Álvaro Cervera
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Álvaro Cervera Díaz | ||
Date of birth | 20 September 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Isabel, Guinea | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cádiz (coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Alegría | |||
Tenerife | |||
Perines | |||
Racing Santander | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1987 | Racing Santander | 33 | (5) |
1987–1992 | Mallorca | 139 | (10) |
1992–1995 | Valencia | 82 | (5) |
1995–1997 | Racing Santander | 42 | (3) |
1997–1998 | Hércules | 2 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Águilas | 11 | (1) |
1999 | Almería | 19 | (5) |
1999–2000 | San Fernando | 25 | (3) |
2000–2001 | Ontinyent | ||
Total | 353 | (32) | |
International career | |||
1987 | Spain U21 | 4 | (1) |
1991–1992 | Spain | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2001–2002 | Catarroja (assistant) | ||
2002–2003 | Catarroja | ||
2003–2004 | Villarreal (youth) | ||
2004–2005 | Catarroja | ||
2005 | Castellón | ||
2006 | Almansa | ||
2006–2007 | Alicante | ||
2008–2009 | Cultural Leonesa | ||
2009–2010 | Jaén | ||
2010–2011 | Real Unión | ||
2011–2012 | Recreativo | ||
2012 | Racing Santander | ||
2012–2015 | Tenerife | ||
2016– | Cádiz | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Álvaro Cervera Díaz (born 20 September 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a winger, and the current coach of Cádiz CF.
He amassed La Liga totals of 261 games and 17 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing in the competition Racing de Santander (two spells), Mallorca and Valencia.
Cervera became a manager in 2002, going on to work with a host of clubs.
Club career
Born in Santa Isabel, Spanish Guinea when both his parents worked in that country, Cervera was raised in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and played youth football for four clubs, finishing his formation at Racing de Santander. He made his La Liga debut on 9 September 1984 by playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Real Valladolid,[1] but only appeared in seven games in his first two senior seasons combined, featuring much more regularly in 1986–87 but suffering relegation.
In the 1987 summer Álvaro – known by his first name during his playing days – signed for RCD Mallorca, remaining five years with the side and being relegated twice from the top flight. In the 1988–89 campaign he scored a career-best six goals in 35 matches, helping the Balearic Islands team promote from Segunda División.
Álvaro moved to Valencia CF in June 1992, following Mallorca's relegation. He appeared in 32 contests and netted three times in his first year (notably once in a 4–1 win at Athletic Bilbao[2]), but was more often than not a reserve from there onwards, for that and his following club Racing, which he left to play with Hércules CF in the second level; he retired in 2001 at the age of nearly 36, following a spell in the lower leagues.
Cervera took up coaching in 2001, working with amateurs Catarroja CF in several capacities. From 2004 to 2011 he managed almost exclusively in Segunda División B, and his first job at the professional level arrived in 2011–12 when he was appointed at Recreativo de Huelva in division two;[3] however, in March 2012, he arranged to have his contract rescinded when he received an offer from former side Racing Santander in the top division,[4] but he only collected three draws in his 13 games in charge to become the competition's worst ever debutant,[5] and was not renewed.
On 3 July 2012, Cervera signed with Tenerife where he had already played youth football more than 30 years ago.[6] Shortly before achieving promotion to the second tier in his debut season, he renewed his link until 2015,[7][8] being however relieved of his duties on 2 February 2015[9] even though he had a contract running until 2018.[10]
International career
Álvaro gained four caps for Spain, in slightly more than one year. He made his debut on 4 September 1991, coming on as a 76th-minute substitute for Andoni Goikoetxea in a 2–1 friendly win with Uruguay in Oviedo.[11]
Managerial statistics
- As of 17 September 2016
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
Catarroja [12] | 30 June 2002 | 1 July 2003 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 58.82 | ||||
Catarroja[13] | 30 June 2004 | 25 April 2005 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 36.36 | ||||
Castellón[14] | 25 April 2005 | 30 June 2005 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 55.56 | ||||
Almansa[15] | 9 January 2006 | 30 June 2006 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25.00 | ||||
Alicante[16] | 1 July 2006 | 16 April 2007 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 45.45 | ||||
Cultural Leonesa[17] | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2009 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 50.00 | ||||
Jaén[18] | 31 August 2009 | 30 June 2010 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 51.22 | ||||
Real Unión[19] | 13 July 2010 | 2 January 2011 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 50.00 | ||||
Recreativo[20] | 28 June 2011 | 9 March 2012 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35.71 | ||||
Racing Santander[21] | 9 March 2012 | 12 May 2012 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0.00 | ||||
Tenerife[22] | 3 July 2012 | 2 February 2015 | 110 | 43 | 29 | 38 | 39.09 | ||||
Cádiz[23] | 18 April 2016 | Present | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 43.75 | ||||
Total | 401 | 170 | 105 | 126 | 42.39 |
References
- ^ "1–0: Valladolid y Racing, más voluntad que acierto" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 10 September 1984. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Álvaro Cervera renueva por dos años" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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External links
- Álvaro Cervera at BDFutbol
- Álvaro Cervera manager profile at BDFutbol
- National team data
- Álvaro Cervera at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- CiberChe biography and stats Template:Es icon
- Racing de Santander biography Template:Es icon
- Álvaro Cervera at National-Football-Teams.com
- Álvaro Cervera – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Malabo
- Spanish footballers
- Association football wingers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Racing de Santander players
- RCD Mallorca players
- Valencia CF players
- Hércules CF players
- UD Almería players
- CD San Fernando players
- Ontinyent CF players
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- Spanish football managers
- La Liga managers
- Segunda División managers
- CD Castellón managers
- Alicante CF managers
- Cultural Leonesa managers
- Real Jaén managers
- Real Unión managers
- Recreativo de Huelva managers
- Racing de Santander managers
- CD Tenerife managers
- Cádiz CF managers