Alfredo Talavera
Alfredo Talavera ( born September 18, 1982 in La Barca, Jalisco ) is a Mexican football player at the position of the goalkeeper.
- 2.1 club
- 2.2 national team
Life
Association
Talavera started his career with Club Deportivo Guadalajara, for whom he made his debut in the Mexican Liga Primera on 24 August 2003 in a game against CF Pachuca ( 0-2) denied.
Because he played in the first years in Guadalajara regularly in the branch team Tapatío and only came into use when the master and goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez was not operational and this was replaced after his departure in the summer of 2006 by Luis Ernesto Michel, Talavera brought it in his five years in Guadalajara only to a total of 21 appearances in the games to the Mexican soccer championship.
Therefore, he spent the 2008/ 09 season to the Tigres de la UANL, where he, however, behind the earlier (and for the 2010 World Cup once appointed ) goalkeeper Oscar Perez came only two appearances.
Since summer 2009 he is at Deportivo Toluca FC under contract where he could quickly replace the previous goalkeeper Hernan Cristante and since then is goalkeeper.
His debut for Toluca in Primera División, he celebrated 26 July 2009 be defeated ( in the fifth minute of injury time) 4-3 calculated against his Exverein Chivas Guadalajara, in a high-scoring encounter by a late goal of his new team-mates Israel López could.
In his first season of 2009/10 Toluca won Talavera - the second time after 2006, when he indeed was in the squad of Chivas champion team, with this triumph, however, entirely without the use was -. The champion of the Torneo Bicentenario 2010 played in this success he all 23 games of the Diablos Rojos and kept in the final against Santos Laguna, which had to be decided after two draws in the penalty shootout, the final and decisive penalty kick by Fernando Arce, which his team won 4-3.
National
2011 Talavera was first appointed to the Mexican national team and graduated in the first year of belonging to " El Tri " nine missions, eight of the full distance.
Highlight of his national team career was the participation in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011, for which he had actually been appointed only as a substitute goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa for. But after Ochoa had denied the opening match against El Salvador (5-0 ), he led a player revolt and flew out of the squad. From then allowed Talavera goal of the national guard, which by further victories over Cuba (5-0 ), Costa Rica ( 4-1 ), Guatemala ( 2-1) and Honduras (2-0 aet) reached the final against the hosts USA, which was won 4-2.
Achievements
Association
- Mexican masters: Apertura 2006 Bicentenario 2010
National
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2011