Jorge Alvial is a Chilean

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coach/sports manager and current head of scouting for

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. Previously, he had been an international

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for

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, and for Chelsea for over nine years.

Career

He had a career as a football player with

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in his country of birth and with American clubs such as Washington Stars, where he coincided with

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, the father of

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. In 2006, Alvial was the

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of the

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, recruiting players such as three-time Argentine national title winner

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and Chilean international

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to join his team. However, during his 2006 undefeated season, however, he left the team to be chief scout of the Americas for Chelsea alongside Hans Gillhaus and world-known scout Piet de Visser. From when he joined Chelsea in 2006, Alvial has worked with Chelsea managers

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and

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. On 11 January 2008, though still hired at Chelsea, Alvial joined the

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coaching staff for a short period of time to evaluate players at the

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(MLS) level. Alvial, however, returned to Chelsea to continue his position as chief scout for the Americas the same year. Alvial did not work in the MLS very long. He was linked to convincing the Argentine Legend of

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, Guillermo Barros Schelotto to the

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for only a salary cap of only $150,000 the first year. With Schelotto, Columbus won their first ever MLS Cup Playoffs. Alvial was also linked to getting Marcos González and three-time Chilean national title champion Milovan Mirošević to sign for the Crew. During his short spell at FC Dallas, Alvial discovered

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at the MLS Combine and twins Rogelio and Ramiro Funes Mori at the

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. FC Dallas first round pick was Shea at the

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; Shea later went to play for the

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and signed for a fee of $3.8 million in

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. Before Alvial went back to scout for Chelsea, he discovered the Funes Mori twins at MLS Sueño. The twins did not end up signing in FC Dallas and instead signed for a bigger and more world-known club River Plate – Ramiro, the defender, won the national title and

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with River Plate while Rogelio, the forward, soon signed at Benfica for €2 million.

Personal life

Alvial has one daughter, Isabel Alvial, and three sons named Jorge, Greyson, and professional footballer Javier Alvial.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvial, Jorge 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Iquique Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Washington Stars players Chilean Primera División players American Soccer League (1988–89) players American Professional Soccer League players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Men's association football goalkeepers Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Puerto Rico Islanders managers USL First Division coaches Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff FC Cincinnati non-playing staff Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Chilean expatriate sportspeople in England 20th-century Chilean sportsmen