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Arturo Alvarez
Personal information
Full name	José Arturo Alvarez
Date of birth	June 28, 1985 (age 24)
Place of birth	Houston, Texas, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	San Jose Earthquakes
Number	10
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October, 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October, 2009

Arturo Alvarez (born June 28, 1985 in Houston, Texas) is an American-born Salvadoran soccer player who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer, and for the El Salvador national team.

[edit] Career

[edit] Professional

Alvarez did not play college soccer; instead, he joined the MLS in 2003, signing a Project-40 contract, and was selected thirteenth overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. In his first year, Alvarez scored his first MLS goal on June 14, 2003, against FC Dallas but would go on to get limited playing time. However, the 'Quakes traded him to Dallas before the 2005 season in a deal that included Richard Mulrooney and Brad Davis.

During the 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs, in the second leg of FC Dallas' Conference semifinal match with the Houston Dynamo, Alvarez was sent off for "violent conduct" after he kneed Brad Davis in the groin while out of bounds in the forty-seventh minute. Dallas went on to lose the game 4–1, and the match 4–2 on aggregate.

In November 2007 Alvarez had a one week trial with French club Bordeaux, but did not sign with them.

Alvarez was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes in July 2008 for allocation money and their first round draft pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. In his debut, he scored the first goal of the match against the Los Angeles Galaxy in a match that ended 3–2.

[edit] International

[edit] United States

Alvarez represented the United States in various youth levels – U-17, U-18, and U-20. He also participated in various matches and training camps with the U-23 team.

[edit] El Salvador

Even though Alvarez represented the U.S. on various youth teams, he was never called up to the senior national team. Being of Salvadoran decent, Alvarez was invited to play for the El Salvador national team by coach Carlos de los Cobos.^[1] On August 12, 2009, Alvarez made his debut for El Salvador in a World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago. On September 5, 2009, Alvarez started in a World Cup qualifier against his home country at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. El Salvador fell, 2–1. On September 9, 2009, Alvarez played his first home game in Estadio Cuscatlán, in San Salvador, El Salvador against Costa Rica. El Salvador was victorious 1-0.

[edit] See also

List of current MLS players

[edit] References

^ American playing for El Salvador in Cup qualifier, ESPN, 2009-09-03, http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=673609&sec=us&cc=5901, retrieved 2009-09-05

[edit] External links

MLS player profile

[0] American playing for El Salvador in Cup qualifier, ESPN, 2009-09-03, http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=673609&sec=us&cc=5901, retrieved 2009-09-05

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