Juan Álvarez (footballer, born 1942) explained

Juan Álvarez
Full Name:Juan Silvestre Álvarez Rubiño
Birth Date:30 October 1942
Birth Place:Mejillones, Chile
Death Place:Valparaíso, Chile
Height:1.75 m
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:Rápido de Mejillones
Youthclubs2:Viva Chile
Years1:1958–1962
Clubs1:San Luis
Years2:1962–1969
Caps2:178
Goals2:71
Years3:1969–1970
Clubs3:Lota Schwager
Years4:1971–1972
Caps4:40
Goals4:10
Years5:1972
Clubs5:Palestino
Years6:1973
Clubs6:Bolívar
Years7:1973–1974
Caps7:11
Goals7:4
Years8:1974–1975
Caps8:52
Goals8:13
Years9:1976
Clubs9:Unión La Calera
Managerclubs1:Santiago Wanderers (youth)

Juan Silvestre Álvarez Rubiño (30 October 1942 – 28 October 2023) was a Chilean football striker who played for clubs in Chile and Bolivia. A historical player of Santiago Wanderers, he is the top goalscorer in the club history.

Playing career

A striker, Álvarez was with both Rápido from Mejillones and Viva Chile from Limache in his youth career. He began his professional career with San Luis de Quillota in 1958, winning the league title of the Segunda División and earning promotion to the top division.[1]

In the top division, he played for San Luis, Santiago Wanderers, Lota Schwager[2] and Deportes La Serena.[3] A historical player of Santiago Wanderers, he won the second league title for the club in 1968 alongside well remembered players such as Vicente Cantatore,, Juan Olivares, among others, a team known as The Panzers.[4] He also became the top goalscorer in the club history with 84 goals[5] and has been chosen as centre-forward of the all-time team by the club fans.[6]

He coincided with his fellow Ricardo Cabrera[7] in Santiago Wanderers, Lota Schwager and Deportes La Serena, becoming his best attacking partner.[2]

He scored the first goal in the history of the Estadio Monumental of Colo-Colo as a player of Santiago Wanderers, in a match against Santiago Morning on 20 April 1975.[8]

In the second division, he played for Lota Schwager, Palestino and Unión La Calera, his last club.[2] At that division, he also won the league titles in 1969 with Lota Schwager[9] and 1972 with Palestino.[1]

Abroad, he had a stint with Bolivian club Bolívar of the in 1973.[4] [1]

Well known for his strong personality, he retired in 1976 as a player of Unión La Calera, due to the fact that he was sanctioned for fifteen matchdays after supposedly assaulting a referee.[2]

Coaching career

Álvarez worked for many years in the Santiago Wanderers youth ranks, taking part in the training of players such as David Pizarro and Reinaldo Navia.[10]

Personal life

Born in Mejillones, Chile, Álvarez moved to Limache along with his family in 1955. As a student, he attended the Rafael Ariztía Institute of the Marist Brothers.[2]

Álvarez, nicknamed Tanque (Tank), is the father of another former player of Santiago Wanderers, Claudio Álvarez, who inherited the nickname.[11]

Álvarez died on 28 October 2023, at the age of 80.[12] [8]

Legacy

The municipal sports complex of Mejillones, his city of birth, was given his name, '"Juan Álvarez Rubiño".[13] [14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juan ÁLVAREZ . Memoria Wanderers . 21 July 2023 . es.
  2. Web site: Chomsky . El Tanque Álvarez . . 22 July 2023 . es . 15 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Club de Deportes LA SERENA . Fútbol en América . 22 July 2023 . es . 5 December 2015.
  4. Web site: Panzers del 68 visitaron al emblemático "Tanque" Álvarez . corporacionwanderers.cl . 22 July 2023 . es . 5 October 2016.
  5. (Santiago Wanderers) . 24 October 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  6. (Santiago Wanderers de Vaparaíso) Juan "Tanque" Álvarez es el 9 elegido por la Familia Wanderina para el Equipo Histórico de Santiago Wanderers . 8 May 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  7. Web site: Ricardo Cabrera . Partidos de La Roja . 22 July 2023 . es.
  8. Web site: Díaz . Matías . Fallece Juan Álvarez, autor del primer gol anotado en el Estadio Monumental en el año 1975 . Dale Albo . 29 October 2023 . es . 29 October 2023.
  9. Web site: LOTA SCHWAGER: 47 AÑOS DE FÚTBOL Y PASIÓN MINERA . www.anfp.cl . . 22 July 2023 . es . 10 May 2013.
  10. Web site: Schiappacasse . Aldo . EyN: Los "tanques" no pasan de moda . www.economiaynegocios.cl . . 22 July 2023 . es . 20 January 2017.
  11. Web site: Es un orgullo trabajar en un modelo deportivo tan exitoso como el de Viña . Historia Deportiva . 12 March 2023 . es . 21 January 2016.
  12. Web site: Falleció Juan "Tanque" Álvarez Rubiño: histórico goleador de Santiago Wanderers . SoyChile . 29 October 2023 . es . 29 October 2023.
  13. Web site: Juan ‘El Tanque’ Álvarez se llamará el nuevo polideportivo de Mejillones . SoyChile . 22 July 2023 . es . 7 January 2014.
  14. Web site: Tocopilla se quedó con el cuadrangular de básquetbol que se disputó en Mejillones . SoyChile . 22 July 2023 . es . 19 October 2015.