Irven Beybe Ávila Acero (born 2 July 1990) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Universitario de Deportes

Ávila made his Descentralizado league debut while with

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in the 2008 season on 20 February 2008, at the age of 17. His debut took place in

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against

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in an away match, which finished 1–0 in favor of Universitario.

Sport Huancayo

In January 2009 Ávila was loaned out to newly promoted club

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for the start of the

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season in order to gain more first team experience. He made his league debut for Sport Huancayo on 15 February 2009 away to

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for Round 1 of the season. Manager José Ramírez Cubas allowed him to start the match from the beginning and was later substituted in the 67th minute, as the match finished 2–1 to Alianza Lima. Five games later, Ávila scored his first professional goal on 22 March 2009 in a league match at home against

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. His goal was scored in the 74th minute and helped secure the 2–0 win for his team. Before the start of the 2010 season there were rumors linking Irvin back to his parent club, but instead he chose to stay with Sport Huancayo as he was now a regular starter for the ''Rojo Matador''. Ávila played one of his best matches of the

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season in round 28 away to league leaders, at the time,

. He scored in the 59th minute the second goal in the 2–0 win to Sport Huancayo in

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International career

He played for Peru at the

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in the

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, and he also played for Peru at the U-20 level. Ávila made his full senior debut for the

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on 5 September 2009, in a 2010 World Cup Qualifying match at home against

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, at the age of 19. He was substituted in for Daniel Chavez in the 59th minute. His debut match was played in the Monumental and finished 1–0 in favor of Peru. His second game for Peru was a friendly match against

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that was played on 19 November 2009, which finished in a 2–1 win for Peru. On 28 August 2011, Ávila was called up to the Peru national team by

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to take part in two friendly matches against

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Honours

Club

Sporting Cristal * Torneo Descentralizado:

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* Torneo Descentralizado:

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Copa Bicentenario The Copa Bicentenario is a football competition in Peru played by the Association football, football clubs of the Peruvian Primera División, Liga 1 and Peruvian Segunda División, Liga 2. It was founded in 2019 by the Peruvian Football Federation ...

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