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David Álvarez (footballer, born 1994)

David Álvarez
Álvarez playing for Deportivo La Coruña in 2024
Personal information
Full name Antonio David Álvarez Rey
Date of birth (1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Luarca, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Deportivo La Coruña
Number 11
Youth career
Luarca
Avilés
2012–2013 Oviedo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Avilés B 3 (1)
2013 Oviedo B 4 (0)
2013–2014 Langreo 19 (5)
2014–2015 Caudal 36 (9)
2015–2016 Zamora 37 (13)
2016–2017 Oviedo B 37 (16)
2017–2018 Rápido Bouzas 13 (1)
2018 Cerceda 15 (0)
2018–2019 Zamora 35 (20)
2019–2020 Langreo 27 (13)
2020–2022 Ibiza 60 (12)
2022–2023 Wisła Płock 18 (9)
2023–2024 Eupen 7 (0)
2023–2024Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 37 (8)
2024– Deportivo La Coruña 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2024

Antonio David Álvarez Rey (born 18 December 1994), sometimes known as Davo, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña. Mainly a right winger, he can also play as a forward.[1]

Club career

Born in Luarca, Asturias, Álvarez represented Luarca CF and Real Avilés CF as a youth.[2] He made his senior debut with the latter's reserves on 26 February 2012, starting in a 0–2 Regional Preferente home loss against Valdesoto CF, and scored his first goal on 22 April in a 4–1 away routing of AD Universidad de Oviedo B.

In the 2012 summer, Álvarez moved to Real Oviedo and returned to the youth setup. He then featured rarely with the B-team in Tercera División before signing for fellow league team UP Langreo on 8 October 2013.[3]

Álvarez subsequently represented fourth division sides Caudal Deportivo,[4] Zamora CF[5] and Oviedo B[6] before joining Segunda División B side Rápido de Bouzas in July 2017.[7] He moved to fellow third division side CCD Cerceda the following January,[8] but returned to Zamora in July 2018 after suffering relegation.[9]

On 3 July 2019, after scoring a career-best 20 goals, Álvarez returned to Langreo, with the club now in division three.[10] On 13 May 2020, he agreed to a deal with UD Ibiza in the same category,[11] and was the club's top goalscorer with ten goals during the campaign, as they achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División.

Álvarez made his professional debut at the age of 26 on 13 August 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ekain Zenitagoia in a 0–0 away draw against Real Zaragoza.[12] On 3 June 2022, he signed a two-year contract with an extension option for Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Płock.[13]

After a successful stint in Poland, with nine goals and three assists in 18 league appearances, Álvarez was transferred to Belgian side KAS Eupen on 31 January 2023.[14] On 18 July, however, he returned to Spain after being loaned to Primera Federación side Deportivo de La Coruña for one year.[15]

Regularly used as Dépor achieved promotion to the second division, Álvarez signed a permanent two-year contract with the club on 19 June 2024.[16]

References

  1. ^ David Álvarez at Soccerway
  2. ^ "David Álvarez el Gol en Segunda b tiene acento Luarqués" [David Álvarez the goal in Segunda B has an Luarqués accent] (in Spanish). Luarca CF. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ "El Langreo ficha al delantero David Álvarez" [Langreo sign the forward David Álvarez] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ "David Álvarez deja el Langreo y se va al Caudal" [David Álvarez leaves Langreo and moves to Caudal] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "David Álvarez deja el Caudal por el Zamora" [David Álvarez leaves Caudal for Zamora] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ "El Vetusta se pone en marcha" [Vetusta is up and running] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  7. ^ "El Rápido echa a correr con lo puesto" [Rápido is up and running with nothing but the clothes on their backs] (in Spanish). Faro de Vigo. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Así son las nuevas caras del Cerceda" [These are the new facecs of Cerceda] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  9. ^ "El delantero David Álvarez ficha por el Zamora CF" [Forward David Álvarez signs for Zamora CF] (in Spanish). Zamora CF. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  10. ^ "El gijonés David Álvarez regresa al Langreo" [The gijonés David Álvarez returns to Langreo] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Davo, nuevo jugador del Ibiza para la próxima temporada" [Davo, new player of Ibiza for the following season] (in Spanish). UD Ibiza. 13 May 2020. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  12. ^ "El Zaragoza decepciona y empata ante un valiente Ibiza" [Zaragoza disappoint and draw against a valiant Ibiza] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Nowy Hiszpan w Ekstraklasie. Strzelał gole w Pucharze Króla". 3 June 2022.
  14. ^ "KAS Eupen verpflichtet spanischen Angreifer Davo" (in German). K.A.S. Eupen. 31 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Antonio David Álvarez 'Davo', nuevo jugador del Dépor 2023–24" [Antonio David Álvarez 'Davo', new player of Dépor 2023–24] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Davo se incorpora definitivamente al Dépor hasta junio de 2026" [Davo joins Dépor permanently until June 2026] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.