Alejandro Chumacero

Alejandro Chumacero
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Saúl Chumacero Bracamonte[1]
Date of birth (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991
Place of birth La Paz, Bolivia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Puebla
Number 3
Youth career
The Strongest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 The Strongest 175 (27)
2013 Sport Recife 5 (0)
2013–2017 The Strongest 130 (31)
2018– Puebla 24 (4)
National team‡
2011 Bolivia U20 3 (0)
2011– Bolivia[2] 33 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:33, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017

Alejandro Saúl Chumacero Bracamonte (born 22 April 1991) is a Bolivian international footballer who plays for Mexican club Puebla as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in La Paz, Chumacero has played for The Strongest and Sport Recife.[1][2]

He signed a five-year contract with Brazilian club Sport Recife in July 2013.[3] In December 2013 he said he wished to leave the club and return to former club The Strongest due to lack of first-team games.[4][5]

In December 2017 it was announced he would sign for Liga MX with club Puebla.[6]

International career

He made his international debut for Bolivia in 2011,[2][7] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.[8]

He represented Bolivia at the 2015 Copa América and was critical of the Bolivian press coverage of the team's performance in the tournament, believing them to be unfairly negative.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.[2]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 October 2012Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Peru1–11–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.24 March 2016Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Colombia2–22–32018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alejandro Chumacero at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alejandro Chumacero". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "OFICIAL: Sport Recife y The Strongest confirmaron traspaso de Chumacero" (in Spanish). Deporte Total Bolivia. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Alejandro Chumacero quiere volver a The Strongest" (in Spanish). Página Siete. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Chumacero: "No quiero nada con Sport Recife"" (in Spanish). Erbol. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Alejandro Chumacero joins Mexico's Puebla". IANS. New Indian Express. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bolivia - Record International Players". RSSSF. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Alejandro Chumacero – FIFA competition record (archive)
  9. ↑ "Copa América: Alejandro Chumacero criticó a la prensa de Bolivia" (in Spanish). Peru.com. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.


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