The 19-year-old youth side has secured a spot in the first team thanks to Sampaoli and scored a goal on his debut.
Carlos Alvarez Rivera (SAnlucar La Mayor, 2003) has been one of the great jewels of the Sevillian youth system for years. The midfielder has been attracting the attention of coaches and fans for years and at the age of 19 it was time for him to make the leap into the first team.
Who is Carlos Álvarez, the promising forward of Sevilla
The forward has spent his entire sporting life playing for the Nervión club, a fan of which he has been a fan since he was a child, where he burned down podiums at a prodigious and lightning pace. The very young player of the youth team skipped stages and started playing for Sevilla Atlético in 2019 when he had just turned 16 years old.
After three years in the subsidiary and more than 70 games between Second B, First and Second Federation, Álvarez made his debut with the first team on December 21, 2022 in the second round of the Copa del Rey against Juventud de Torremolinos.
The midfielder took advantage of Sampaoli’s losses in attack to sneak into the eleven as a starter playing false 9 and his feeling couldn’t have been better. The very young footballer played 76 minutes and scored 0-1 and he generated several chances on goal, especially one in which he left Rafa Mir alone.
After fulfilling the big dream of his life, Álvarez assured that “mAnd I surprised when I played from the beginning. I’ve been with Sevilla since I was 6 years old and it’s been a dream, I want to dedicate the goal to my family, who have always supported me through good times and badSpeaking of the game itself, the academy player stressed that “it was a game where we had to do well and I think the team worked well and we know how to capitalize on opportunities. I am very happy because Sampaoli has given me the chance to debut at the club of my love. I will keep one shirt for myself and another for someone important in my family.”.
With a penchant for dribbling, the ability to drop to the wing and the ability to find the last pass, Carlos Álvarez has been a regular in first-team training for many years. but at the hands of Julen Lopetegui he had only had a chance in friendlies. De Bask had decided to be patient and let the player continue to form the subsidiary and his performances in the Youth League, where last year he led his team to the quarter-finals and put in an impressive performance against Rangers in the round of 16 in a muddy field
With the arrival of Sampaoli, Álvarez became a permanent fixture in training, the Argentinian asked time for the home-grown pearl. Casilda’s coach assured that he knew him from the earlier analysis of the selection and he wanted to see it up close, but without the requirement to carry on his back the bad moment the team is going through.
However, the victims opened the doors of the team for him and Sampaoli was pleased with his false 9 performance.”He played a good game on a very complex course for him, because he needs a good job. He scored a goal, he is growing, taking advantage of the circumstances and the opportunity that the team gives him. We will continue to see his evolution to see if he can contribute to LaLiga“.
After taking his first step into the elite, the challenge will be to stay and Carlos Álvarez has raised very high expectations for a youth player to finally establish himself in a team in which the only youth player to have established himself in the first team has already 37 years is old.
Source: Goal