Luciano Álvarez

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Luciano Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Luciano Álvarez
Date of birth November 30, 1978 (1978-11-30) (age 29)
Place of birth    Lanús, Argentina
Playing position striker
Club information
Current club Coquimbo Unido
Number 30
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2000
2001
2002-2004
2005
2005-2006
2006
2006-2007
2007-Present
Independiente
Savona
Inter Turku
CD Linares
Yeovil Town
Comunicaciones
Coquimbo Unido
Instituto




4 (1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 31 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Luciano Álvarez is an Argentine football striker. He was born on November 30, 1978, in the city of Lanús in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. He currently plays for Coquimbo Unido of the Primera División in Chile. He has played for the club since 2006.

Álvarez is a typical example of the South American international journeyman footballer. He has played for seven teams in seven different countries. He started his career at Independiente in 1999.

In 2001 Álvarez moved to Italy to try his luck with Savona but he soon moved on to Finland to play for Inter Turku between 2002 and 2004.

In 2005 he spent a while in Spain with Segunda División B side CD Linares. Later that year he moved to England to play with Yeovil Town F.C. in the fourth tier of English football. At the end of the 2004-2005 season Álvarez was released by Yeovil, he then found himself in Guatemala playing for Comunicaciones and he now plays for Coquimbo Unido in Chile.

In 2007 Álvarez returned to Argentina to sign for Instituto de Córdoba of the Argentine 2nd division.

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