Alejandro Saúl Chumacero Bracamonte (born 22 April 1991) is a Bolivian international

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who plays for

Wilstermann Club Deportivo Jorge Wilstermann, known simply as Wilstermann, is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba, founded on 24 November 1949 by a group of workers of Lloyd Aereo Boliviano. It is named after Bolivian aviator Jorge Wilste ...

and the Bolivia national team as a

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Club career

Born in

La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...

, Chumacero has played for

The Strongest Club The Strongest is a Bolivian professional football club based in La Paz, that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1908, their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, Estadio Rafae ...

and

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. He signed a five-year contract with Brazilian club

in July 2013. In December 2013 he said he wished to leave the club and return to former club

due to lack of first-team games. In December 2017 it was announced he would sign for

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with club

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International career

He made his international debut for

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in 2011, and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them. He represented Bolivia at the

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and was critical of the Bolivian press coverage of the team's performance in the tournament, believing them to be unfairly negative.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.''

References

1991 births Living people Footballers from La Paz Bolivian men's footballers Bolivia men's international footballers The Strongest players Sport Club do Recife players Club Puebla players Unión Española footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Liga MX players Chilean Primera División players Men's association football midfielders Bolivian expatriate men's footballers Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile 2015 Copa América players 2019 Copa América players {{Bolivia-footy-midfielder-stub