Edson Álvarez

**Edson Omar Álvarez Velázquez** (born 24 October 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer. He plays as either a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Fenerbahçe, on loan from Premier League club West Ham United, and for the Mexican national team, which he captains.

### 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="4"|América|2016–17|rowspan="3"|Liga MX|21|2|6|0|—|—|1|0|28|2||
|2017–18|31|0|4|0|—|4|0|—|39|0||||||
|2018–19|34|3|12|0|—|—|—|46|3|||||||
|rowspan="5"|Ajax|2019–20|rowspan="4"|Eredivisie|12|0|3|0|—|8|2|—|23|2||
|2020–21|24|2|5|0|—|10|0|—|39|2||||||
|2021–22|31|5|3|0|—|7|0|—|41|5||||||
|2022–23|31|3|4|0|—|8|1|1|0|44|4|||||
|rowspan="3"|West Ham United|2023–24|rowspan="2"|Premier League|31|1|1|0|3|0|7|1|—|42|2|
|2024–25|28|0|1|0|2|0|—|—|31|0||||||
|Fenerbahçe (loan)|2025–26|Süper Lig|6|0|0|0|—|3|0|—|9|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Mexico|2017|9|1|
|2018|11|0|||
|2019|10|1|||
|2020|3|0|||
|2021|18|0|||
|2022|9|1|||
|2023|14|1|||
|2024|8|1|||
|2025|12|2|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|16 July 2017|Alamodome, San Antonio, United States||2–0|2–0|2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup||||||||
|2|15 November 2019|Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama||2–0|3–0|2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A||||||||
|3|27 March 2022|Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras||1–0|1–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|4|21 November 2023|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico||2–0|2–0|2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A||||||||
|5|21 March 2024|AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States||1–0|3–0|2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals||||||||
|6|14 June 2025|SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, United States||1–0|3–2|2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup||||||||
|7|6 July 2025|NRG Stadium, Houston, United States||2–1|2–1|2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final||||||||

## Honours

**América**
- Liga MX: Apertura 2018
- Copa MX: Clausura 2019

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 2020–21, 2021–22
- KNVB Cup: 2020–21

**Mexico**
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2019, 2023, 2025
- CONCACAF Nations League: 2024–25

**Individual**
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship Best XI: 2017
- CONCACAF Best XI: 2018, 2021
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Ball: 2025
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2021, 2025
- IFFHS Men's CONCACAF Best XI: 2020, 2021, 2024
- Club van 100
- CONCACAF Nations League Finals Best XI: 2024, 2025

## Other websites

- Profile at the Fenerbahçe S.K. website

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Edson Álvarez
- **image**: GAE - Ajax - 52787520422 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Álvarez with AFC Ajax, Ajax in 2023
- **fullname**: Edson Omar Álvarez Velázquez
- **birth place**: Tlalnepantla de Baz, Tlalnepantla, Mexico
- **height**: 1.87 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, Defensive midfielder, centre-back
- **currentclub**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
(on loan from West Ham United F.C., West Ham United)
- **clubnumber**: 11
- **youthyears1**: –2014
- **youthclubs1**: C.F. Pachuca Reserves and Academy, Pachuca
- **youthyears2**: 2014–2016
- **youthclubs2**: Club América Academy, América
- **years1**: 2016–2019
- **clubs1**: Club América, América
- **caps1**: 86
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 2019–2023
- **clubs2**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps2**: 98
- **goals2**: 10
- **years3**: 2023–
- **clubs3**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps3**: 59
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2025–
- **clubs4**: → Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe (loan)
- **caps4**: 6
- **goals4**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2015
- **nationalteam1**: Mexico national under-18 football team, Mexico U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2017
- **nationalteam2**: Mexico national under-20 football team, Mexico U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 10
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2017–
- **nationalteam3**: Mexico national football team, Mexico
- **nationalcaps3**: 94
- **nationalgoals3**: 7
- **club-update**: 9 November 2025
- **nationalteam-update**: 15 November 2025