At the age of 23, young Argentine Julian Alvarez, the Manchester City star, is decorated with 14 titles between team and individual awards, half of which many football greats fail to achieve in their footballing careers.
Julian Alvarez, who idolized Messi while growing up, quit football at the age of 23.
— Max Steph (@maxstephh) December 23, 2023
The Spider's latest title yesterday saw Manchester City win the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in their history, beating Brazilian side Fluminense 4-0.
Not content with that, Alvarez also set a personal record for the fastest goal of the competition when he scored the first goal for City in the 40th second of the match.
The whole ejemplo is cracked, what is right, the club that was created, so it was humiliated and this time sabes, todo llega, really TODO.
Figura Gigante Julian Alvarez. pic.twitter.com/uIYnsTlNxM
— Termontiel (@Termontiel_) December 23, 2023
Beginning of the story
“The Spider's” relationship with the platforms began in the 2017-2018 season, when he won the Libertadores Cup with his former Argentinian club River Plate at the expense of eternal rivals Boca Juniors.
In total, Alvarez won 6 titles with River Plate during an era of accomplishments led by coach Marcelo Gallardo (2014-2022).
- Copa Libertadores (2017-2018).
- Argentina Cup (2018-2019).
- Argentina Super Cup (2019).
- Recopa sudaamericana (2019).
- Argentina League (2021).
- Trofeo de Campiones (2021).
Brother Julian Alvarez finished football at the age of 23 ✅
Aha pic.twitter.com/exO1Vx721e
– Int. Miami (parody) (@kweFCBMiami) December 22, 2023
World Cup 2022
Under coach Lionel Scaloni, Alvarez won two titles:
- Copa America (2021).
- “Finalissima” (2022).
- Qatar World Cup (2022).
In January 2022, Álvarez moved to Manchester City, which paved the way for the player to win more titles, notably his call-up to the Argentina national team.
“The Spider” played a key role in the Qatar 2022 World Cup with Argentina, scoring 4 goals and winning the title in a 4-2 draw against France in “Tango” penalty kicks. Match time, 3-3.
Despite his young age, Alvarez was one of the main reasons Argentina won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, becoming a key player in coach Lionel Scaloni's squad at the expense of Inter Milan player Lautaro Martinez.
Fun fact: Julian Alvarez has never lost a final match🥶 pic.twitter.com/kbG2MhXtUz
—ArgentineCuler (@FCB_Argentine) December 23, 2023
Champions of Europe
6 months later, Alvarez dated another historic record, but this time with the “Citizens”, where he, together with coach Pep Guardiola's team, beat Inter Milan by 1 point and won the Champions League title. -0 in the final on 10th June 2023.
Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez will compete to become the 11th men's player to win the World Cup and Champions League in the same season ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/DMBYrWzELs
— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 10, 2023
Argentine Alvarez became the 11th player in history to win the Champions League and World Cup in one season.
After winning the Club World Cup, Alvarez became the first player in football history to achieve the historic treble with Manchester City in one season (2022-2023), apart from two titles:
- Champions League.
- English Premier League.
- The FA Cup.
- European Super.
- Club World Cup.
Julián Álvarez is an example of young Argentines in a position that is kept on the plate and at home.
This is the Camino. pic.twitter.com/EWZOr4igCw— Elias (@ame2246) December 23, 2023
The young Argentine joins a distinguished list of Latin players who have won the World Cup and two major continental titles in Europe and South America, the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores.
Julián Alvarez is literally the man who ends football in 2023 🥹🥹 pic.twitter.com/ByFWRfgfOy
— ¹⁷ BruyneKev✨ (@KevRole) December 22, 2023
Alvarez joined City in July 2022 from River Plate and in his first season, in the English Premier League, he scored 10 goals in 33 appearances.
Last March, Manchester City announced that they had extended the contract of striker Julian Alvarez by another year, keeping him at the Etihad Stadium until 2028.
Despite all the previous numbers and titles won by the Argentina international, he doesn't get his due in the media and his achievements, titles, goals and contributions are not highlighted enough.
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