Iker Álvarez

Iker Álvarez
Personal information
Full name	Iker Álvarez de Eulate Molné
Date of birth	25 July 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Villarreal B
Number	13
Youth career
	Inter Club d'Escaldes
0000–2016	Andorra
2016–2017	Gimnàstic Manresa
2017–2019	Roda
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2021	Villarreal C
2021–	Villarreal B
National team‡
2015–2017	Andorra U17
2017–2019	Andorra U19
2018–	Andorra U21
2021–	Andorra
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2021

Iker Álvarez de Eulate Molné (born 25 July 2001) is an Andorran footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Villarreal B and the Andorra national team.

Career[]

After playing for the C and B teams, Iker had his first call up for Villarreal CF ahead of their UEFA Europa League last 16 second leg at home to FC Dynamo Kyiv on 18 March 2021.^[2] He remained on the bench as second-choice Sergio Asenjo played in the 2–0 (4–0 aggregate) victory.^[3]

Iker made his international debut for Andorra on 28 March 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Poland, losing 3–0 in Warsaw.^[4]

Personal life[]

Iker is the son of former footballer Koldo Álvarez, who was capped for the Andorra national team and later appointed as the team's manager.^[1]

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of 12 November 2021^[5]

Andorra
Year	Apps	Goals
2021	5	0
Total	5	0

Honours[]

Villarreal

UEFA Europa League: 2020–21^[2]^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b López-Egea, Miquel (3 April 2019). "Iker Álvarez de Eulate, Porter del CD Roda i de la selecció sub-21: "L'objectiu és ser porter del Villarreal i acabar jugant a la Primera Divisió"" [Iker Álvarez de Eulate, Goalkeeper of CD Roda and the under-21 team: "The goal is to be Villarreal's goalkeeper and end up playing in the First Division"]. El Periòdic d'Andorra (in Catalan). Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Iker Álvarez, convocat amb el primer equip del Vila-real" [Iván Álvarez, selected for Villarreal's first team]. El Periòdic d'Andorra (in Catalan). 19 March 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ Gonzalo, Juanjo (18 March 2021). "El Villarreal disfruta al son de Gerard Moreno" [Villarreal enjoy themselves to the sound of Gerard Moreno]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Un Lewandowski en racha firma un doblete en la victoria de Polonia sobre Andorra" [A Lewandowski on a hot streak scores a brace in Poland's victory over Andorra]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 March 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Iker Álvarez". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ "Iker Álvarez llueix la bandera andorrana en la celebració grogueta" [Iker Álvarez flies the Andorran flag in the yellow celebration]. El Periòdic d'Andorra (in Catalan). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.