Alan Aguerre (born 23 August 1990) is an Argentine

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who plays as a

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for Talleres in the

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Career

Aguerre started his professional career playing for Vélez Sarsfield in a 4–1 victory over

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, for the 2013 Inicial, replacing injured Sebastián Sosa in the starting lineup. Despite the strength of Vélez' youths in every other position of the field, Aguerre was the first goalkeeper of the club's youth divisions to debut for the first team since Bernardo Leyenda in 1999. The goalkeeper was an unused substitute for Sosa in Vélez' 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal and

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winning campaigns. In the

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, Aguerre replaced Sosa as the starting goalkeeper of the team. He saved his first

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in a 2–2 draw with Godoy Cruz for the 9th fixture. Aguerre's first clean sheet was in a 2–0 victory over

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, in which, according to the local sports media, he had an outstanding performance. With

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and Leandro Somoza injured, Aguerre also captained Vélez's young squad during the second half of the tournament. At the end of the year, the goalkeeper was selected as Vélez Sarsfield's best player of the year in a poll held at the club's official website. After the end of the

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, the goalkeeper was linked with Argentine powerhouse River Plate to replace

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, although he ended up staying in Vélez. In August 2016, Aguerre surpassed

José Luis Chilavert José Luis Félix Chilavert González (; born 27 July 1965) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Pe ...

' record for consecutive minutes with a clean sheet playing for Vélez, with a total 669' (held along Gonzalo Yordan, who played 20 minutes in the 0–0 draw with Banfield).

Honours

Vélez Sarsfield *

: 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal *

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References

External links

Profile
at Vélez Sarsfield's official website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aguerre, Alan Living people 1990 births Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Association football goalkeepers