Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez
Álvarez with Internazionale in 2011
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| Full name | Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1988 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Sampdoria | |||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||
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| 2005–2006 | Boca Juniors | |||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Vélez Sársfield | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Vélez Sársfield | 42 | (5) | |||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Internazionale | 73 | (11) | |||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Sunderland (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2016– | Sampdoria | 24 | (2) | |||||||||
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| 2011– | Argentina | 9 | (1) | |||||||||
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Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:37, 2 December 2016 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:37, 2 December 2016 (UTC).
Ricardo Gabriel "Ricky" Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [ riˈkarðo ɣaˈβɾjel ˈalβaɾes]; born 12 April 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian club Sampdoria.
He began his club career in Argentina in 2008 with Vélez Sársfield; his performances earned him a move to Italian club Internazionale in 2011, where he remained until 2015, aside from a loan spell with English side Sunderland during the 2014–15 season. He joined Sampdoria in 2016. At international level, Álvarez was a member of the Argentine squad that reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final.
As a child, Álvarez played papi fut for Caballito Juniors and Club Parque, and then had a brief stay in Boca Juniors youth divisions.
Álvarez played his first professional game with Vélez Sársfield in 2008. Following his debut, he suffered a knee cruciate ligament injury that stalled his progression on the first team. He then was part of the 2009 Clausura winning squad, playing only 18 minutes in the 1–0 victory over Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.
The midfielder's breakthrough with the team finally came during the 2010 Clausura, in which Vélez, forced by the tight fixture of the Copa Libertadores, played mostly with substitutes. He scored his first goal in a 1–2 defeat to River Plate at the Estadio Monumental and received his first red card from referee Javier Collado in Vélez' 1–3 defeat to Racing, for complaining about a yellow card. He totalled 11 matches during the tournament (4 as a starter), and 1 goal.
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