Alejandro Chumacero

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Chumacero and the second or maternal family name is Bracamonte.
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 Defensive midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 The Strongest
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 The Strongest 157 (23)
2013 Sport Recife 5 (0)
2013– The Strongest 72 (20)
National team‡
2011– Bolivia[2] 31 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:07, 5 February 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2016

Alejandro Saúl Chumacero Bracamonte (born 22 April 1991) is a Bolivian international footballer, who plays for Bolivian club The Strongest as a defensive 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 a lack of first-team games.[4][5]

International career

He made his international debut for Bolivia in 2011,[2][6] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.[7]

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.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alejandro Chumacero profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Alejandro Chumacero". National Football Teams. 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. ↑ "Bolivia - Record International Players". RSSSF. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Alejandro Chumacero – FIFA competition record
  8. ↑ "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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