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#8M🇨🇴 ColombiaSigned
Leonel
ÁLVAREZ
#8M🇨🇴 ColombiaSigned- Born
- 1965
- Age
- 60
- From
- Remedios, Colombia
- Debut
- 1983
- Previously
- Deportes Quindío
A combative central midfielder, capped 101 times by Colombia and the engine of the golden generation alongside Valderrama. Two World Cups, a Copa Libertadores with Atlético Nacional in 1989, and a place in the 1996 MLS Best XI in the league's inaugural season.
Apps
Goals
Trophies
MVP
International
101
1
4
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Club career
570
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4
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Trophy cabinet
Honors
- Copa Libertadores1989
- Categoría Primera A1990, 1992
- World Cup appearances1990, 1994
- MLS Best XI1996
Club career
Timeline
- 1983–1986Independiente Medellín
- 1987–1989Atlético Nacional
- 1990–1992Real Valladolid
- 1992–1995América de Cali
- 1996Dallas Burn
- 1999–2001New England Revolution
- 2003–2004Deportes Quindío
Did you know
Three things to drop into conversation
- 01Third most-capped player in Colombian football history with 101 senior appearances.
- 02Three goals from defensive midfield in MLS's inaugural 1996 season got him into the Best XI.
- 03Only manager to win the Colombian title twice with Independiente Medellín after his playing days.