Dárvin Francisco Chávez Ramírez (born 21 November 1989) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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. He is an

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Club career

He started his career at

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, starting out playing for their second team,

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, in the

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before making his debut for the first team on 11 October 2008 against

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, in a game that ended 0–0. In total he made 61 Primera appearances for Atlas. On 4 April 2018, Chávez joined Finnish second tier side

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on a deal until the end of the 2018 season. On 13 January 2020, Chávez joined

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club SJK Seinäjoki on a one-year deal. He left the club on 13 November 2020.

Honours

Monterrey *

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, 2011–12,

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Veracruz *

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: Clausura 2016 Mexico Youth *

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* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:

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Career statistics

''Statistics up to date as of 2012-13''

International

Notes

: Continental statistics are for

: Other statistics in 2008–09 include games played in

2009 InterLiga The 2009 InterLiga was the 6th edition of the tournament that determined the last two Mexican spots in the 2009 Copa Libertadores. Venues Qualification The eight qualified teams were the eight best-positioned teams in the 2008 Apertura gene ...

and 2009 North American SuperLiga; in 2011–12 they relate to

2011 FIFA Club World Cup The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2011. It was the eighth edition of the FIFA Club Worl ...

Interliga The InterLiga was a football competition from 2004 to 2010 between Mexican clubs to determine qualifying spots for that country in South America's premier club competition, the Copa Libertadores. Prior to the 2004 Copa Libertadores, Mexican cl ...

stats (4/0) have been sourced from the match line-ups at Soccerway: group games and final stage game v Pachuca;

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stats (3/0) are sourced from match line-ups at ESPN

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez, Darvin 1989 births Living people People from Zapopan, Jalisco Footballers from Jalisco Men's association football defenders Mexico men's international footballers Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in football 2011 Copa América players Olympic footballers for Mexico Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Mexico Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Atlas F.C. footballers C.F. Monterrey players C.D. Veracruz footballers FF Jaro players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players Liga MX players Ykkönen players Veikkausliiga players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Mexican men's footballers