Skelly Alvero

Skelly Alvero
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002[1]
Place of birth Stains, France
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)[1][2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Werder Bremen
Number 28
Youth career
Red Star
2017–2020 Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Sochaux II 24 (2)
2021–2023 Sochaux 31 (2)
2023–2024 Lyon 8 (1)
2023–2024 Lyon II 1 (0)
2024 → Werder Bremen (loan) 6 (1)
2024– Werder Bremen 14 (0)
2026 → Amiens (loan) 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2026

Skelly Alvero (born 4 May 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.

Career

A youth product of Red Star, Alvero moved to the Sochaux youth academy on 25 May 2017.[3] He began his senior career with the Sochaux reserves in 2020.[4] He debuted with the senior Sochaux squad as a late substitute in a 3–0 Coupe de France win over Bresse Jura Foot on 13 November 2021.[5] He signed his first professional contract for three seasons on 18 February 2022.[2]

On 4 July 2023, Alvero left Sochaux to sign a five-year contract with Ligue 1 side Lyon.[6] He scored his first goal in Ligue 1 on 5 November 2023 against FC Metz.[7]

On 31 January 2024, Alvero joined Bundesliga side Werder Bremen on a loan deal until the end of the season, with an option to buy included.[8] Lyon disclosed the loan fee as €250,000 plus a potential €100,000 in bonuses and the purchase fee as up to €6.25 million.[8] After five substitute appearances he made his starting debut for Werder Bremen on 30 March 2024, in a 2–0 loss against VfL Wolfsburg, playing 79 minutes before being substituted.[9] Werder exercised its option and signed Alvero to a permanent deal on 10 June 2024.[10]

On 2 February 2026, Alvero moved on loan to Amiens in Ligue 2.[11]

Personal life

Skelly Alvero was born in Stains, in the northern suburbs of Paris. He holds French, Angolan, Malagasy citizenship.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 July 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sochaux B 2020–21 N3 - Bourgogne 30——30
2021–22 N3 - Bourgogne 212——212
Total 242——242
Sochaux 2022–23 Ligue 2 31220—332
Lyon 2023–24 Ligue 1 8100—81
Lyon II 2023–24 N3 - Group K 10–—10
Werder Bremen (loan) 2023–24 Bundesliga 61–—61
Werder Bremen 2024–25 Bundesliga 12000–120
2025–26 Bundesliga 2000–20
2026–27 Bundesliga 0000–00
Total 14000–140
Amiens (loan) 2025–26 Ligue 2 80–—80
Career total 9262000946

References

  1. 1 2 "Skelly Alvero | SV Werder Bremen | Player Profile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Ligue 2. FC Sochaux : premier contrat professionnel pour Skelly Alvero". www.estrepublicain.fr.
  3. ↑ "Skelly ALVERO (Red star-2002) signe au FC Sochaux!".
  4. ↑ "Premier contrat professionnel pour Skelly Alvero". www.fcsochaux.fr.
  5. ↑ "Football. Coupe de France : Bresse Jura cède avec les honneurs face à Sochaux (1-3)". www.leprogres.fr.
  6. ↑ "Skelly Alvero (Sochaux) va signer à l'OL" (in French). L'Équipe. 4 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Lyon wait for a win goes on". Ligue1 COM. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Werder leiht Alvero zu "überschaubaren Konditionen": Lyon veröffentlicht Zahlen" [Werder loans Alvero on "manageable terms": Lyon publishes figures]. kicker (in German). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Winkelmann, Marius; Bürger, Malte (31 March 2024). "Werder Bremen: So lief die Startelf-Premiere für Skelly Alvero" [Werder Bremen: How Skelly Alvero's starting XI debut went]. Weser Kurier (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Option Gezogen: Werder Verpflichtet Skelly Alvero" [Option Exercised: Werder Signs Skelly Alvero]. Werder.de (in German). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Skelly Alvero est Amiénois !" [Skelly Alvero is at Amiens!] (in French). Amiens SC. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "Skelly Alvero". sport.de.
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