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Leonel lvarez
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Leonel de Jess lvarez Zuleta (born 30 July 1965 in Remedios, Colombia) is a former Colombian football defensive midelder and former coach of Deportivo Cali. He played 101 times for the Colombia national team between 1985 and 1995, making him the 2nd most capped player in Colombian international football.[1] He was also the head coach of Colombia national football team [1]

Leonel lvarez

Leonel lvarez (right) with former Medelln mayor, Sergio Fajardo (left) Personal information Full name Date of birth Place of birth Height Leonel de Jess lvarez Zuleta 30 July 1965 Remedios, Colombia 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Club information Current club Deportivo Cali (manager) Senior career* Years 19831987 19881989 1990 19901992 19921995 1996 1997 Team Independiente Medelln Atltico Nacional Amrica de Cali Real Valladolid Amrica de Cali Dallas Burn Veracruz Apps (Gls) 189 42 0 35 115 22 20 (3) (0) (0) (0) (5) (3) (2)

Playing position Defensive midelder

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19981999 19992001 2002 20032004 Total

Dallas Burn New England Revolution Deportivo Pereira Deportes Quindo National team

48 58 25 16 570

(0) (2) (1) (0) (16)

19851995

Colombia Teams managed

101

(1)

20082010 2011 2012 20132014

Independiente Medelln Colombia Itag Deportivo Cali

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. Appearances (Goals).

(http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1373159&s=mundial& type=story) On the pitch, Leonel was known for his intense physical defense, which made him very popular among the Colombian fans.

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1 2 3 4 5 Club career International career After retirement Coaching career Career statistics 5.1 International goals 6 References 7 External links

Club career
lvarez began his career with Independiente Medelln in 1983. In 1989, he was part of the Atltico Nacional team that won the Copa Libertadores in 1989. He won a Colombian league title with Amrica de Cali in 1990 and another in 1995.

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He has also played for Veracruz of Mexico and Real Valladolid of Spain. lvarez signed with Major League Soccer before the league's inaugural 1996 season, and was allocated to the Dallas Burn. In his rst year with the team, lvarez was clearly one of the league's best players, as he scored three goals and ve assists for the team from a defensive mideld position, and was named to the MLS Best XI. Unfortunately for the Burn, lvarez moved to Mexico for the 1997 season, where he played for Veracruz. He did not return until 1998, when he quickly recovered his starting position; lvarez would be an extremely important player in the Burn's central mideld for the next two years, but near the end of 1999, was traded to the New England Revolution for Ariel Graziani. lvarez would play for the Revolution through 2001, always an important starter, before the team decided not to renew his contract for the 2002 season. Late in his career, he returned to Colombia football, where he played in Colombia for Deportes Quindo and for Deportivo Pereira.

International career
lvarez appeared in a total of 101 games for the Colombia, making his debut 14 February 1985 against Poland. He appeared for Colombia in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, playing in a total of seven games. Additionally, he played in Copa Amrica for his native country in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1995.

After retirement
lvarez has maintained a low prole since retiring, but has been back in the limelight in appearances in Colombian reality shows such as "La Isla de los Famosos."

Coaching career
He has held the position of technical assistant at Deportivo Pereira, one of his former clubs. In 2008, he worked as the assistant coach at Independiente Medelln, the team he began his career with. Working as Santiago Escobars understudy. After bad results Escobar was red and nishing dead last Leonel was promoted and given his rst head coach opportunity. In his debut season as a coach, he helped make DIM champions. In May 2010, he was named the assistant coach of the Colombia national team. In September 2011, he was appointed head coach of the team, following the resignation of Hernn Bolillo Gmez. He got o to a good start by crushing Bolivia, but was sacked on 14 December that year after the Colombian squad recorded a 11 draw with Venezuela and a 21 loss with Argentina in the World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Career statistics
International goals
# 1. Date 10 June 1987 Venue Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medelln, Colombia Opponent Score Result Competition Ecuador 10 Win Friendly

Correct as of 8 March 2012

References
1. ^ rsssf: Colombia record international footballers (http://www.rsssf.com /miscellaneous/col-recintlp.html)

External links
Leonel lvarez (http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/13684.html) at National-Football-Teams.com International statistics (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/alvarez-intl.html) at rsssf Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonel_lvarez& oldid=604341160" Categories: 1965 births Living people People from Antioquia Department Colombian footballers Independiente Medelln footballers Amrica de Cali footballers Atltico Nacional footballers Deportes Quindo footballers Deportivo Pereira footballers Real Valladolid footballers Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz footballers FC Dallas players New England Revolution players La Liga footballers Liga MX footballers Major League Soccer players Major League Soccer All-Stars Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in Mexico Colombia international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players Association football midelders FIFA Century Club 1987 Copa Amrica players 1989 Copa Amrica players 1991 Copa Amrica players 1993 Copa Amrica players 1995 Copa Amrica players Deportivo Cali managers This page was last modied on 15 April 2014 at 19:06.
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