Tomás Jesús Alarcón Vergara (born 19 January 1999) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Cádiz CF and the Chile national team. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.
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| Full name | Tomás Jesús Alarcón Vergara | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rancagua, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cádiz | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | O'Higgins | 85 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Cádiz | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Cartagena (loan) | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Chile U20 | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Chile U23 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Chile | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:05, 14 June 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editO'Higgins
editBorn in Rancagua, Alarcón began his career with hometown side O'Higgins. He made his first team debut at the age of just 17 on 13 August 2016, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Deportes Iquique.
Alarcón started to establish himself as a starter for the club midway through the 2018 campaign, where he was also utilised as a central defender by manager Gabriel Milito. He scored his first senior goal on 13 September 2020, but in a 2–1 home loss against Everton de Viña del Mar. On 8 December, he scored a brace in a 2–1 home success over Huachipato.[2] Alarcón finished the 2020 season with seven goals scored in 28 games.
Cádiz
editOn 13 June 2021, Alarcón signed a four-year contract with La Liga club Cádiz CF,[3][4] which spent $2 million for the 80% of his pass. On 14 August, he made his official debut with Cádiz on the first match of 2021–22 La Liga, playing from the start in the 1–1 draw against Levante and sending a key cross for the equalizer at the end of his debut match.[5]
On 27 December 2022, after being rarely used during the campaign, Alarcón was loaned to Segunda División side Real Zaragoza until June.[6] On 23 August 2023, he moved to fellow second division side FC Cartagena on loan for the 2023–24 season.[7]
International career
editAt under-20 level, Alarcón represented Chile in both the 2018 South American Games, winning the gold medal,[8] and the 2019 South American Championship
He also represented Chile U23 at the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and was in the Chile U23 squad for the 2019 Toulon Tournament.
Alarcón made his debut for Chile senior team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly match against Argentina, as a 55th-minute substitute for Claudio Baeza.[9] He was considered by Martín Lasarte to play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, having his first official international presentation against Argentina on 3 June 2021. In the same month, Alarcón was nominated to participate in the 2021 Copa América,[10] playing in four games of the tournament, in which Chile lost at the quarter-finals against Brazil.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 10 December 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| O'Higgins | 2016–17 | Chilean Primera División | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Chilean Primera División | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Chilean Primera División | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Chilean Primera División | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Chilean Primera División | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Chilean Primera División | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 86 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | ||
| Cádiz | 2021–22 | La Liga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Real Zaragoza (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cartagena (loan) | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 139 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 0 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 14 June 2022
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
Honours
editChile U20
- South American Games Gold medal: 2018
References
edit- ^ "Thomás Alarcón" (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Alarcón brilla en Rancagua y aleja a O'Higgins de Colo Colo" [Alarcón shines in Rancagua and takes O'Higgins away from Colo Colo] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Tomás Alarcón dejará O'Higgins para sumarse a las filas de Cádiz en España". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Tomás Alarcón, segundo fichaje para la 2021–22" [Tomás Alarcón, second signing for the 2021–22 season] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ ""Ha sido muy bonito": las palabras de Tomás Alarcón tras debutar en La Liga". AS Chile (in Spanish). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Cesión de Tomás Alarcón al Real Zaragoza" [Loan of Tomás Alarcón to Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Acuerdo con el Cartagena para la cesión de Alarcón" [Agreement with Cartagena for the loan of Alarcón] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Bravo, Nicolás (28 September 2022). "El presente de los jugadores de La Roja que lograron la medalla de oro en los Juegos Suramericanos 2018". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Chile v Argentina game report". ESPN. 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Tomás Alarcón fue nominado para la Copa América 2021". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 10 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
External links
edit- Tomás Alarcón at BDFutbol
- Tomás Alarcón at Soccerway
- Tomás Alarcón at National-Football-Teams.com