Pablo Álvarez Núñez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Álvarez Núñez | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Oviedo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lugo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–1998 | Lugo | 36 | (3) |
| 1999–2001 | Sporting B | 46 | (7) |
| 2001–2006 | Sporting Gijón | 161 | (25) |
| 2006– | Deportivo La Coruña | 77 | (5) |
| 2008 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Pablo Álvarez Núñez (born 14 May 1980 in Oviedo, Asturias) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Segunda División, as a right midfielder.
[edit] Football career
Álvarez started his professional career at Asturias's Sporting de Gijón, making his first team debut on 19 May 2001, in a 1–2 home defeat against Real Betis (in the second division), and went on to appear in 161 league games. At Gijón, he earned the nickname Tibu (diminutive of Tiburón - shark in Spanish) for his goal celebrations in which he pretended to have a shark's fin in his head.
Álvarez also participated in the resurrection of the Selección Gallega (unofficial Galicia autonomous football team) in December 2005, playing their first game after 75 years, against Uruguay. He signed for Deportivo de La Coruña on a Bosman transfer in August 2006.
On 3 February 2007, Álvarez played his first league match for Depor, against RCD Mallorca,[1] also his La Liga debut. He would suffer a serious leg injury in the first season, and was eventually loaned to Racing de Santander in January 2008, until the end of the topflight season.
After being relatively used in a Cantabria side that achieved a first-ever UEFA Cup qualification (netting in a 2–0 win at CA Osasuna, on 13 January 2008[2]), Álvarez returned to Galicia and Deportivo. Scarcely used during 2008–09, he profitted from a rare start to score the game's only goal at Athletic Bilbao, on 18 April 2009.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3599.php. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
- ^ "Osasuna 0-2 Racing Santander". ESPN Soccernet. 13 January 2008. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=226689&cc=5739. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña". ESPN Soccernet. 18 April 2009. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=253021&cc=5739. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
[edit] External links
- Deportivo official profile (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
- Transfermarkt profile
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