Alan Aguerre

Alan Aguerre (born 23 August 1990) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Newell's Old Boys in the Argentine Primera División.

Alan Aguerre
Personal information
Full name Alan Aguerre
Date of birth (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Newell's Old Boys
Number 1
Youth career
1995–2009 Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2018 Vélez Sarsfield 67 (0)
2018– Newell's Old Boys 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:59, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Career

Aguerre started his professional career playing for Vélez Sarsfield in a 4–1 victory over Atlético de Rafaela, for the 2013 Inicial, replacing injured Sebastián Sosa in the starting lineup.[1] Despite the strength of Vélez' youths in every other position of the field, Aguerre was the first goalkeeper of the club's youth divisions to debut for the first team since Bernardo Leyenda in 1999.[2][3] The goalkeeper was an unused substitute for Sosa in Vélez' 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal and 2013 Supercopa Argentina winning campaigns.

In the 2015 Argentine Primera División, Aguerre replaced Sosa as the starting goalkeeper of the team. He saved his first penalty kick in a 2–2 draw with Godoy Cruz for the 9th fixture.[4] Aguerre's first clean sheet was in a 2–0 victory over Boca Juniors, in which, according to the local sports media, he had an outstanding performance.[5][6]

With Fabián Cubero and Leandro Somoza injured, Aguerre also captained Vélez's young squad during the second half of the tournament. At the end of the year, the goalkeeper was selected as Vélez Sarsfield's best player of the year in a poll held at the club's official website.[7] After the end of the 2016 Argentine Primera División, the goalkeeper was linked with Argentine powerhouse River Plate to replace Marcelo Barovero,[8] although he ended up staying in Vélez.

In August 2016, Aguerre surpassed José Luis Chilavert' record for consecutive minutes with a clean sheet playing for Vélez, with a total 669' (held along Gonzalo Yordan, who played 20 minutes in the 0–0 draw with Banfield).[9]

Honours
Vélez Sarsfield

References
  1. "Initial '13 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  2. Franco Formoso (2013-09-21). "Alan para volar..." Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  3. "Un arquero propio tras 10 años". Clarín (in Spanish). 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  4. "Entretenido empate entre el "Tomba" y el "Fortín" en Mendoza". Diario Jornada (in Spanish). 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  5. Valentín Salerno (2015-06-01). "Alan Aguerre: "Fue importante mantener el arco en cero"". Vavel (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  6. "La formidable atajada del '1' de Vélez que privó a Osvaldo de su gol y lo dejó perplejo felicitando al rival". Infobae (in Spanish). 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  7. "Aguerre del Hincha" (in Spanish). Vélez Sarsfield's official website. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  8. "Los nombres que suenan para reforzar a River". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  9. "Récord histórico" (in Spanish). Vélez Sarsfield official website. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
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