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Carlos Alvarado
Personal information
Full name Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto
Date of birth (1949-05-12)12 May 1949
Place of birth Langue, Honduras
Date of death 16 February 2016(2016-02-16) (aged 66)
Place of death Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Vida (76)
Olimpia (3)
International career
Honduras
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alvarado (12 May 1949 – 16 February 2016) was a Honduran footballer who played as a striker. Alvarado is often considered by many the greatest C.D.S. Vida footballer of all times.

Club career

Alvarado is C.D.S. Vida's all-time top scorer with 76 goals. He made his professional debut on 15 May 1968 in the 1–4 defeat against C.D. Victoria where he scored the sole Vida's goal. He has the shared record of scoring five goals in a single game against C.D. Troya in 1967. In 1972, he became the first Liga Nacional player to win the top-scorer award twice. Alvarado also played for Club Deportivo Olimpia before retiring.

Personal life

Alvarado was born in Langue and raised in Nacaome. In 2012, he had a heart attack from which he recovered. He died on 16 February 2016 of a stroke, aged 66.

References

  1. "Fallece la leyenda, figura y gran goleador del CDS. Vida, Carlos Alvarado". HonduSports.com. Hondu Sports. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. "Muere don Carlos Alvarado, exgoleador del Vida de Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
Honduran Liga Nacional awards
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