Gael Álvarez
Mexican footballer (born 2006)
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Gael Arturo Álvarez Montiel (born 9 March 2006) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Pachuca.
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| Full name | Gael Arturo Álvarez Montiel[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 March 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 240 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Tuzos | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico U15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Mexico U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Mexico U17 | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 September 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Club career
Álvarez started at the Age of 9, at Tuzos Guasave FC.[3] He then joined the academy of professional side Pachuca at under-13 level.[4] In April 2023, Álvarez represented Pachuca at the Future Cup, hosted by Dutch side Ajax, where he caught the eye of a number of clubs across Europe.[5] In August of the same year, he was taken on trial by Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord, though he was only allowed by Pachuca to spend fifteen days on the trial, as he was still a minor, with the club affirming that Álvarez was "non-transferrable".[6]
On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[7]
International career
Álvarez was called up to Mexico's under-16 squad for the 2022 edition of the Montaigu Tournament, as Mexico finished in eighth position.[1]
Having represented Mexico's under-17 team since 2021, Carrillo was called up to the squad for the 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. He scored Mexico's opening goal of the tournament, a second minute scissor kick in an eventual 9–0 win against Curaçao, before adding to his tally in Mexico's 6–0 win against Nicaragua in the round of sixteen.[8] For his performances, he was named 'player of the tournament', as Mexico won the competition, beating the United States 3–1 in the final.[2][9][10]
Honours
Individual
- CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Golden Ball: 2023
- CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Best XI: 2023
- IFFHS CONCACAF Youth (U20) Best XI: 2024[11]