Gastón Álvarez
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| Full name | Pedro Gastón Álvarez Sosa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Positions | |||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Qadsiah | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors Melo | |||||||||||||||||
| Cerro Largo | |||||||||||||||||
| Defensor Sporting | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Defensor Sporting | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Boston River | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Getafe (loan) | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Getafe | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Al-Qadsiah | 61 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Uruguay U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Uruguay U20 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Uruguay U22 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
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Pedro Gastón Álvarez Sosa (born 24 March 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah.[1]
Club career
Álvarez made his professional debut on 31 March 2019, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 4–2 league defeat against Racing Montevideo.[2][3] He scored his first professional goal on 11 May 2019, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 draw against River Plate Montevideo.[4]
Álvarez joined Boston River in April 2021 following Defensor's relegation to Segunda División.[5] On 28 January of the following year, he moved abroad and joined Spanish La Liga side Getafe CF on loan until June 2023.[6]
On 19 August 2024, Álvarez move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Qadsiah in a 4-year package worth €12 million.[7]
International career
Álvarez has represented Uruguay at multiple youth levels. In June 2019, he was named in Uruguay's 18-man squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[8][9]
On 21 October 2022, Álvarez was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[10] However, he was not included in the final squad, which was announced three weeks later.[11]
Career statistics
- As of match played 21 May 2026[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Defensor Sporting | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 25 | 2 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | Uruguayan Primera División | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Boston River | 2021 | Uruguayan Primera División | 19 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||
| Getafe (loan) | 2021–22 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| Getafe | 2023–24 | La Liga | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | |
| Total | 56 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4 | ||
| Al-Qadsiah | 2024–25 | Saudi Pro League | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | Saudi Pro League | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 32 | 1 | |
| Total | 58 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 166 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 181 | 10 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, King's Cup
- ↑ Appearance in Saudi Super Cup
Honours
Uruguay U20
- South American Games silver medal: 2018[12]
References
- 1 2 Gastón Álvarez at Soccerway
- ↑ "Racing vs. Defensor Sporting". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Debutantes de la 7a fecha". Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ↑ "Defensor Sporting vs. River Plate". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Gastón Álvarez no seguirá en Defensor Sporting". Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ↑ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Gastón Álvarez" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Gastón Álvarez] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ↑ "القادسية يضم المدافع ألڤاريز" (in Arabic). 19 August 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ "Convocados para los Panamericanos de Lima 2019". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Datos del plantel panamericano de Uruguay". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar" (in Spanish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ↑ "Se confirmó la lista de convocados para la Copa Mundial de Catar 2022". 10 November 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Chile 1 - 0 Uruguay" (in Spanish). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
External links
- Gastón Álvarez at WorldFootball.net
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Melo, Uruguay
- Men's association football central defenders
- Men's association football full-backs
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguay men's youth international footballers
- Defensor Sporting players
- Boston River players
- Getafe CF footballers
- Al Qadsiah FC players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- La Liga players
- South American Games silver medalists for Uruguay
- South American Games medalists in football
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Uruguayan football defender stubs