Cristian Álvarez (Salvadoran footballer)

For other people named Cristian Álvarez, see Cristian Álvarez (disambiguation).

Cristian Edgardo Álvarez Cruz (born 19 April 1978 in Santa Ana) is a former Salvadoran professional footballer and currently manager.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]}

Cristian Álvarez

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Edgardo Álvarez Cruz
Date of birth	(1978-04-19) April 19, 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth	Santa Ana, El Salvador
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre midfielder Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1994	C.D. FAS reserves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	C.D. FAS
1999–2000	→ Espinho (loan)
2000–2001	C.D. Dragón
2001–2015	C.D. FAS
International career
2000–2006	El Salvador	16	(0)
Managerial career
2016	Juventud Candelareño
2017–2018	C.D. FAS[1][2][3][4][5]
2018	C.D. FAS (U-17)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.

Club career

Álvarez came through the youth system at C.D. FAS and signed professional terms with them in 1995.

In 1999, he joined Portuguese Second Division club Espinho on loan, but returned to El Salvador after only one season for play with C.D. Dragón.

In 2001, Álvarez rejoined C.D. FAS.

International career

Álvarez made his debut for El Salvador in an October 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against St Vincent & the Grenadines and has earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.

He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[29] and played at the 2001 and 2005 UNCAF Cups.

His final international game was a November 2006 friendly match against Panama.

Honours

Player

Club

C.D. FAS

• Primera División
  • Champion: Clausura 2002, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2005, Apertura 2009
  • Runners-up: Clausura 1999, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2006, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2011, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2013