Alejandro Chumacero

{{short description|Bolivian footballer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Chumacero|Bracamonte|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Alejandro Chumacero |image = Emelec-Strongest (4).jpg |caption = Chumacero with The Strongest in 2015 |fullname = Alejandro Saúl Chumacero Bracamonte<ref name = "SW"/> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|4|22|df=y}} |birth_place = La Paz, Bolivia |height = {{height|m=1.64}}<ref name = "SW"/> |position = Midfielder<ref name = "NFT"/> |currentclub = Wilstermann |clubnumber = 3 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = The Strongest |years1 = 2007–2013 |clubs1 = The Strongest |caps1 = 175 |goals1 = 27 |years2 = 2013 |clubs2 = Sport Recife |caps2 = 5 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2013–2017 |clubs3 = The Strongest |caps3 = 130 |goals3 = 31 |years4 = 2018–2020 |clubs4 = Puebla |caps4 = 72 |goals4 = 4 |years5 = 2021 |clubs5 = Unión Española |caps5 = 9 |goals5 = 2 |years6 = 2022 |clubs6 = Always Ready |caps6 = 31 |goals6 = 1 |years7 = 2023– |clubs7 = Jorge Wilstermann |caps7 = 66 |goals7 = 1 |nationalyears1 = 2011 |nationalteam1 = Bolivia U20 |nationalcaps1 = 3 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 2011– |nationalteam2 = Bolivia<ref name = "NFT"/> |nationalcaps2 = 49 |nationalgoals2 = 2 |club-update = 30 December 2025 |ntupdate = 18:29, 31 January 2022 (UTC) }} '''Alejandro Saúl Chumacero Bracamonte''' (born 22 April 1991) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bolivian Primera División club Wilstermann and the Bolivia national team.

==Club career== Born in La Paz, Chumacero has played for The Strongest and Sport Recife.<ref name = "SW">{{soccerway|alejandro-chumacero/24988|accessdate=5 February 2016}}</ref><ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|pid=44958|accessdate=5 February 2016}}</ref>

He signed a five-year contract with Brazilian club Sport Recife in July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deportetotalbolivia.com/futbol_noticia.php?k=435|title=OFICIAL: Sport Recife y The Strongest confirmaron traspaso de Chumacero|date=10 July 2013|access-date=5 February 2016|language=es|publisher=Deporte Total Bolivia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810052053/http://www.deportetotalbolivia.com/futbol_noticia.php?k=435|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2013 he said he wished to leave the club and return to former club The Strongest due to lack of first-team games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paginasiete.bo/campeones/2013/12/4/alejandro-chumacero-quiere-volver-strongest-7786.html|title=Alejandro Chumacero quiere volver a The Strongest|date=4 December 2013|access-date=5 February 2016|language=es|publisher=Página Siete}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erbol.com.bo/noticia/deportes/12122013/chumacero_no_quiero_nada_con_sport_recife|title=Chumacero: "No quiero nada con Sport Recife"|date=12 December 2013|access-date=5 February 2016|language=es|publisher=Erbol|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715160758/http://www.erbol.com.bo/noticia/deportes/12122013/chumacero_no_quiero_nada_con_sport_recife|archive-date=15 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2017 it was announced he would sign for Liga MX with club Puebla.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2017/dec/25/bolivia-midfielder-alejandro-chumacero-joins-mexicos-puebla-1736515.html|title=Alejandro Chumacero joins Mexico's Puebla|work=IANS|language=en|access-date=December 26, 2017|publisher=New Indian Express}}</ref>

==International career== He made his international debut for Bolivia in 2011,<ref name = "NFT"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bol-recintlp.html |title=Bolivia - Record International Players |date=12 April 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609165828/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bol-recintlp.html |archive-date=9 June 2009 }}</ref> and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.<ref>{{FIFA player|316592}}</ref>

He represented Bolivia at the 2015 Copa América and was critical of the Bolivian press coverage of the team's performance in the tournament, believing them to be unfairly negative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peru.com/futbol/internacional/copa-america-alejandro-chumacero-critico-prensa-bolivia-noticia-365258|title=Copa América: Alejandro Chumacero criticó a la prensa de Bolivia|date=10 June 2015|access-date=5 February 2016|language=es|publisher=Peru.com}}</ref>

===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 12 October 2012 || Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia || {{fb|PER}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 1–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 2. || 24 March 2016 || Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia || {{fb|COL}} || align=center | '''2'''–2 || align=center | 2–3 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |}

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