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My Take
Álvarez is the kind of player I respect more the longer I look at him. A defensive midfielder who earned 101 caps for Colombia between 1985 and 1997 was never the man grabbing headlines, yet he became the third most capped player his country ever produced. That tells me everything: he was the glue, the one coaches trusted to do the unglamorous work week after week. Coming out of Remedios in Antioquia and later moving into management, he strikes me as someone who understood the game from the inside out and wanted to pass that hard-won reading of it forward.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Leonel Álvarez
- Name (Japanese)
- レオネル・アルバレス
- Reading
- れおねる・あるばれす
- Born
- July 29, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Snake
- Origin
- Remedios, Antioquia, Colombia
- Height
- 178 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Leonel Álvarez born?
Born July 29, 1965 (age 61).
Where is Leonel Álvarez from?
Leonel Álvarez is from Remedios, Antioquia, Colombia.
What does Leonel Álvarez do?
Leonel Álvarez works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Leonel Álvarez?
Leonel Álvarez is 178 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.