He was remembered for a great slalom goal in the world cup: Who is Julian Alvarez?
Alvarez was one of the star players in the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar.
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In the Qatar 2022 World Cup, one of the prominent names after Lionel Messi in Argentina's progress to the final was the young star, Julian Alvarez. In Argentina, who beat Croatia 3-0 in the semi-finals and reached the final, Julian Alvarez scored two goals for his team.
After the corner kick used by Croatia in the 39th minute of the match, Argentina caught the ball and went on a fast attack. Julian Alvarez, who met the ball in the opponent's half with Messi's pass, dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Alvarez, who found the ball that bounced from the defense twice in front of him, touched the ball in the left diagonal of the goal area and the leather round went into the net from the right of the goalkeeper Livakovic.
Julian Alvarez, who had a chance to play as a result of Lautora Martinez's poor performance in the 2022 World Cup, became one of the most important names on the team.
Julian Alvarez was born on January 31, 2000, in the Calchin region of Argentina. He is 1.70 meters tall and plays in the forward position. The young football player, who can play at the forward end of the right and left-wing outside the striker area, started his football life by playing in the infrastructure of the Argentine team Atletico Calchin.
Julian Alvarez started his football career with Atletico Calchin, the team of his hometown, and soon attracted the attention of River Plate. The talented football player, who started to play in the River Plate youth teams in 2016, was promoted to the River Plate A Team in 2018. On January 31, 2021, he transferred to the English giant Manchester City for 21.40 million euros. The young player, who played a total of 53 matches in his career, recorded 29 goals and 9 assists in these matches. The current market value of Julian Alvarez is € 32 million.
Alvarez, who had the chance to play in Argentina's A Team with the 2022 World Cup, scored 4 goals in 6 matches in the World Cup.
May 2022
Alvarez scored 6 goals, made history!
Julian Alvarez, who was transferred by Manchester City in January but allowed him to play on loan with River Plate until the end of the season, made history with 6 goals in the Lima match.
Alvarez, who became famous in South America with 24 goals scored last season, reached 14 goals in 17 games this season, and 6 of these goals were left to Lima nets on Wednesday night.
2021 Copa America champion River Plate knocked out Alianza Lima 8-1 in the Copa Libertadores group stage match, while Julian Alvarez made a double hat-trick in club history. Alvarez, who scored three goals in both halves against the Peruvian team, became the first player in the 121-year history of River Plate to score 6 goals in one game.
The performance of Alvarez, who became the second player in Copa Libertadores history to score 6 goals in a single match since Juan Carlos Sanchez in 1985, also caught the attention of English fans.
Some Manchester City fans commented, "We don't need Haaland", "Alvarez can leave Haaland as a substitute", referring to the transfer of Erling Haaland.
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