Álvaro Sarabia
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Álvaro Gustavo Sarabia Navarro (born 5 January 1978) is a Chilean former
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
. His last club was Deportes Puerto Montt, then member of the
Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...


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 Puerto Montt (Mapuche: Meli Pulli) is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago. The commune spa ...
, 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 The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ''Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital ...
. 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 Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
. 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.


Personal life

Following his retirement, he made his home in
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, Los Lagos Region, and has worked as a chauffeur.


Honours


Individual

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


References


External links


Sarabia at Football Lineups
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarabia, Alvaro 1978 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Liga MX players Colo-Colo footballers C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers Deportes Puerto Montt footballers Chiapas F.C. footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Lota Schwager footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Men's association football forwards