Sergio Rochet Álvarez (born 23 March 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Nacional, whom he captains, and the Uruguay national team.
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Rochet with Uruguay in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sergio Rochet Álvarez | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Nueva Palmira, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nacional | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Danubio | |||
| AZ | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | AZ | 51 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Sivasspor | 15 | (0) |
| 2019– | Nacional | 83 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2022– | Uruguay | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 | |||
Rochet started his career with Danubio with whom he made no appearances.
In April 2014, he went to trial with Dutch club AZ as they wanted a goalkeeper to serve as backup for Esteban Alvarado after the departure of Erik Heijblok.[1] On 19 May 2014, he underwent medicals.[2] Finally on 24 May 2014, he was signed by AZ for a contract until 2016.[3]
Rochet made his debut against FC Dordrecht after Alvarado was injured.[4]
On 5 March 2021, Rochet was named in Uruguay senior team's 35-man preliminary squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Argentina and Bolivia.[5] However, CONMEBOL suspended those matches next day amid concern over the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] He made his international debut on 27 January 2022 in a 1–0 win against Paraguay.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AZ | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | ||
| Sivasspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nacional | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 6 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 29 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 15 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Total | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 112 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 149 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 198 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Uruguay | 2022 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
AZ
Nacional
Club Nacional de Football – current squad | |
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