Niezen | ||
| Date of birth | February 14, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FBC Melgar | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1997 | Universitario de Deportes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | Universitario de Deportes | 45 | (17) |
| 2001 – 2002 | Sporting Cristal | 46 | (7) |
| 2002 | Unión de Santa Fe | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | Sport Boys | 33 | (10) |
| 2004 | Alianza Atletico Sullana | 23 | (4) |
| 2004–2007 | Universitario de Deportes | 113 | (39) |
| 2007–2008 | Skoda Xanthi | 14 | (0) |
| 2008 | Cienciano | 25 | (8) |
| 2009–2011 | Universitario de Deportes | 102 | (32) |
| 2011 | Sporting Cristal | 12 | (1) |
| 2012 | Oriente Petrolero | 16 | (2) |
| 2012 | FBC Melgar | 10 | (2) |
| 2013 | Universidad César Vallejo | 22 | (3) |
| 2013 | José Gálvez FBC | 12 | (1) |
| 2014– 2015 | FBC Melgar | 44 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2009 | Peru | 17 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2013. |
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Piero Alva (born 14 February 1979 in Lima) is a Peruvian international football striker. He currently plays for FBC Melgar.
Despite his winding up as one of the top goal scorers in his teams, Alva is more of a thinking, dribbling, and running forward who creates his own scoring chances and for his teammates, coming down fast by the sides, rather than being a speculative center-forward striker.
Alva got his start in Universitario de Deportes as a youth. He got his break in 1998 when Oswaldo Piazza decided to promote several teenage players to the main line-up of the team, particularly after the team had secured the Apertura cup and thus a place in the final game. This generation of players included Manuel Barreto, Mario Gómez, Jorge Araujo, Anthony Matellini, Luis Cordero, Oswaldo Carrion, Francisco Bazán, among others. Alva's debut was in the 2nd half of a game against classic rival Sporting Cristal, a match that Universitario lost. However, Universitario won the 1998 tournament. Alva continued getting chances, despite his controversial playing style; he showed much skill but often did not know when to let go of the ball. It was enough to get him called to the U-20 Peru national team. By 2000, with the departure of Mauro Cantoro and Roberto Farfan from the team, Alva entered the starting eleven. He formed a powerful striking duo playing alongside Eduardo Esidio, aiding him to score the record amount of goals in Peruvian football history (and the 2nd highest amount of goals by any player worldwide that year) while scoring many of his own – 17 in the Peruvian tournament and one in the Copa Merconorte – and leading Universitario to their historic third championship in a row, capturing both the Apertura and Clausura titles. He was called to join the Peru national football team.
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