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ESJulian Alvarez’s impressive River stats River’s forward and goal scorer played his last match against Velez before leaving for Manchester City.
-He was born in Calchin, in the province of Cordoba. He was trained in River’s Youth Division, where he made his official debut on October 27th, 2018, against Aldosivi, at the Monumental Stadium. Before that, he had played a friendly match against Talleres, in which he scored a goal.
-He was the greatest goal scorer in the 2021 PFL, when River became the champion: 18 goals and 6 assists in 21 matches. Furthermore, he came third in terms of shots per match (3.1) and seventh in terms of passes for shots made to his teammates (45).
-He is the only player in River Plate’s history to have scored six goals in one match: he did it against Alianza Lima, on Matchday 6 of the 2022 CONMEBOL Libertadores group stage. He is also the second player to achieve that in the history of the competition.
-Out of the 35 official River matches in which he scored at least once, el Millonario only lost 2 matches, drew 5, and won the remaining 28.
-He played nine matches for Argentina’s national football team, as part of the starting line up in two of them (Ecuador in the South American playoffs and a friendly match against Estonia). It was against Ecuador, when he made his debut starting appearance, that he scored his only goal. He was also a member of the team that won the 2021 CONMEBOL Copa America and the 2022 Finalissima.
STATS FROM OFFICIAL TOURNAMENTS 122 matches. 7940 minutes. 54 goals. 29 assists (a goal participation every 96 minutes). 278 shots (128 shots on goal, 46% effectiveness). 2.3 shots per match (1.0 shots on goal). 226 passes for shots, 1.9 passes for shots per match.
TEAMS HE PLAYED AGAINST THE MOST Boca Juniors: 7. Argentinos: 6. Gimnasia La Plata: 5 Aldosivi: 5
TEAMS HE SCORED AGAINST THE MOST Patronato: 7. Alianza Lima: 6. Boca Juniors: 3.
Data: OPTA.
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