Tomás Alarcón

Tomás Jesús Alarcón Vergara (born 19 January 1999) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Cartagena, on loan from Cádiz CF, and the Chile national team. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alarcón and the second or maternal family name is Vergara.
Tomás Alarcón
Personal information
Full name Tomás Jesús Alarcón Vergara
Date of birth (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999
Place of birth Rancagua, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cartagena
(on loan from Cádiz)
Youth career
O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 O'Higgins 85 (8)
2021– Cádiz 27 (0)
2023 → Zaragoza (loan) 12 (0)
2023– → Cartagena (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Chile U20 9 (3)
2019–2020 Chile U23 8 (0)
2019– Chile 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:05, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

O'Higgins

Born in Rancagua, Alarcón began his career with hometown side O'Higgins. He made his first team debut at the age of just 17 on 13 August 2016, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Deportes Iquique.

Alarcón started to establish himself as a starter for the club midway through the 2018 campaign, where he was also utilised as a central defender by manager Gabriel Milito. He scored his first senior goal on 13 September 2020, but in a 2–1 home loss against Everton de Viña del Mar. On 8 December, he scored a brace in a 2–1 home success over Huachipato.[2] Alarcón finished the 2020 season with seven goals scored in 28 games.

Cádiz

On 13 June 2021, Alarcón signed a four-year contract with La Liga club Cádiz CF,[3][4] which spent $2 million for the 80% of his pass. On 14 August, he made his official debut with Cádiz on the first match of 2021–22 La Liga, playing from the start in the 1–1 draw against Levante and sending a key cross for the equalizer at the end of his debut match.[5]

On 27 December 2022, after being rarely used during the campaign, Alarcón was loaned to Segunda División side Real Zaragoza until June.[6] On 23 August 2023, he moved to fellow second division side FC Cartagena on loan for the 2023–24 season.[7]

International career

At under-20 level, Alarcón represented Chile in both the 2018 South American Games, winning the gold medal,[8] and the 2019 South American Championship

He also represented Chile U23 at the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and was in the Chile U23 squad for the 2019 Toulon Tournament.

Alarcón made his debut for Chile senior team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly match against Argentina, as a 55th-minute substitute for Claudio Baeza.[9] He was considered by Martín Lasarte to play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, having his first official international presentation against Argentina on 3 June 2021. In the same month, Alarcón was nominated to participate in the 2021 Copa América,[10] playing in four games of the tournament, in which Chile lost at the quarter-finals against Brazil.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
O'Higgins 2016–17 Chilean Primera División 10–––10
2017 Chilean Primera División 4020––60
2018 Chilean Primera División 24020––260
2019 Chilean Primera División 22010––230
2020 Chilean Primera División 28000––280
2021 Chilean Primera División 7000––70
Total 860500000910
Cádiz 2021–22 La Liga 23010––240
2022–23 La Liga 4010––50
Total 27020––290
Real Zaragoza (loan) 2022–23 Segunda División 12000––120
Cartagena (loan) 2023–24 Segunda División 1000––10
Career total 12607000001330

    International
    As of match played 14 June 2022
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National team Year Apps Goals
    Chile 2019 1 0
    2021 8 0
    2022 3 0
    Total 12 0

    Honours

    Chile U20

    References
    1. "Thomás Alarcón" (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
    2. "Alarcón brilla en Rancagua y aleja a O'Higgins de Colo Colo" [Alarcón shines in Rancagua and takes O'Higgins away from Colo Colo] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
    3. "Tomás Alarcón dejará O'Higgins para sumarse a las filas de Cádiz en España". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
    4. "Tomás Alarcón, segundo fichaje para la 2021–22" [Tomás Alarcón, second signing for the 2021–22 season] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
    5. ""Ha sido muy bonito": las palabras de Tomás Alarcón tras debutar en La Liga". AS Chile (in Spanish). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
    6. "Cesión de Tomás Alarcón al Real Zaragoza" [Loan of Tomás Alarcón to Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
    7. "Acuerdo con el Cartagena para la cesión de Alarcón" [Agreement with Cartagena for the loan of Alarcón] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
    8. Bravo, Nicolás (28 September 2022). "El presente de los jugadores de La Roja que lograron la medalla de oro en los Juegos Suramericanos 2018". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
    9. "Chile v Argentina game report". ESPN. 5 September 2019.
    10. "Tomás Alarcón fue nominado para la Copa América 2021". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 10 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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