Álvaro Saborío
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Saborío playing for D.C. United in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Deportivo Saprissa | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Monterrey B | |||
| Coyotes de Saltillo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | Saprissa | 151 | (95) |
| 2006–2010 | Sion | 91 | (38) |
| 2009–2010 | → Bristol City (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Real Salt Lake (loan) | 27 | (12) |
| 2011–2015 | Real Salt Lake | 100 | (51) |
| 2015–2016 | D.C. United | 31 | (10) |
| 2017– | Saprissa | 1 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Costa Rica U23 | 15 | (13) |
| 2002–2016 | Costa Rica | 108 | (35) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 August 2016 |
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Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo saβoˈɾi.o]; born 25 March 1982) is a Costa Rican footballer, who plays for Saprissa in Costa Rican Primera División.
A full international for Costa Rica since 2002, Saborío has over 100 caps and 35 goals for the nation, whom he represented at five CONCACAF Gold Cups, in addition to one tournament each at the Olympics, FIFA World Cup and Copa América.
Saborío is a product of CF Monterrey's youth system. He played with the club's reserve team in the Segunda División de México and with affiliate Coyotes de Saltillo in the Primera A.
Saborio began his professional career with Saprissa in his native Costa Rica. He made his Costa Rican Primera División debut against Limonense on 8 August 2001. Saborío was the leading goal-scorer of the 2003–2004 Costa Rican season, finishing the year with 25 goals, five above Whayne Wilson.
With Saprissa, he has won a league title 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 and Liverpool. At the tournament, he scored two goals and ended up tied with three other players for top scoring honors.
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