# Boris Alfaro

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{{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](/source/La_Chorrera%2C_Panama)
| height = 1.85 m
| position = [Striker](/source/Striker_(association_football))
| currentclub = [Costa del Este](/source/Costa_del_Este_F.C.)
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 2006–2007
| youthclubs1 = [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco_F.C.)
| years1 = 2008–2011
| clubs1 = [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco_F.C.)
| caps1 = 50
| goals1 = 19
| years2 = 2011–2012
| clubs2 = [Universitario de Sucre](/source/Universitario_de_Sucre)
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 12
| years3 = 2012–2013
| clubs3 = [Sheriff Tiraspol](/source/FC_Sheriff_Tiraspol)
| caps3 =  2
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2013–2014
| clubs4 = [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco_F.C.)
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2014
| clubs5 = [The Strongest](/source/The_Strongest)
| caps5 = 9 
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2014–2015
| clubs6 = [Zamora](/source/Zamora_F.C.)
| caps6 = 6 
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015
| clubs7 = [USMP](/source/Club_Deportivo_Universidad_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn_de_Porres)
| caps7 = 4
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2015–2016
| clubs8 = [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco_F.C.)
| caps8 = 12
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2016
| clubs9 = [Sporting San Miguelito](/source/Sporting_San_Miguelito)
| caps9 = 7
| goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2016–2017
| clubs10 = [San José](/source/Club_San_Jos%C3%A9)
| caps10 = 5
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2017–2018
| clubs11 = [Sporting San Miguelito](/source/Sporting_San_Miguelito)
| caps11 = 3
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2018–
| clubs12 = [Costa del Este](/source/Costa_del_Este_F.C.)
| caps12 = 18
| goals12 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 = [Panama](/source/Panama_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 15 May 2020
}}

'''Boris Xavier Alfaro Chong''' (born 29 October 1988) is a Panamanian international [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [striker](/source/Forward_(association_football)) for Panamanian club [Costa del Este](/source/Costa_del_Este_F.C.).

==Club career==
Alfaro started his career at [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco_F.C.) and moved abroad to play in Bolivia with [Universitario de Sucre](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Zamora_FC)<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](/source/Club_Deportivo_Universidad_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn_de_Porres) 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](/source/San_Francisco_F.C.) in summer 2015.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

==International career==
Alfaro made his debut for [Panama](/source/Panama_national_football_team) in a March 2009 [friendly match](/source/friendly_match) against [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_football_team), his sole international to date.

==Personal life==
His maternal grandfather, whose last name is Chong, is Chinese.

==Honors==
;Club
* [ANAPROF](/source/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

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