Ernesto Álvarez Explained

Ernesto Álvarez
Fullname:Ernesto Bernardo Álvarez Terojín
Birth Date:10 August 1928
Birth Place:Fuentes, Argentina
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:América de Funtes
Youthclubs2:Rosario Central
Years1:1948–1956
Clubs1:Banfield
Caps1:152
Goals1:56
Years2:1957–1958
Clubs2:Green Cross
Years3:1959–1965
Clubs3:Universidad de Chile
Caps3:190
Goals3:71
Years4:1966
Clubs4:Green Cross Temuco
Years5:1967
Clubs5:Audax Italiano
Nationalyears1:1963
Nationalteam1:Chile
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:November 2008

Ernesto Bernardo Álvarez Terojín (August 10, 1928 in Fuentes – September 27, 2010 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine and Chilean football striker. He played club football in Argentina and Chile.

Álvarez played youth football for América de Funtes and Rosario Central before joining Banfield in 1948. He went on to make 152 appearances for the club, scoring 56 goals.

In 1957 he moved to Chile toplay for Green Cross and in 1959 he joined Universidad de Chile where he became an important member of the team that became known as the "Ballet Azul" (Blue Ballet). He won four league championship titles with the club and is still one of the top scoring players in the history of the club with 82 goals in 190 games.

In 1963 he gained Chilean citizenship and played one game for the Chile national team against Uruguay in the "Copa Juan Pinto Durán".

Álvarez left "La U" in 1965 and returned to Green Cross, who had changed their name to Green Cross Temuco, he played his final season in 1967 for Audax Italiano.

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