Álvaro Saborío

6'0", 170 lbs born March 25, 1982 (age 44), Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica

games
182
starts
149
minutes
13,395
goals
79
assists
17

first recorded game Oct. 8, 2005 · last recorded game Oct. 23, 2016

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a sh
Real Salt Lake 139 124 10941 67 13 360
D.C. United 34 19 1863 10 3 66
Costa Rica 8 5 501 2 1 —
Real Salt Lake Reserves 1 1 90 0 — —

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a sh
MLS 158 129 11552 73 16 395
MLSp 15 14 1252 4 0 31
MLSr 1 1 90 0 — —
WCq 5 4 326 1 1 —
IF 1 1 90 0 — —
GC 1 — 13 1 — —
CA 1 — 72 0 — —

Goals by season

top flight international 0 5 10 15 20 0 2006 2010, top flight: 12 goals 2010, international: 1 goal 13 2010 2011, top flight: 14 goals 14 2011 2012, top flight: 17 goals 17 2012 2013, top flight: 13 goals 13 2013 2014, top flight: 8 goals 8 2014 2015, top flight: 7 goals 7 2015 2016, top flight: 6 goals 6 2016 2019, international: 1 goal 1 2019

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp gs min g a sh
Real Salt Lake MLS 2010 27 23 1988 12 4 51
Real Salt Lake MLSp 2010 2 2 133 0 0 1
Real Salt Lake MLS 2011 23 22 1928 11 2 66
Real Salt Lake MLSp 2011 3 3 256 3 0 8
Real Salt Lake MLS 2012 31 26 2390 17 3 87
Real Salt Lake MLSp 2012 2 2 180 0 0 7
Real Salt Lake Reserves MLSr 2012 1 1 90 0 — —
Real Salt Lake MLS 2013 16 15 1346 12 2 53
Real Salt Lake MLSp 2013 3 3 309 1 0 7
Real Salt Lake MLS 2014 16 13 1148 8 2 47
Real Salt Lake MLSp 2014 2 2 180 0 0 3
D.C. United MLS 2015 12 9 779 4 0 24
Real Salt Lake MLS 2015 14 13 1083 3 0 30
D.C. United MLSp 2015 3 2 194 0 0 5
D.C. United MLS 2016 19 8 890 6 3 37
D.C. United MLSp 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g a
Costa Rica WCq 2006 1 1 59 0 1
Costa Rica WCq 2010 2 2 167 1 —
Costa Rica IF 2011 1 1 90 0 —
Costa Rica GC 2013 1 — 13 0 —
Costa Rica WCq 2014 2 1 100 0 —
Costa Rica CA 2016 1 — 72 0 —
Costa Rica GC 2019 — — — 1 —

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
GC June 24, 2019 Costa Rica   1 - 2 Haiti 1 — — Red Bull Arena
MLS Oct. 23, 2016 D.C. United   2 - 4 Orlando City SC 1 — 50 Citrus Bowl
MLS Oct. 1, 2016 D.C. United   2 - 1 Toronto FC 0 — 22 BMO Field
MLS Sept. 28, 2016 D.C. United   0 - 3 Columbus Crew 1 — 4 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Aug. 13, 2016 D.C. United   2 - 0 Portland Timbers 0 — 8 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS July 31, 2016 D.C. United   1 - 1 CF Montréal 0 — 10 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS July 23, 2016 D.C. United   1 - 4 Toronto FC 0 — 58 BMO Field
MLS July 16, 2016 D.C. United   1 - 1 Columbus Crew 0 — 71 MAPFRE Stadium
MLS July 9, 2016 D.C. United   0 - 3 Philadelphia Union 0 — 33 Talen Energy Stadium
MLS July 1, 2016 D.C. United   1 - 1 Real Salt Lake 0 — 76 Rio Tinto Stadium
game log: 132 of 182 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Álvaro Saborío
player together share
Nick Rimando 83 64%
Kyle Beckerman 78 60%
Nat Borchers 72 55%
Javier Morales 66 51%
Tony Beltran 64 49%
Chris Wingert 60 46%
Fabián Espíndola 60 46%
Ned Grabavoy 58 45%
Jámison Olave 56 43%
Andy Williams 51 39%
Will Johnson 50 38%
Luis Gil 45 35%

The 12 most frequent, of the 130 games Álvaro Saborío has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

In the news

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San Diego FC's Anders Dreyer named 2025 MLS Newcomer of the Year MLSSoccer.com 2025-11-04 detail
LA Galaxy's Gabriel Pec named 2024 MLS Newcomer of the Year MLSSoccer.com 2024-11-04 detail
Atlanta United's Giorgos Giakoumakis named 2023 MLS Newcomer of the Year MLSSoccer.com 2023-11-02 detail
Nashville SC's Randall Leal named Player of the Matchday MLSSoccer.com 2023-07-03 detail
Real Salt Lake's Damir Kreilach named Player of the Matchday MLSSoccer.com 2023-06-22 detail
Why Are So Many MLS Clubs Signing Costa Ricans? American Soccer Now 2017-02-02 detail
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Some Soccer News for Nov 20, 2015 du Nord 2015-11-20 detail
Red Bulls Fly Over D.C. United in Physical Affair American Soccer Now 2015-11-02 detail
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season salary
2010 $120000.00
2011 $250000.00
2012 $350000.00
2013 $360000.00
2014 $360000.00
2015 $400000.00
2016 $420000.00