Francisco Fabián Álvarez

Francisco Fabián Álvarez started out in the academy at San Martín de San Juan, the club that gave him his first-team debut in February 2018, in a defeat away to Atlético Tucumán. He stayed there four seasons, building up 49 appearances before Talleres de Córdoba bought a majority stake in his rights in 2022.

What followed was a run of loan spells rather than a settled place in Córdoba. Patronato took him on loan for the second half of 2022, and it was there that Álvarez won his first senior honour, lifting the Copa Argentina in February 2023. A further loan took him to Barracas Central for the 2023 season, where he found his best goal return yet, five in 42 matches, more than he had managed anywhere else.

Talleres never gave him that same run of games at home, and in January 2024 Álvarez moved on to Argentinos Juniors, where he has since become a regular, passing the 100-appearance mark for the club. At youth level he was capped twice for Argentina's under-20 side in 2018, and this August he was named in an extended senior squad for friendlies against Honduras and Iceland, though he did not feature in either match.