Víctor Álvarez (footballer)

Víctor Álvarez

Álvarez playing for Catalonia in 2013
Personal information
Full name Víctor Guillermo Álvarez Delgado
Date of birth (1993-03-14) 14 March 1993
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left back / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Espanyol
Number 5
Youth career
1998–2001 Santvicentí
2001–2007 Barcelona
2007–2010 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Espanyol B 56 (3)
2011– Espanyol 71 (1)
National team‡
2009 Spain U16 3 (0)
2009–2010 Spain U17 8 (0)
2011 Spain U18 2 (0)
2011– Spain U19 2 (0)
2013– Catalonia 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 December 2015
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Delgado.

Víctor Guillermo Álvarez Delgado (born 14 March 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol. Mainly a left back, he can also play as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Álvarez made his senior debuts at only 17, competing with RCD Espanyol's reserves in the fourth division. On 6 March 2011, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, replacing fellow youth graduate David García for the last two minutes of a 0–1 away loss against Levante UD.[1]

On 25 March 2013, Álvarez signed a new four-year deal with the Pericos, being also definitely promoted to the main squad.[2] However, he underwent surgery in late May due to a cardiovascular disease,[3] only returning to the fields seven months later in a 4–1 away routing of Rayo Vallecano.[4]

Álvarez scored his first competitive goal for Espanyol on 15 January 2014, helping to a 4–2 home win over AD Alcorcón for the Copa del Rey.[5] His first in the league came on 22 September 2015, the only in a 1–0 success over Valencia CF also at the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat.[6]

References

  1. ↑ In-form Levante see off out-of-sorts Espanyol; ESPN Soccernet, 6 March 2011
  2. ↑ Víctor Álvarez, 'perico' hasta 2017 (Víctor Álvarez, perico until 2017); Sport, 25 March 2013 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Víctor Alvarez, operado con éxito (Víctor Álvarez, successfully operated); Sport, 23 May 2013 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Garcia hat-trick sees off Vallecano; ESPN FC, 24 November 2013
  5. ↑ 4–2: El Espanyol sufre pero pasa a cuartos con remontada agónica ante el Alcorcón (4–2: Espanyol suffers but reaches last-eight with agonizing comeback against Alcorcón); Mundo Deportivo, 15 January 2014 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Espanyol 1–0 Valencia; ESPN FC, 22 September 2015
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