Álvaro Sarabia

Álvaro Sarabia
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Gustavo Sarabia Navarro
Date of birth	January 5, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	Colo-Colo
2001	Fernández Vial
2002–2005	Deportes Puerto Montt
2005	Chiapas
2006–2007	Palestino
2008–2009	Rangers
2009	Palestino
2010	Lota Schwager
2011	Deportes Puerto Montt
International career
1997	Chile U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Álvaro Gustavo Sarabia Navarro (born 5 January 1978) is a Chilean former footballer.

His last club was Deportes Puerto Montt, then member of the Primera B de Chile

Club career

Sarabia joined Colo-Colo lower divisions at early age, being promoted to the first adult team in 1997. In 2000, he moved to Arturo Fernández Vial of the Chilean second division.

In 2002, Sarabia signed for Puerto Montt, team of the Chilean Second Division in this time. He completed a good performance in the club, achieving the second division title, promoting to the Chilean Primera División.

His Primera División debut with Puerto Montt came on 2 March 2003, in a 1–0 home win to Palestino, and scored his first goal in Primera on 27 April against his former club Colo-Colo, in a 1–1 draw. Other important goal of Sarabia in the team was against other biggest club of Chile: Universidad Católica once in a 1–1 draw. In the next season, Sarabia scored 9 goals in 31 appearances in all of the season.

Sarabia lived his best moment of his career in the season 2005, being the goalscorer of the team and of the tournament with 13 goals. After of his Puerto Montt performances, he was transferred to the Mexican club Chiapas.

In Jaguares de Chiapas, Sarabia only scored 1 goal in 12 appearances, returning to Chile to play with Palestino the Torneo de Apertura 2006. In his club debut against Coquimbo Unido, he scored in the 3–1 victory to this club. However, he only scored 3 goals in 6 games, due to an injury that he suffered. In the Clausura, he did not play in all tournaments. In the next season, he played few games with the club, being transferred to Rangers de Talca in 2008.

International career

Sarabia represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1997 South American Championship.^[1]

Personal life

Following his retirement, he made his home in Dalcahue, Los Lagos Region, and has worked as a chauffeur.^[2]

Honours

Individual

Primera División de Chile Top-scorer (1): 2005 Apertura

References

^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ Vera, Pablo (20 December 2021). "El giro en la vida de un ex Colo Colo: hoy es taxista en Chiloé" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

External links

Sarabia at Football Lineups

[1] "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2022.

[2] Vera, Pablo (20 December 2021). "El giro en la vida de un ex Colo Colo: hoy es taxista en Chiloé" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

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