Jorge Alvial
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Jorge Alvial is an Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an football manager
Manager (association football)
In association football, a manager is responsible for running a football club or a national team. The manager of a professional club is responsible directly to the club president. The position of manager is almost exclusively used in British football...

 and international scout for Chelsea FC. In 2006, he was the coach of the USL
United Soccer League
The United Soccer League was a professional soccer league in the United States in the mid-1980s.After the demise of the second incarnation of the American Soccer League in 1983, four ASL teams founded the USL...

 Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

. However, following the 2006 season he left the team to be Chief Scout of the Americas for Chelsea FC, and was replaced by Toribio Rojas
Toribio Rojas
Toribio Rojas Gamboa is the former coach of the Puerto Rico Islanders, a USL First Division soccer team. He also has coached the Costa Rican National team from 1993 to 1995.-External links:*...

. In Puerto Rico Jorge was the mastermind behind the squad that took the Islanders to its first post season.

On January 11, 2008, he joined the FC Dallas Coaching team from Chelsea FC, but he resigned in May of the same year. Chelsea FC has re-hired Alvial to continue his position as Chief Scout for the Americas.

He has three sons named Jorge, Javier, and Greyson, and one daughter, Isabel.

Alvial has been credited for scouting top players as Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....

, Franco Di Santo
Franco di Santo
Franco Matías di Santo is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Wigan Athletic.- Audax Italiano :Di Santo began his club career in the Chilean team Audax Italiano. In the 2006–07 season he scored 26 goals in 76 matches, including one goal in six matches in the Copa Libertadores...

, Ramiro Funes Mori
Rogelio Funes Mori
Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori is an Argentine football forward. He plays for River Plate. He is the twin brother of Ramiro Funes Mori.- Early life :...

, Mark González
Mark González
Mark Dennis González Hoffman , commonly known as Mark González, is a South African-born Chilean footballer whose preferred position is as a left winger. Renowned for his lightning pace, he is nicknamed "Speedy González". González currently plays for CSKA Moscow.-Early life:Mark González was born in...

 and Jhon Pírez
Jhon Pírez
Jhon Alexander Pírez Araújo is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Uruguay U20 national team.-National:...

(Chelsea FC Youth), Brek Shea(F.C. Dallas), Diego Fagundez (N.E.Revolution).
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