Álvaro Saborío

Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo saβoˈɾi.o]; born 25 March 1982) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a forward, who most recently played for Costa Rican side A.D. San Carlos. Saborío originally retired in 2017, but returned months later.^[2] He is perhaps best known for being an extremely strong forward on Championship Manager 5.

Álvaro Saborío

Saborío playing for D.C. United in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón
Date of birth	(1982-03-25) 25 March 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Monterrey B
	Coyotes de Saltillo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2006	Saprissa	149	(95)
2006–2010	Sion	87	(36)
2009–2010	→ Bristol City (loan)	19	(2)
2010	→ Real Salt Lake (loan)	27	(12)
2011–2015	Real Salt Lake	100	(51)
2015–2016	D.C. United	31	(10)
2017	Saprissa	4	(1)
2018–2022	San Carlos	125	(62)
2020–2021	→ Alajuelense (loan)	18	(6)
International career‡
2004	Costa Rica U23	15	(13)
2002–2019	Costa Rica	111	(36)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:37, 21 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2019

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 July 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
Saprissa	2001–02	24	11
	2002–03	36	27
	2003–04	37	25
	2004–05	21	15
	2005–06	31	17
	Total	149	95
Sion	2006–07	31	14
	2007–08	34	17
	2008–09	22	5
	Total	87	36
Bristol City (loan)	2009–10	19	2
Real Salt Lake	2010	27	12
	2011	23	11
	2012	31	17
	2013	16	12
	2014	16	8
	2015	14	3
	Total	127	63
D.C. United	2015	12	4
	2016	19	6
	Total	31	10
Saprissa	2016–17	4	1
A.D. San Carlos	2018–19	48	28
	2019–20	28	13
	2020–21	22	9
	Total	98	50
Alajuelense (loan)	2020–21	18	6
Career total		533	263

International career statistics

Costa Rica national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2002	1	0
2003	5	2
2004	9	1
2005	5	2
2006	6	3
2007	11	2
2008	6	2
2009	16	7
Total	59	19