Omar Alderete

Paraguayan footballer (born 1996)

Omar Alderete
Alderete with Basel in 2019
Personal information
Full name Omar Federico Alderete Fernández
Date of birth (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Getafe
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2016 Cerro Porteño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Cerro Porteño 17 (1)
2017–2018 → Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 22 (1)
2018–2019 Huracán 8 (1)
2019–2020 Basel 31 (2)
2020–2023 Hertha BSC 17 (8)
2021–2022 → Valencia (loan) 29 (2)
2022–2023 → Getafe (loan) 25 (1)
2023– Getafe 36 (0)
International career‡
2013 Paraguay U17 8 (0)
2015 Paraguay U20 7 (0)
2016 Paraguay U23 4 (1)
2018– Paraguay 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:46, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:50, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Omar Federico Alderete Fernández (born 26 December 1996) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Getafe and the Paraguay national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.[1]

Club career

Early career

Alderete began his career with Cerro Porteño, he played for their U20s at the 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores between January and February 2016 where he scored one goal (vs. Bolívar) in three games.[1][3] Months later, in May 2016, Alderete made his professional debut for the club in a Paraguayan Primera División loss to Rubio Ñu.[1] In his third league appearance, he scored his first senior goal in an away win versus Guaraní on 31 July.[1] In August 2017, Alderete joined Argentine Primera División side Gimnasia y Esgrima on loan.[4][5] His first appearance came in a 4–4 draw with Defensa y Justicia on 26 August.[1]

Huracán and Basel

After one goal in twenty-two matches for Gimnasia y Esgrima, Alderete completed a transfer to Huracán at the conclusion of his loan spell.[1]

On 4 June 2019, Alderete agreed a move to Swiss Super League outfit Basel; with the deal officially going through on 11 June.[6] Alderete joined Basel's first team for their 2019–20 FC Basel season under head coach Marcel Koller. After playing in five test games, Alderete played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stade Tourbillon on 19 July 2019 as Basel won 4–1 against Stade Tourbillon.[7] He scored his first goal for his team four days later, on 23 July 2019, in the away game in the Philips Stadion in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. But this could not help the team, as Basel were defeated 2–3 by PSV Eindhoven, who scored two goals in the last minutes of the game.[8]

Alderete left the club during the transfer window of the next season. During his short period with the club Alderete played a total of 64 games for Basel scoring a total of four goals. 31 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, six in the Swiss Cup, four in the Champions League, 13 in the Europa League and 10 were friendly games. He scored two goals in the domestic league, one in the Swiss Cup and one in the Champions League.[9]

Hertha BSC

On 5 October 2020, Alderete signed a long-term deal with Hertha BSC.[10] He made his debut in a 2–1 debut at the Red Bull Arena against RB Leipzig on 24 October.[1] On 12 July 2021, Alderete signed with Valencia CF on a season-long loan with the option to buy.[11]

Getafe

On 19 August 2022, Alderete joined Getafe on loan with an option to buy.[12] On 25 May of the following year, he signed a permanent five-year contract with the club.[13]

International career

Alderete has represented Paraguay at U17, U20 and U23 level.[1] He won eight caps for the U17 team at the 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Argentina, prior to winning seven caps for the U20s at the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship in Uruguay.[1] In May 2016, Alderete played four times for the U23s at the 2016 Toulon Tournament in France, scoring one goal in a win over Guinea on 19 May.[1] He was called up to train with Juan Carlos Osorio's senior squad in 2018.[14] He made his debut for them on 20 November 2018 in a friendly against South Africa; as a starter.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 February 2024[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cerro Porteño 2016 Paraguayan Primera División 8 1 — — 4[a] 0 12 1
2017 9 0 — — 1[a] 0 10 0
2018 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 17 1 0 0 — 5 0 22 1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 22 1 0 0 — — 22 1
Huracán 2018–19 Superliga Argentina 8 0 1 0 2 0 5[b] 0 16 0
Basel 2019–20 Swiss Super League 28 2 6 1 — 14[c] 1 48 4
2020–21 3 0 0 0 — 3[d] 0 6 0
Total 31 2 6 1 — 17 1 54 4
Hertha BSC 2020–21 Bundesliga 17 0 0 0 — — 17 0
Valencia (loan) 2021–22 La Liga 29 2 5 0 — — 34 2
Getafe (loan) 2022–23 La Liga 25 1 3 0 — — 28 1
Getafe 2023–24 La Liga 16 0 4 0 — — 20 0
Total 41 1 7 0 — — 48 1
Career total 165 7 19 1 2 0 27 1 213 9
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 2 June 2022[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Paraguay 2018 1 0
2020 2 0
2021 7 0
2022 2 0
Total 12 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Omar Alderete at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Omar Alderete". World Football. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Omar Alderete profile". BDFA. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Nuevo lobo". Tigo Sports. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Omar Alderete dejó Cerro y firmó por Gimnasia". D10. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ^ FC Basel 1893 (4 June 2019). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Omar Alderete". FC Basel 1893 signs Omar Alderete (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 4 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 July 2019). "FC Sion - FC Basel 1:4 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (23 July 2019). "PSV Eindhoven - FC Basel 3:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2020). "Omar Alderete - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Omar Alderete signs for Hertha". Hertha BSC. 5 October 2020.
  11. ^ "OFFICIAL STATEMENT | OMAR ALDERETE". www.valenciacf.com. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Comunicado Oficial| Alderete". Getafe CF (in European Spanish). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Alderete" [Official announcement | Alderete] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Osorio llamó a los del exterior". Paraguayan Football Association. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  15. ^ "South Africa v Paraguay game report". ESPN. 20 November 2018.
  16. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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