Celso Alvarez

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
	High School: Bell Gardens HS

	Last College: Rio Hondo
	Height / Weight: 5-10 / 170
	Position: F
	Birthdate: 10/11/1988
	Experience: 1V

CSF: Celso Alvarez played in 17 matches, 12 as a starter, in the 2008 season... Led team with 5 goals and was second on squad with 10 points... Earned honorable mention All-Big West Conference... Had game-winning score in 2-1 win at Bradley on Sept. 27... Scored 2 goals in 3-2 overtime loss to Cal State Bakersfield on Sept. 7... Community college transfer who was reunited with several former club teammates.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Sat out his freshman year at Rio Hondo College in Whittier... Scored 19 goals in his sophomore season which was cut short by a facial injury.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman at Bell Gardens High School in Bell Gardens, California, for veteran Coach Orlando Brenes... Won All-Premier League first-team honors four times... Was league's Most Valuable Player as a junior... Earned first-team All-CIF honors as a sophomore and second-team status as a senior... His sophomore team advanced to the CIF finals thanks in great part to his 26 goals and 20 assists.

CLUB: Pateadores Soccer Club under Coach Mike Gartlan.

PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 11, 1988, in Long Beach, California... Parents are Celso and Gladys Alvarez of Los Angeles... Has one sister (Wendy) and an infant daughter (Kaithlyn)... Chicano studies major... Enjoys playing pool and poker... Most memorable sports thrill was winning in the third round of the CIF playoffs his sophomore year... Works for Clean Harbors Environmental Services.