Óscar Álvarez (footballer)

Óscar Álvarez Sanjuán (born 9 June 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the assistant manager of Valencia CF.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Sanjuán.
Óscar Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Óscar Álvarez Sanjuán
Date of birth (1977-06-09) 9 June 1977
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Valencia (assistant)
Youth career
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Barcelona C 32 (2)
1995–1999 Barcelona B 74 (2)
1999–2002 Oviedo 35 (1)
2000–2001 → Lleida (loan) 24 (2)
2002–2005 Tenerife 31 (1)
2005–2007 Gimnàstic 4 (0)
2007–2008 Orihuela 53 (1)
2008–2010 Girona 9 (1)
2010–2011 Hospitalet 8 (0)
2011–2014 Llagostera 75 (2)
Total 345 (12)
Teams managed
2015–2017 Llagostera (assistant)
2017–2018 Llagostera
2019– Valencia (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Álvarez finished his youth career with local FC Barcelona, going on to feature for its C and B-teams until the age of 22. He later signed with Real Oviedo in La Liga, making his competition debut on 16 October 1999 by coming in as a late substitute in a 2–2 away draw against Real Madrid.[2]

After playing for UE Lleida and CD Tenerife in Segunda División, Álvarez joined fellow league side Gimnàstic de Tarragona in July 2005.[3] In his first and only season he contributed with only 524 minutes in all competitions, but achieved promotion in the league.

Deemed surplus to requirements by Nàstic in the summer of 2006,[4] and subsequently being left out of the first-team squad, Álvarez signed with Orihuela CF from Segunda División B in mid-January 2007.[5] He returned to the second level nearly two years later with Girona FC[6] but, after two seasons marked by injury,[7] he moved back to division three by joining CE L'Hospitalet.[8]

Álvarez signed for UE Llagostera also in his native region for the 2011–12 season, going on to play several years with the club in the third tier.

Personal life

Álvarez's older brother, Quique, was also a footballer and a stopper, who represented mainly Villarreal CF. Their father Quique Costas occupied the same position, and played professionally for RC Celta de Vigo, Barcelona and the Spanish national team.[9]

References
  1. "Valencia Club de Fútbol". www.valenciacf.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. El Oviedo aplaca la euforia blanca (Oviedo halt white euphoria); El Mundo, 16 October 1999 (in Spanish)
  3. Óscar Álvarez, presentado ayer por el Nástic (Óscar Álvarez, presented yesterday by Nàstic); El Día, 13 July 2005 (in Spanish)
  4. El Nàstic declara transferibles Nano, Diego Reyes, Óscar Álvarez, Morales i Jaio (Nàstic transferlist Nano, Diego Reyes, Óscar Álvarez, Morales and Jaio); Televisió de Catalunya, 11 July 2006 (in Catalan)
  5. El Orihuela ficha al central del Nàstic Óscar Álvarez (Orihuela sign Nàstic defender Óscar Álvarez); Diario Información, 17 January 2007 (in Spanish)
  6. Óscar Álvarez firma por una campaña (Óscar Álvarez signs for one campaign); La Voz Digital, 5 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  7. Óscar Álvarez estará seis meses de baja (Óscar Álvarez to miss six months); Marca, 3 February 2009 (in Spanish)
  8. Hospitalet: llega Óscar Álvarez. (Hospitalet: Óscar Álvarez arrives); esFutbol, 17 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. ""Quique" Álvarez Sanjuán" (in Spanish). Mitos Futbolísticos. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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