Julián Álvarez

**Julián Alvarez** (; born 31 January 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for  club Atlético Madrid and the Argentina national team.**Julián Álvarez** (born 31 January 2000) is a professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester City and the Argentina national team. He is known for his pressing, dynamic scoring ability, and link-up play, which earned him the nickname  ("The Spider").

### River Plate

Álvarez joined River Plate from Atlético Calchín in 2016, playing in the Generation Adidas Cup with the club's youth teams. Before signing for River Plate, Álvarez played with Boca Juniors and Real Madrid. He scored twice in five games for Real Madrid in a youth tournament. He was unable to join Real Madrid due to age restrictions. Álvarez was moved into River Plate's senior squad under manager Marcelo Gallardo during the 2018–19. His professional debut arrived on 27 October 2018 during a Primera División match with Aldovisi. He was subbed on for Rodrigo Mora with 26 minutes remaining of a 1–0 victory.

Álvarez showed up late during the second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores finals, with River beating their rivals, Boca Juniors. Álvarez scored the first goal of his senior career on 17 March 2019, getting a 3–0 league win over Independiente. During the next December, he scored in the 2019 Copa Argentina Final against Central Córdoba as River won 3–0 to secure the trophy in 2020. Álvarez got five goals in six Copa Libertadores group stage encounters.

On 25 May, 2022, Álvarez scored six goals for River Plate in an 8–1 win over Alianza Lima in the Copa Libertadores.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|River Plate|2018–19|Argentine Primera División|5|5|1|0|—|1|0|1|0|8|5||
|2019–20|Argentine Primera División|7|0|3|1|2|0|5|1|—|17|2||||
|2020|Argentine Primera División|10|2|3|1|1|1|11|5|—|25|9||||
|2021|Argentine Primera División|35|20|—|—|10|2|1|2|46|24|||||
|2022|Argentine Primera División|17|11|1|1|0|0|8|6|0|0|26|18|||
|rowspan="3"|Manchester City|2022–23|Premier League|31|9|5|3|2|1|10|3|1|1|49|17|
|2023–24|Premier League|36|11|6|1|1|0|7|5|4|2|54|19|||
|rowspan="3"|Atlético Madrid|2024–25|La Liga|37|17|7|5|—|10|7|3|0|57|29||
|2025–26|La Liga|8|6|0|0|—|1|1|0|0|9|7||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Argentina|2021|5|0|
|2022|14|7|||
|2023|9|0|||
|2024|14|4|||
|2025|7|2|||

- _Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Alvarez goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 March 2022|Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil, Ecuador|7||1–0|1–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|align="center"||||||||||
|27 September 2022|Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States|11||1–0|3–0|Friendly|align="center"||||||||||
|16 November 2022|Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates|12||1–0|5–0|align="center"|||||||||||
|30 November 2022|Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar|15||2–0|2–0|2022 FIFA World Cup|align="center"||||||||||
|4 December 2022|Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar|16||2–0|2–1|align="center"|||||||||||
|13 December 2022|Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar|18||2–0|3–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|||||||||||
|align="center"|3–0||||||||||||||||
|20 June 2024|Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States|32||1–0|2–0|2024 Copa América|align="center"||||||||||
|9 July 2024|MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States|35||1–0|2–0|align="center"|||||||||||
|5 September 2024|Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina|37||2–0|3–0|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|align="center"||||||||||
|15 October 2024|40||3–0|6–0|align="center"||||||||||||
|25 March 2025|44||1–0|4–1|align="center"||||||||||||
|5 June 2025|Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile|45||1–0|1–0|align="center"|||||||||||

## Honours

**River Plate**
- Argentine Primera División: 2021
- Copa Argentina: 2018–19
- Supercopa Argentina: 2019
- Trofeo de Campeones: 2021
- Copa Libertadores: 2018

**Manchester City**
- Premier League: 2022–23, 2023–24
- FA Cup: 2022–23
- UEFA Champions League: 2022–23
- UEFA Super Cup: 2023
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2023

**Argentina U23**
- CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2020

**Argentina**
- FIFA World Cup: 2022
- Copa América: 2021, 2024
- Finalissima: 2022

**Individual**
- South American Youth Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019
- Argentine Primera División Top Scorer: 2021
- South American Footballer of the Year: 2021
- La Liga Team of the Season: 2024–25

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Julián Álvarez
- **image**: Argentina national football team - 2 - 2022 (Julián Álvarez).jpg
- **caption**: Alvarez with Argentina national football team, Argentina in 2022
- **full name**: Julián Alvarez
- **birth place**: Calchín, Argentina
- **height**: 1.70 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Atlético Madrid
- **clubnumber**: 19
- **youthyears1**: 2014–2016
- **youthclubs1**: Atlético Calchín
- **youthyears2**: 2016–2019
- **youthclubs2**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **years1**: 2018–2022
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 57
- **goals1**: 23
- **years2**: 2022–2024
- **clubs2**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps2**: 67
- **goals2**: 20
- **clubs3**: → Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate (loan)
- **caps3**: 17
- **goals3**: 11
- **years3**: 2022
- **years4**: 2024–
- **clubs4**: Atlético Madrid
- **caps4**: 45
- **goals4**: 23
- **nationalyears1**: 2018–2019
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2019–2024
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23 (List of overage players in Olympic football, O.P.)
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2021–
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 49
- **nationalgoals3**: 13
- **club-update**: 23:49, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 10 October 2025