Elías Patricio Alderete (born 30 July 1995) is an Argentine professional

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. He currently plays as a forward for Venezuelan League club

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Career

Alderete started his career in 2014 with

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires ...

. He played three times during 2013–14, including his professional debut on 16 April in a 1–0 win over

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. Just seven more appearances followed in the next three seasons in Primera B Metropolitana and

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

, but he did play twenty-eight times during the

2016–17 Primera B Nacional The 2016–17 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 32nd season of the Argentine second division. The season began in August 2016 and ended in July 2017. Twenty-three teams competed in the league, twenty returning from the 2016 season, one team t ...

season which ended with promotion to the top-flight of Argentine football. He also scored five goals during 2016–17, with his career first coming against Flandria in December 2016. In January 2020, Alderete was loaned by Chacarita to Indonesian Liga 1 side Arema for one year. He scored a penalty on debut in March during a defeat to

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alderete, Elías 1995 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Men's association football forwards Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Primera B Metropolitana players Primera Nacional players Argentine Primera División players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Bolivian Primera División players Chacarita Juniors footballers Arema F.C. players Club Aurora players Estudiantes de Buenos Aires footballers Club Almagro players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen