Álvaro Gustavo Sarabia Navarro (born 5 January 1978) is a

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an former

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. His last club was

Deportes Puerto Montt Club Deportes Puerto Montt is a Chilean football club based in the city of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region. The club was founded on May 6, 1983, and currently plays in the Primera B de Chile, the second division of the country. Their home games ar ...

, then member of the

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B () is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renamed in 1996 to the current n ...

Club career

Sarabia joined

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lower divisions at early age, being promoted to the first adult team in 1997. In 2000, he moved to Arturo Fernández Vial of the Chilean second division. In 2002, Sarabia signed for

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, team of the Chilean Second Division in this time. He completed a good performance in the club, achieving the second division title, promoting to the

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. His Primera División debut with Puerto Montt came on 2 March 2003, in a 1–0 home win to

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, and scored his first goal in Primera on 27 April against his former club

, in a 1–1 draw. Other important goal of Sarabia in the team was against other biggest club of Chile: Universidad Católica once in a 1–1 draw. In the next season, Sarabia scored 9 goals in 31 appearances in all of the season. Sarabia lived his best moment of his career in the season 2005, being the goalscorer of the team and of the tournament with 13 goals. After of his Puerto Montt performances, he was transferred to the Mexican club

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. In Jaguares de Chiapas, Sarabia only scored 1 goal in 12 appearances, returning to Chile to play with

the Torneo de Apertura 2006. In his club debut against

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

, he scored in the 3–1 victory to this club. However, he only scored 3 goals in 6 games, due to an injury that he suffered. In the Clausura, he did not play in all tournaments. In the next season, he played few games with the club, being transferred to

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football (soccer), football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the Chilean Primera División B, second level of the Chilean football system. Their home g ...

in 2008.

International career

Sarabia represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1997 South American Championship.

Personal life

Following his retirement, he made his home in

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, Los Lagos Region, and has worked as a chauffeur.

Honours

Individual

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Top-scorer (1): 2005 Apertura

References

External links

Sarabia at Football Lineups
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarabia, Alvaro 1978 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Liga MX players Colo-Colo footballers C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers Deportes Puerto Montt footballers Jaguares F.C. footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Lota Schwager footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Men's association football forwards