Ernesto Bernardo Álvarez Terojín (August 10, 1928 in Fuentes – September 27, 2010 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine and Chilean football striker. He played club football in Argentina and Chile.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernesto Bernardo Álvarez Terojín | ||
| Date of birth | August 10, 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Fuentes, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | September 27, 2010 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| América de Funtes | |||
| Rosario Central | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1956 | Banfield | 152 | (56) |
| 1957–1958 | Green Cross | ||
| 1959–1965 | Universidad de Chile | 190 | (71) |
| 1966 | Green Cross Temuco | ||
| 1967 | Audax Italiano | ||
| International career | |||
| 1963 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2008 | |||
Álvarez played youth football for América de Funtes and Rosario Central before joining Banfield in 1948. He went on to make 152 appearances for the club, scoring 56 goals.
In 1957 he moved to Chile toplay for Green Cross and in 1959 he joined Universidad de Chile where he became an important member of the team that became known as the "Ballet Azul" (Blue Ballet). He won four league championship titles with the club and is still one of the top scoring players in the history of the club with 82 goals in 190 games.
In 1963 he gained Chilean citizenship and played one game for the Chile national team against Uruguay in the "Copa Juan Pinto Durán".
Álvarez left "La U" in 1965 and returned to Green Cross, who had changed their name to Green Cross Temuco, he played his final season in 1967 for Audax Italiano.
Honours
Club
- Universidad de Chile
- Primera División de Chile: 1959, 1962, 1964 and 1965
External links
- Universidad de Chile profile (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 December 2008)
- Ernesto Álvarez at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007) (in Spanish)