Álvaro Andrés Ormeño Salazar (; born 4 April 1979) is a Chilean former professional

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who operated as a

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or wing back.

Club career

Ormeño began his career at

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

youth ranks aged fifteen. After failing to be promoted to first adult team, he played for Club Social y Deportivo Cristiano Hosanna in the

Chilean Tercera División Tercera División de Chile (Third Division of Chile), is the fourth tier of Chilean football (soccer). It is organized by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur de Chile. It is both the fourth level of ...

. Next, he joined

Ñublense Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional Association football, football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Chilean Primera División, Primer ...

in the 2000–01 season and then to

Deportes Ovalle Club Deportes Ovalle is a Chilean football club who currently play in the fourth level of Chilean football, the Segunda División Profesional de Chile. The club's stadium is the Estadio Municipal de Ovalle. Their main rivals are Deportes La Se ...

. In January 2002, he signed for Primera División club

Santiago Morning Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional Association football, football club based in Recoleta, Chile, Recoleta, Santiago currently playing in Primera B de Chile, Primera B. Hi ...

. Ormeño returned to

after his two-year spell at Everton.

International career

In 2007, he made five appearances for Chile national team at both the

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and friendly matches.

Personal life

He is the son of

Raúl Ormeño Raúl Elias Ormeño Pacheco (born June 21, 1958) is a Chilean former football defensive midfielder. Playing career He played for only one club in Chile, Colo Colo. At international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 197 ...

, a historical player of

and the Chile national team, and the older brother of the also footballer .

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo *

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: 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura *

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: Runner-up

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* * * at Fútbol XXI {{DEFAULTSORT:Ormeno, Alvaro 1979 births Living people Footballers from Viña del Mar Men's association football fullbacks Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Ñublense footballers Deportes Ovalle footballers Santiago Morning footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Colo-Colo footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Tercera División de Chile players Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina 2007 Copa América players