Yordany Alvarez

Personal information
Full name	Yordany Alvarez Oropeza
Date of birth	May 24, 1985 (1985-05-24) (age 24)
Place of birth	Cuba
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Austin Aztex
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2008	FC Cienfuegos
2009–	Austin Aztex	14	(3)
National team
	Cuba U-23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Yordany Alvarez (born May 24, 1985) is a Cuban soccer player who currently plays for Austin Aztex in the USL First Division.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Cuba 1.2 United States 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Cuba

Alvarez began his career in his native Cuba, playing with FC Cienfuegos in the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba.

While playing for the Cuban U-23 national team in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Tampa, Florida in March 2008, Alvarez along with several other members of the team, defected to the United States under the wet foot dry foot scheme that allows Cubans who reach U.S. soil to obtain asylum.^[1]

[edit] United States

Following an unsuccessful trial with Los Angeles Galaxy^[2], Alvarez was signed to a professional contract by the USL First Division expansion franchise Austin Aztex after attending the Aztex open tryouts in California in March 2009. He made his debut for the team on April 18, 2009, in Austin's USL1 season opener against Minnesota Thunder.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Austin Aztex bio

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