Leonel Álvarez (footballer, Born 1965)
Leonel de Jesús Álvarez Zuleta (born 29 July 1965) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He played 101 times for the Colombia national team between 1985 and 1997, making him the third most capped player in Colombian international football. He also served as head coach of the Colombia national team in 2011. Álvarez is the only coach to have been champion twice with Independiente Medellín. He is the current manager of Peruvian club Cienciano. Club career Álvarez was born in Remedios, Colombia. He began his career with Independiente Medellín in 1983. In 1989, he was part of the Atlético Nacional team that won the Copa Libertadores in 1989. He won a Colombian league title with América de Cali in 1990 and another in 1995. He has also played for Veracruz of Mexico and Real Valladolid of Spain. Álvarez signed with Major League Soccer before the league's inaugural 1996 season, and was allocated to the Dallas Burn. In his year ...
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Remedios, Antioquia
Remedios is a town and municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia. Municipalities of Antioquia Department Populated places established in 1560 {{Antioquia-geo-stub ...
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