| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfredo Talavera Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | September 18, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | La Barca, Jalisco, México | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Toluca | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003-2010 | Guadalajara | 21 | (0) |
| 2008-2009 | → U.A.N.L. (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009- | Toluca | 161 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011- | Mexico | 11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 April 2013 | |||
Alfredo Talavera Díaz (born September 18, 1982 in La Barca, Jalisco) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Toluca and the Mexican national team as a goalkeeper.[1]
Career
Guadalajara
With Oswaldo Sánchez out during the first part of the Clausura 2005 with a shoulder injury, Talavera entered as a starter against teams from the Primera División de México, and also coming through against South American teams for Copa Libertadores.
On April 2, 2006 Sanchez left temporarily to play with the Mexican National Team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, leaving Talavera in goal.[2] Since then he has started 6 Clausura 2006 games for Chivas and received 1 yellow card. In the first game he started the club posted a 2-0 loss against Monarcas Morelia. This was followed by a loss to Atlas in the Clasico Tapatio. In the final game of the season Chivas lost to Toluca, 2-0, but after a terrible performance in the first leg of the Quarterfinals against Jaguares when he made a big mistake in injury time that caused the winning goal for Jaguares, José Manuel de la Torre dropped him as the starter and was replaced by Luis Ernesto Michel and Guadalajara fought back and advanced to the semifinals. The next season when Oswaldo Sánchez returned, Talavera saw himself as the third goalkeeper of Guadalajara, with Michel as the second keeper, after Oswaldo left Chivas, Michel was the starting keeper and Talavera the backup. After this, he didn't had any action with Chivas again, taking the decision to leave the club in order to have more minutes played.
Tigres de la UANL
Chivas loaned Talavera to Tigres on a one year loan in 2008, in which he rarely saw action with the team, as he was competing with Óscar Pérez for the spot. Nevertheless, bad luck came for Talavera, as Pérez (the starter keeper in Tigres) injured but Talavera injured himself in training as well, making Enrique Palosthe next in the line. After he got fully recovered, Alfredo was released from Tigres.
Toluca
Talavera was transferred to Toluca as a substitute for first team goalie Hernan Cristante, since he was injured in the Apertura 2009, becoming starter in every game for Toluca and the team reached the semi-finals in both Apertura 2009 against C.F. Monterrey and Torneo Bicentenario 2010 against C.F. Pachuca. On May 15, 2010 Talavera made it to his first final as starter in which they defeated Pachuca FC 1-0 (3-2 in global marker). On May 23, 2010 Talavera won his first major championship with Toluca, winning in a penalty shoot-out (4-3) after stopping Fernando Arce's shot. For the Apertura 2010 he received the #1 jersey confirming his starting status with Toluca.[3] On September 15, 2013 Toluca was against Puebla, losing 1-0, but then in the 87th minute a handball inside the box penalty for Toluca and Talavera was up for the penalty which he scored in the 89th minute and becoming his first goal in the Liga Mx.
International
On January 27, 2011, Talavera was called up on a friendly match against Bosnia. Four other Toluca F.C players were also on the 22-men list of the national soccer team of Mexico. On March 17, 2011 Talavera was once again called up by manager José Manuel de la Torre for the upcoming friendly games. He made his international team debut on March 26, 2011 in a friendly against Paraguay which Mexico won 3-1. He was called up for participating in the 2011 Gold Cup as a third goalkeeper after José de Jesús Corona and Guillermo Ochoa. Following Corona's Liguilla scandal with Cruz Azul and Ochoa's clenbuterolissue, Alfredo Talavera became Mexico's first-choice goalkeeper, despite having only one international cap. Overall, he saw action in five matches of that tournament and was starter on the final against United States.
