Álvaro Gustavo Sarabia Navarro (born 5 January 1978) is a
Chilean former
footballer
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.
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
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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
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.
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
Dalcahue
Dalcahue is a port city and a commune in Chiloé Province, on Chiloé Island, Los Lagos Region, Chile.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute, the Dalcachue commune spans an area of and had 10,693 inhabit ...
, Los Lagos Region, and has worked as a chauffeur.
Honours
Individual
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Primera División de Chile Top-scorer (1):
2005 Apertura
References
External links
Sarabia at Football Lineups
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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