Álvaro Saborío
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| Álvaro Saborío | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón | |
| Date of birth | March 25, 1982 (age 25) | |
| Place of birth | San Carlos, Costa Rica | |
| Height | 183cm | |
| Playing position | forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | FC Sion | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001- 2006 |
Deportivo Saprissa- FC Sion |
? (?) 2 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002- | Costa Rica | 25 (7) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Álvaro Saborío Chacón (born March 25, 1982) is a Costa Rican soccer player, who currently plays striker for FC Sion of Switzerland.
Saborio began his career with Deportivo Saprissa in his native Costa Rica. Saborío was the leading goal-scorer of the 2003-2004 Costa Rican season, finishing the year with 25 goals, five above Whayne Wilson.
He is also an important player for the Costa Rica national football team at numerous levels. He represented the U-23 team at the 2004 Olympics, scoring the Qualifying goal that took them there, and subsequently starting 3 of four games for the team, scoring a goal against Portugal. He has also been capped for the full national team 22 times bagging 7 goals, playing for the team during 2006 World Cup Qualifying.
With Saprissa, he has won a national championship and a CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C. At the tournament, he scored two goals and ended up tied with 3 more players as the top scorers.
He moved to Switzerland after playing for Costa Rica at the 2006 World Cup.
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Costa Rica squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Mesén | 2 Drummond | 3 Marín | 4 Umaña | 5 Martínez | 6 Fonseca | 7 Bolaños | 8 Solís | 9 Wanchope | 10 Centeno | 11 Gómez | 12 González | 13 Bernard | 14 Azofeifa | 15 Wallace | 16 Hernández | 17 Badilla | 18 Porras | 19 Saborío | 20 Sequeira | 21 Núñez | 22 Rodríguez | 23 Alfaro | Coach: Guimarães |
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