Quique Álvarez
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Enrique Álvarez Sanjuán | ||
Date of birth | 20 July 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Vigo, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Alavés (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1993 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1997 | Barcelona B | 78 | (0) |
1995–1998 | Barcelona | 1 | (0) |
1997–1998 | → Logroñés (loan) | 16 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Lleida | 75 | (3) |
2000–2007 | Villarreal | 188 | (5) |
2007–2009 | Recreativo | 12 | (0) |
Total | 370 | (8) | |
National team | |||
1995 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
1997 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2009–2015 | Barcelona U19 (assistant) | ||
2015–2017 | Barcelona U18 | ||
2017–2018 | Villarreal (assistant) | ||
2019–2020 | Villarreal (assistant) | ||
2021– | Alavés (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Enrique "Quique" Álvarez Sanjuán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkike ˈalβaɾeθ]; born 20 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender and who currently the assistant coach of Deportivo Alavés.
During a 16-year professional career he appeared in 369 games, 200 of those in La Liga. Having started his career at Barcelona, where he had no impact for its first team – one match – he would be an important member of Villarreal's top flight consolidation, representing the club for seven years.
Playing career[]
Álvarez was born in Vigo, Galicia. Grown through the ranks of FC Barcelona, he played only one La Liga game for the Catalans in the 1995–96 season,[1] then spent one loan stint with CD Logroñés before being released, after which he joined Barça neighbours UE Lleida (both teams were in the second division).
Álvarez made a name as a top level player during his stay at Villarreal CF, where he was team captain when a starter. Having managed 250 overall appearances – 188 of those in the top level, second-most for the club behind Argentine Rodolfo Arruabarrena[2]– his role would diminish in the 2006–07 campaign however, as Villarreal finished fifth (only 15 matches).
In July 2007, Álvarez joined Recreativo de Huelva, where his season would be constantly bothered by injuries.[3] In one of his few league appearances, on 1 March 2008, he was sent off for a dangerous challenge on Real Madrid's Arjen Robben, after just six minutes on the pitch (the former was brought on in the 64'), during a 2–3 home loss.[4] In 2008–09 he only took part in one league game for already doomed Recre, a 1–2 loss at Sporting de Gijón in the last round,[5] and was subsequently released.
Coaching career[]
Retired at 34, Álvarez moved into coaching, starting with Barcelona's Juvenil A.[6] In 2017 he left the barcelona youth team. On 10 December 2018 he joined his former club Villarreal as an assistant coach under Javier Calleja. On 10 December 2018 he left the club with the Javier Calleja after the dismissal and return to the club with him in 29 January 2019 as an assistant.[7]
Personal life[]
Álvarez's father, Quique Costas, also a footballer and a defender, played professionally with RC Celta de Vigo and Barcelona. He later became a manager, coinciding with his son on one occasion.
Álvarez's younger brother, Óscar, who occupied the same position, played mainly in divisions two and three.[8]
Honours[]
Villarreal
References[]
- ^ Domènech, Joan (4 September 1995). "Iván entra y el Barça gana" [Iván comes in and Barça win]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Quique Álvarez y Arruabarrena, historia viva del conjunto amarillo en Primera División" [Quique Álvarez and Arruabarrena, living history of yellow side in Primera División]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 23 June 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Quique Álvarez puede volver a jugar un año después" [Quique Álvarez may play again one year later]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 May 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Robben, otro mes de baja" [Robben, one more month out]. El País (in Spanish). 4 March 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ^ "Sporting Gijón 2–1 Recreativo Huelva". ESPN Soccernet. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Artús, José Luis; Domènech, Oriol (27 July 2010). "Òscar entrenará al Juvenil A" [Òscar to coach Juvenil A]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Who is the number two coach at each LaLiga Santander club?". MARCA in English. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ ""Quique" Álvarez Sanjuán" (in Spanish). Mitos Futbolísticos. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
External links[]
- Quique Álvarez at BDFutbol
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from Catalonia
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- FC Barcelona B players
- FC Barcelona players
- CD Logroñés footballers
- UE Lleida players
- Villarreal CF players
- Recreativo de Huelva players
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Catalonia international footballers
- Villarreal CF non-playing staff
- Footballers from Vigo