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At only 23 years old, the coffers of the young Argentine Julian Alvarez, the Manchester City star, are decorated with 14 titles between team and individual awards, half of which many football legends were unable to achieve throughout their football careers.
Julián Álvarez , who idolised Messi while growing up completed Football at the age of 23.
— Max Stéph (@maxstephh) December 23, 2023
The Spider’s latest title was yesterday when Manchester City won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in its history, after defeating Brazilian Fluminense 4-0.
Alvarez was not satisfied with that, but also achieved a personal record by scoring the fastest goal in the tournament when he scored the first goal for City in the 40th second of the match.
The perfect example that when you are crack, you love the club that formed you, you are humble and you know how to wait for your moment, everything comes, literally EVERYTHING.
Julián Álvarez giant figure. pic.twitter.com/uIYnsTlNxM
— Termontiel (@Termontiel_) December 23, 2023
Beginning of the story
“The Spider”’s relationship with podiums began in the 2017-2018 season, when he won the Libertadores Cup with his former Argentine club, River Plate, at the expense of eternal rivals Boca Juniors.
In total, Alvarez tasted winning titles 6 times with River Plate during the era of achievements led by coach Marcelo Gallardo (2014-2022).
- Copa Libertadores (2017-2018).
- Argentina Cup (2018-2019).
- Argentine Super Cup (2019).
- Recopa Sudamericana (2019).
- Argentine League (2021).
- Trofeo de Campiones (2021).
Bro Julian Alvarez completed football at age 23 ✅
Wow pic.twitter.com/exO1Vx721e
— Int. Miami(Parody) (@kweFCBMiami) December 22, 2023
World Cup 2022
Under the leadership of coach Lionel Scaloni, Alvarez won two titles:
- Copa America (2021).
- “Finalissima” (2022).
- Qatar World Cup (2022).
In January 2022, Alvarez moved to Manchester City, which was a precursor to the player winning more titles, especially with his call-up to the Argentine national team.
“The Spider” played an important role with Argentina in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, and scored 4 goals in the tournament that ended with “Tango” winning the title at the expense of France on penalty kicks, 4-2, after a draw at match time, 3-3.
Despite his young age, Alvarez was one of the main reasons why Argentina won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar when he became a key player in coach Lionel Scaloni’s squad at the expense of Inter Milan player Lautaro Martinez.
Fun fact: Julian Alvarez has never lost a final🥶 pic.twitter.com/kbG2MhXtUz
— ArgentineCuler (@FCB_Argentine) December 23, 2023
Europe champions
After only 6 months had passed, Alvarez was on a date with another historic achievement, but this time with the “Citizens”, after he, along with coach Pep Guardiola’s squad, won the Champions League title by defeating Inter Milan with a score of 1-0 in the final match that took place on the tenth of June. 2023.
Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez will vie to become the 11th men’s player to win the World Cup and the Champions League in the same season ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/DMBYrWzELs
— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 10, 2023
Argentine Alvarez became the 11th player in history to win the Champions League and World Cup in one season.
After winning the Club World Cup, Alvarez became the first player in football history to achieve the historic treble with Manchester City in one season (2022-2023), in addition to two other titles:
- Champions League.
- English Premier League.
- FA cup.
- European super.
- Club World Cup.
Julian Alvarez, an example for the young Argentine footballers who are emerging, an example for Echeverri, should look at his career and humility.
That is the way. pic.twitter.com/EWZOr4igCw— ELIAS (@ame2246) December 23, 2023
The young Argentine also joined a unique list of Latin players who have won the World Cup and the two biggest continental titles in Europe and South America, the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores.
Julian Alvarez is the man who really completed football in 2023 🥹🥹 pic.twitter.com/ByFWRfgfOy
— ¹⁷ BruyneKev✨ (@KevRole) December 22, 2023
Alvarez joined City in July 2022, coming from River Plate, and in his first season, in the English Premier League, he scored 10 goals in 33 matches.
Last March, Manchester City announced that it had extended the contract of its striker Julian Alvarez for an additional year, keeping him at the Etihad Stadium until 2028.
Despite all the previous numbers and titles achieved by the Argentine international, he did not get his due in the media and his achievements, titles, goals and contributions were not highlighted enough.
