{{short description|Panamanian footballer (born 1988)}} {{family name hatnote|Alfaro|Chong|lang=Spanish}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Boris Alfaro | image = | fullname = Boris Xavier Alfaro Chong | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|29|df=y}} | birth_place = La Chorrera, Panama | height = 1.85 m | position = Striker | currentclub = Costa del Este | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2006–2007 | youthclubs1 = San Francisco | years1 = 2008–2011 | clubs1 = San Francisco | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 19 | years2 = 2011–2012 | clubs2 = Universitario de Sucre | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 12 | years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = Sheriff Tiraspol | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = San Francisco | caps4 = 31 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = The Strongest | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = Zamora | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = USMP | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2015–2016 | clubs8 = San Francisco | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2016 | clubs9 = Sporting San Miguelito | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2016–2017 | clubs10 = San José | caps10 = 5 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2017–2018 | clubs11 = Sporting San Miguelito | caps11 = 3 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2018– | clubs12 = Costa del Este | caps12 = 18 | goals12 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = Panama | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 15 May 2020 }}
'''Boris Xavier Alfaro Chong''' (born 29 October 1988) is a Panamanian international footballer who plays as a striker for Panamanian club Costa del Este.
==Club career== Alfaro started his career at San Francisco and moved abroad to play in Bolivia with Universitario de Sucre<ref>[http://www.sanfranciscofc.com/noticiacompleta.php?id=537 Boris Alfaro fichó por el Universidad de Sucre de Bolivia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525025036/http://www.sanfranciscofc.com/noticiacompleta.php?id=537 |date=25 May 2015 }} - San Francisco FC {{in lang|es}}</ref> and The Strongest<ref>[http://somoslasele.com/historia/2457/boris-alfaro-nuevo-jugador-de-the-strongest-de-bolivia Boris Alfaro nuevo jugador de The Strongest de Bolivia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525023727/http://somoslasele.com/historia/2457/boris-alfaro-nuevo-jugador-de-the-strongest-de-bolivia |date=May 25, 2015 }} - somos lasele {{in lang|es}}</ref> as well as in Moldova for FC Sheriff Tiraspol.<ref>[http://panamafutbol.com/?p=8221 Boris Alfaro cerca de jugar en el Sheriff Tiraspol de Moldavia] - PanamaFutbol {{in lang|es}}</ref> In summer 2014, he joined Venezuelan club Zamora<ref>[http://www.diez.hn/centroamerica/panamaca/729517-99/el-paname%C3%B1o-boris-alfaro-llega-al-zamora-de-venezuela El panameño Boris Alfaro llega al Zamora de Venezuela] - Diez {{in lang|es}}</ref> and moved to Peruvian side USMP in January 2015.<ref>[http://depor.pe/futbol-peruano/san-martin-panameno-boris-alfaro-nuevo-delantero-santo-1033341 San Martín: panameño Boris Alfaro es nuevo delantero santo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525054841/http://depor.pe/futbol-peruano/san-martin-panameno-boris-alfaro-nuevo-delantero-santo-1033341 |date=2015-05-25 }} - Depor.pe {{in lang|es}}</ref>
He returned to San Francisco in summer 2015.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
==International career== Alfaro made his debut for Panama in a March 2009 friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago, his sole international to date.
==Personal life== His maternal grandfather, whose last name is Chong, is Chinese.
==Honors== ;Club * ANAPROF (2): 2008 (A) 2009 (A)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|boris-alfaro/66158}} * {{NFT player|30364}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alfaro, Boris}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Panamanian people of Chinese descent Category:Panamanian men's footballers Category:21st-century Panamanian sportsmen Category:People from La Chorrera District Category:Sportspeople from Panamá Oeste Province Category:Men's association football forwards Category:San Francisco F.C. players Category:Universitario de Sucre footballers Category:FC Sheriff Tiraspol players Category:The Strongest players Category:Zamora F.C. players Category:Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Category:Sporting San Miguelito players Category:Club San José players Category:Potros del Este players Category:Liga Panameña de Fútbol players Category:Bolivian Primera División players Category:Moldovan Super Liga players Category:Venezuelan Primera División players Category:Peruvian Primera División players Category:Panama men's international footballers Category:Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Category:Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Category:Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Category:Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Category:Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Peru