Álvaro Vázquez

Álvaro

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Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Vázquez García
Date of birth	(1991-04-27) 27 April 1991
Place of birth	Badalona, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Espanyol
Number	8
Youth career
	Trajana
	CF Damm
2005–2009	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–2010	Espanyol B	18	(8)
2010–	Espanyol	58	(9)
National team‡
2011	Spain U20	7	(5)
2011–	Spain U21	6	(1)
2012	Spain U23	1	(2)
2010–	Catalonia	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2012

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Vázquez and the second or maternal family name is García.

Álvaro Vázquez García (born 27 April 1991 in Badalona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol as a striker.

Club career

Vázquez joined RCD Espanyol's youth system in 2005, aged 14. Four years later, he made his senior debuts, appearing with the reserves in Segunda División B, and suffering team relegation.

Vázquez made his first-team - and La Liga - debut on 21 September 2010, replacing Sergio García midway through the second half of a 0–3 away loss against Real Madrid. Only five days later, he scored the game's only goal in a home fixture against CA Osasuna, and remained with the main squad for the rest of the season, mainly acting as backup to Argentine Pablo Osvaldo.

After Osvaldo left for A.S. Roma in the 2011 summer, Vázquez was made starter by manager Mauricio Pochettino. In January 2012, over only four days, he scored four goals in two games: first, he equalized through a header in the last minutes of the local derby against FC Barcelona (1–1 home draw), then added a hat-trick against Córdoba CF for the season's Copa del Rey (4–2 home win, 5–4 on aggregate).

International career

Vázquez represented Spain at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. He finished the competition with five goals (second-best, but with as many goals as the winner, Brazil's Henrique) as the national team reached the quarterfinals.

Also in 2012, Vázquez made his debut for the Spain Olympic Team. Scoring twice in a friendly match against Egypt.

Under 23 Youth Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 February 2012	Torrelavega, Spain	Egypt	1–1	3–1	Friendly
2.	28 February 2012	Torrelavega, Spain	Egypt	3–1	3–1	Friendly
#.	21 May 2012	Malaga, Spain	Basque Country	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Honours

Individual

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Silver Shoe 2011

External links

• Espanyol official profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Álvaro Vázquez – FIFA competition record
• Transfermarkt profile