Pablo Álvarez Núñez

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Pablo Álvarez
Personal information
Full name	Pablo Álvarez Núñez
Date of birth	(1980-05-14) 14 May 1980
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Lugo
Number	7
Youth career
1989–1997	Lugo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1997–1998	Lugo	36	(3)
1998–2001	Sporting B	52	(6)
2001–2006	Sporting Gijón	160	(25)
2006–2012	Deportivo La Coruña	85	(5)
2008	→ Racing Santander (loan)	18	(1)
2012–	Lugo	31	(4)
National team
2005–2008	Galicia	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Núñez.

Pablo Álvarez Núñez (born 14 May 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Lugo in Segunda División, as a right midfielder.

Football career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Álvarez started his professional career at neighbouring Sporting de Gijón, making his first-team debut on 19 May 2001 in a 1–2 home defeat against Real Betis in the second division and going on to appear in 161 league games. At Gijón he earned the nickname Tibu (diminutive of Tiburón – shark in Spanish) for his goal celebrations, in which he pretended to have a shark's fin in his head.

Álvarez also participated in the resurrection of the Selección Galega (unofficial Galicia national football team) in December 2005, playing their first game after 75 years, against Uruguay. He signed for Deportivo de La Coruña on a Bosman transfer in August 2006.

On 3 February 2007 Álvarez played his first league match for Depor, against RCD Mallorca,^[1] also his La Liga debut at the age of nearly 27. He would suffer a serious leg injury in the first season, and was eventually loaned to Racing de Santander in January 2008, until the end of the top flight season.

After being relatively used in a Cantabria side that achieved a first-ever qualification to the UEFA Cup (netting in a 2–0 away win against CA Osasuna on 13 January 2008^[2]), Álvarez returned to Galicia and Deportivo. Scarcely used during 2008–09 he profitted from a rare start to score the game's only goal at Athletic Bilbao, on 18 April 2009.^[3]

References

↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
↑ "Osasuna 0–2 Racing Santander". ESPN Soccernet. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
↑ "Athletic Bilbao 0–1 Deportivo La Coruña". ESPN Soccernet. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

External links

v t e CD Lugo – current squad

1 José Juan 2 De Coz 3 Prieto 4 V. Marco 5 Pita 6 Jorge 7 P. Álvarez 8 Seoane 9 Sandaza 10 Ernesto 11 Manu (c) 13 Mallo 14 R. García 15 Juanjo 16 V. Díaz 17 S. Rodríguez 19 P. Sánchez 20 Rennella 21 Á. Peña 22 Pavón 23 I. Díaz 24 I. Pérez Manager: Setién

Persondata
Name	Álvarez Núñez, Pablo
Alternative names	Álvarez, Pablo
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	14 May 1980
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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