Eder Álvarez Balanta

Eder Álvarez Balanta was born on 28 February 1993(33 years old) in Colombia. Eder Álvarez Balanta is Soccer Player, Zodiac sign - Pisces. More detail about Eder Álvarez Balanta given below.

Eder Álvarez Balanta Timeline

• 2010
  

  u00c1lvarez Balanta was born in Bogotu00e1, where he signed with the now dissolved club Academia in 2010 (who later became Llaneros). After a successful youth run winning various titles, he attracted the scouts of River Plate. Prior to his move to the Argentinean giants, Balanta was never able to represent the Colombian national youth squads due to vast injuries.

• 2011
  

  In early 2011, u00c1lvarez Balanta was tested in the youth division of the Argentinean Club and passed the trials and became a sub with the youth squad. In 2012, he was becoming more of a regular which led to an eventual championship victory in the 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores. Due to his success with the youth team and impressive talent, he moved into the senior squad officially in 2013.

• 2013
  

  In July 2013, u00c1lvarez Balanta officially signed his first senior contract with the club on a three-year term deal with a $30 million release clause.u00c1lvarez Balanta noticeably put on a man of the match performance in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana match against San Lorenzo. Throughout the match, he was praised for being "impassable".In September 2013, it was reported that Barcelona had taken interest in u00c1lvarez Balanta, and they plan to watch the player to evaluate his development. It was also mentioned that u00c1lvarez Balanta could possibly be a successor to Baru00e7au0027s aging defender Carles Puyol, but that River Plate would require u20ac50 million in any transfer deal. Weeks later, however, River Plate brought down his release clause to u20ac15 million.u00c1lvarez Balanta attracted the attention of the Colombian Football Federation in May 2013 during his time with River Plate. He was called to be part of the U-20 squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. Due to injuries and the factor that he had yet to sign his first professional contract, River Plate stated that they would not allow him to partake with the national youth squad if he does not meet with his youth contract before signing a senior contract. In June 2013, it was confirmed that River Plate would not allow him to take part in the U-20 World Cup.On 7 November 2013, u00c1lvarez Balanta received his first senior call-up to play friendlies against Belgium and the Netherlands. On his second call-up, u00c1lvarez Balanta made his international debut, coming in at the 65th minute in a friendly against Tunisia.

• 2014
  

  On 6 June 2014, u00c1lvarez Balanta was named by head coach Josu00e9 Pu00e9kerman in Colombiau0027s 23-man squad for the 2014 World Cup.

• 2015
  

  On 19 February 2015, u00c1lvarez Balanta made his debut in the 2015 Copa Libertadores against Bolivian club San Josu00e9 in which River Plate lost 0u20132. On 12 March 2015, Balanta scored his first goal in the Copa Libertadores in 1u20131 draw against Juan Aurich of Peru.

• 2016
  

  On 14 July 2016, Swiss club Basel announced that they had signed u00c1lvarez Balanta on a four-year contract lasting till 30 June 2020.Balanta made his UEFA Champions League group stage debut in a 1u20131 draw against PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on 12 September 2016.

• 2019
  

  On September 2, 2019, he signed three-year contract with Club Brugge.