Álvaro Pérez Mejía
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| Full name | Álvaro Pérez Mejía | |
| Date of birth | January 18, 1982 (age 25) | |
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | |
| Height | 5'10" (178cm) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
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| Current club | Real Madrid | |
| Number | 24 | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003- | Real Madrid | 38 (1) |
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Álvaro Mejía Pérez (born January 18, 1982 in Madrid) is a Spanish football central defender, who currently plays for Real Madrid.
Álvaro Mejía started his football career at Las Rozas (1993-98). He signed for Real Madrid Junior C in 1998. He was promoted to Junior B in 99/00 and to Junior A in the following one. Mejía joined the Third Division team in 2001/02. He was to move straight into the second team and then on to the first the following season.
Álvaro Mejía is one of the young talents from Real Madrid's reserves. He has been playing in the first and second team. Mejía soon made it clear that he could do well with the big ones at his debut against Bayern Munich. He showed maturity, unusual for a footballer with such a pressure on him. Then his appearance in the first team's defence has been very frequent at different positions.
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1 Casillas | 2 Salgado | 3 Roberto Carlos | 4 Ramos | 5 Cannavaro | 6 Diarra | 7 Raúl | 8 Emerson | 10 Robinho | 11 Cicinho | 12 Marcelo | 13 López | 14 Guti | 15 Bravo | 16 Gago | 17 van Nistelrooy | 18 Cassano | 19 Reyes | 20 Higuaín | 21 Helguera | 22 Pavón | 23 Beckham | 24 Mejía | 25 Miñambres | 26 Javi García | 27 De la Red | 36 Nieto | 38 Torres | 39 Valero | Coach Capello |
