Skelly Alvero

Skelly Alvero
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth Stains, France
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Werder Bremen
Number 28
Youth career
Red Star
2017–2020 Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Sochaux II 24 (2)
2021–2023 Sochaux 31 (2)
2023–2024 Lyon 8 (1)
2023–2024 Lyon II 1 (0)
2024 → Werder Bremen (loan) 6 (1)
2024– Werder Bremen 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:28, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Skelly Alvero (born 4 May 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.

Career

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A youth product of Red Star, Alvero moved to the Sochaux youth academy on 25 May 2017.[3] He began his senior career with the Sochaux reserves in 2020.[4] He debuted with the senior Sochaux squad as a late substitute in a 3–0 Coupe de France win over Bresse Jura Foot on 13 November 2021.[5] He signed his first professional contract for three seasons on 18 February 2022.[2]

On 4 July 2023, Alvero left Sochaux to sign a five-year contract with Ligue 1 side Lyon.[6] He scored his first goal in Ligue 1 on 5 November 2023 against FC Metz.[7]

On 31 January 2024, Alvero joined Bundesliga side Werder Bremen on a loan deal until the end of the season, with an option to buy included.[8] Lyon disclosed the loan fee as €250,000 plus a potential €100,000 in bonuses and the purchase fee as up to €6.25 million.[8] After five substitute appearances he made his starting debut for Werder Bremen on 30 March 2024, in a 2–0 loss against VfL Wolfsburg, playing 79 minutes before being substituted.[9] Werder exercised its option and signed Alvero to a permanent deal on 10 June 2024.[10]

Personal life

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Skelly Alvero was born in Stains, in the northern suburbs of Paris. He holds French and Angolan citizenship.[11]

Career statistics

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As of match played 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coupe de France Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sochaux B 2020–21 N3 - Bourgogne 3 0 — — 3 0
2021–22 N3 - Bourgogne 21 2 — — 21 2
Total 24 2 — — 24 2
Sochaux 2022–23 Ligue 2 31 2 2 0 — 33 2
Lyon 2023–24 Ligue 1 8 1 0 0 — 8 1
Lyon II 2023–24 N3 - Group K 1 0 – — 1 0
Werder Bremen (loan) 2023–24 Bundesliga 6 1 – — 6 1
Werder Bremen 2024–25 Bundesliga 7 0 0 0 – 7 0
Career total 77 6 2 0 0 0 79 6

References

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  1. ^ a b "Skelly Alvero | SV Werder Bremen | Player Profile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ligue 2. FC Sochaux : premier contrat professionnel pour Skelly Alvero". www.estrepublicain.fr.
  3. ^ "Skelly ALVERO (Red star-2002) signe au FC Sochaux!".
  4. ^ "Premier contrat professionnel pour Skelly Alvero". www.fcsochaux.fr.
  5. ^ "Football. Coupe de France : Bresse Jura cède avec les honneurs face à Sochaux (1-3)". www.leprogres.fr.
  6. ^ "Skelly Alvero (Sochaux) va signer à l'OL" (in French). L'Équipe. 4 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Lyon wait for a win goes on". Ligue1 COM. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Werder leiht Alvero zu "überschaubaren Konditionen": Lyon veröffentlicht Zahlen" [Werder loans Alvero on "manageable terms": Lyon publishes figures]. kicker (in German). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  9. ^ Winkelmann, Marius; Bürger, Malte (31 March 2024). "Werder Bremen: So lief die Startelf-Premiere für Skelly Alvero" [Werder Bremen: How Skelly Alvero's starting XI debut went]. Weser Kurier (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Option Gezogen: Werder Verpflichtet Skelly Alvero" [Option Exercised: Werder Signs Skelly Alvero]. Werder.de (in German). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Skelly Alvero". sport.de.
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