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Pablo Álvarez (footballer, born 1980)
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Pablo Álvarez Núñez (born 14 May 1980) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.
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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 Segunda División[1] and going on to appear in 168 games in all competitions.[2] 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.[3]
Álvarez signed for Deportivo de La Coruña on a Bosman transfer in August 2006. On 3 February 2007, he played his first league match for Depor, making his La Liga debut against RCD Mallorca aged nearly 27.[4] He had suffered a serious leg injury while still at the service of Sporting in April 2006,[5] and was eventually loaned to Racing de Santander in December of the following year until the end of the season.[6]
Having been relatively used in a Cantabria side that achieved a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Cup – netting in a 2–0 away victory over CA Osasuna on 13 January 2008[7]– Álvarez returned to Galicia and Deportivo. Scarcely played during 2008–09, he profited from a rare start to score the game's only goal at Athletic Bilbao, on 18 April 2009;[8] he made his debut in European competition on 18 February that year, featuring the full 90 minutes of a 3–0 away loss against AaB Fodbold in the UEFA Cup,[9] and was sent off in the second leg in a 6–1 aggregate score.[10]
In summer 2012, aged 32, Álvarez joined second-division CD Lugo on a two-year contract, returning to the club after playing youth football there for nearly a decade.[11] On 2 September 2014, he signed with UP Langreo in the third tier;[12] however, only six months later, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, agreeing to a deal at New York City FC following a trial period.[13]
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International career
Álvarez participated in the resurrection of the unofficial Galician national team in December 2005, playing their first game after 75 years against Uruguay.[14]
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