Gastón Álvarez
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| Full name | Pedro Gastón Álvarez Sosa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Qadsiah | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors Melo | |||||||||||||||||
| Cerro Largo | |||||||||||||||||
| Defensor Sporting | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Defensor Sporting | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Boston River | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Getafe (loan) | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Getafe | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Al-Qadsiah | 52 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Uruguay U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Uruguay U20 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Uruguay U22 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Pedro Gastón Álvarez Sosa (born 24 March 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah.[1]
Álvarez made his professional debut on 31 March 2019, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 4–2 league defeat against Racing Montevideo.[2][3] He scored his first professional goal on 11 May 2019, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 draw against River Plate Montevideo.[4]
Álvarez joined Boston River in April 2021 following Defensor's relegation to Segunda División.[5] On 28 January of the following year, he moved abroad and joined Spanish La Liga side Getafe CF on loan until June 2023.[6]
On 19 August 2024, Álvarez move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Qadsiah in a 4-year package worth €12 million.[7]
International career
Álvarez is a former Uruguay youth international. In June 2019, he was named in Uruguay's 18-man squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[8][9]
On 21 October 2022, Álvarez was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[10]
