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Leonel Álvarez

1965 - Today

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Leonel de Jesús Álvarez Zuleta (born 29 July 1965) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of Atlético Bucaramanga. Álvarez played 101 times for the Colombia national team between 1985 and 1997, making him the third most capped player in Colombian international football. He also served as head coach of the Colombia national team in 2011, and is the only coach to have been champion twice with Independiente Medellín. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonel Álvarez is the 6,963rd most popular soccer player (down from 5,351st in 2024), the 165th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 140th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Colombian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leonel Álvarez ranks 6,963 out of 21,273. Before him are Paddy McNair, Luciano Vietto, Gerardo Miranda, Satoshi Yoshida, Zeca, and Bruno Petković. After him are Jeison Murillo, Chanathip Songkrasin, Jacek Kazimierski, Marten de Roon, Giuseppe Pancaro, and Manabu Watanabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Leonel Álvarez ranks 597. Before him are Brian Nielsen, Sarah G. Buxton, Joey Santiago, Vicente Engonga, Mario Frick, and Ann Eleonora Jørgensen. After him are Sandra Ng, Maggie Shiu, Wakana Yamazaki, Kenny Harrison, Jonathan Breck, and Azela Robinson.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Leonel Álvarez ranks 165 out of 356. Before him are Laura Restrepo (1950), Willington Ortiz (1952), Piedad Córdoba (1955), Lupe Fuentes (1987), Alexis Mendoza (1961), and Catherine Siachoque (1972). After him are Jeison Murillo (1992), Nina García (1965), Jhon Durán (2003), Delio Gamboa (1936), Luis Carlos Perea (1963), and Ana María Orozco (1973).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Colombia

Among soccer players born in Colombia, Leonel Álvarez ranks 48. Before him are Luis Muriel (1991), Pablo Armero (1986), Juan Pablo Ángel (1975), Johan Vonlanthen (1986), Willington Ortiz (1952), and Alexis Mendoza (1961). After him are Jeison Murillo (1992), Jhon Durán (2003), Delio Gamboa (1936), Luis Carlos Perea (1963), Gerardo Bedoya (1975), and Santiago Arias (1992).

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