Óscar Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Óscar Álvarez Sanjuán
Date of birth (1977-06-09) 9 June 1977
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Costa Brava (assistant)
Youth career
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Barcelona C 32 (2)
1995–1999 Barcelona B 74 (2)
1999–2002 Oviedo 35 (1)
2000–2001 → Lleida (loan) 24 (2)
2002–2005 Tenerife 31 (1)
2005–2007 Gimnàstic 4 (0)
2007–2008 Orihuela 53 (1)
2008–2010 Girona 9 (1)
2010–2011 Hospitalet 8 (0)
2011–2014 Llagostera 75 (2)
Total 345 (12)
Managerial career
2015–2017 Llagostera (assistant)
2017–2018 Llagostera
2018–2019 Llagostera (assistant)
2019–2020 Valencia (assistant)
2020– Llagostera (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar Álvarez Sanjuán (born 9 June 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently assistant manager of UE Costa Brava.

Playing career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Álvarez finished his youth career with local FC Barcelona, going on to feature for its C and B teams until the age of 22. He later signed with Real Oviedo, making his La Liga debut on 16 October 1999 by coming in as a late substitute in a 2–2 away draw against Real Madrid.[1]

After playing for UE Lleida and CD Tenerife in the Segunda División, Álvarez joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona of the same league in July 2005.[2] In his first and only season he contributed only 524 minutes in all competitions, but achieved promotion in the league.

Deemed surplus to requirements by Nàstic in the summer of 2006,[3] and subsequently being left out of the first-team squad, Álvarez signed with Orihuela CF from Segunda División B in mid-January 2007.[4] He returned to the second level nearly two years later with Girona FC[5] but, after two seasons marked by injury,[6] he moved back to division three with CE L'Hospitalet.[7]

Álvarez signed for UE Llagostera also in his native region midway through the 2010–11 season,[8] winning promotion from the Tercera División and going on to play several years with the club in the third tier.[9]

Coaching career

Álvarez began working as a manager with his last team, as assistant to Oriol Alsina.[10] He was promoted to head coach for the 2017–18 campaign, which ended in relegation from division three.[11]

In September 2019, Álvarez accepted an offer from former Barcelona teammate Albert Celades to be part of his staff.[12] Eleven months later, he returned to Llagostera still under Alsina.[10]

Personal life

Álvarez's older brother, Quique, was also a footballer and a stopper, who represented mainly Villarreal CF. Their father Quique Costas occupied the same position, and played professionally for RC Celta de Vigo, Barcelona and the Spanish national team.[13]

References

  1. ↑ El Oviedo aplaca la euforia blanca (Oviedo halt white euphoria); El Mundo, 16 October 1999 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Óscar Álvarez, presentado ayer por el Nástic (Óscar Álvarez, presented yesterday by Nàstic); El Día, 13 July 2005 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Nàstic declara transferibles Nano, Diego Reyes, Óscar Álvarez, Morales i Jaio (Nàstic transferlist Nano, Diego Reyes, Óscar Álvarez, Morales and Jaio); Televisió de Catalunya, 11 July 2006 (in Catalan)
  4. ↑ El Orihuela ficha al central del Nàstic Óscar Álvarez (Orihuela sign Nàstic stopper Óscar Álvarez); Diario Información, 17 January 2007 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Óscar Álvarez firma por una campaña (Óscar Álvarez signs for one campaign); La Voz Digital, 5 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Óscar Álvarez estará seis meses de baja (Óscar Álvarez to miss six months); Marca, 3 February 2009 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Hospitalet: llega Óscar Álvarez. (Hospitalet: Óscar Álvarez arrives); esFutbol, 17 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ El central Òscar Álvarez, al Llagostera (Stopper Òscar Álvarez, to Llagostera); L'Esportiu, 12 January 2011 (in Catalan)
  9. ↑ UE Llagostera, seis ascensos en nueve años (UE Llagostera, six promotions in nine years); La Vanguardia, 22 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  10. 1 2 Òscar Álvarez torna a ser el segon d'Oriol Alsina a la banqueta del Llagostera (Òscar Álvarez is again assistant of Oriol Alsina on Llagostera's bench); Diari de Girona, 17 August 2020 (in Catalan)
  11. ↑ El Llagostera baja a Tercera División (Llagostera relegated to Tercera División); El Periódico de Catalunya, 27 May 2018 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ La historia de Óscar Álvarez, de Llagostera a Stamford Bridge en una semana (The story of Óscar Álvarez, from Llagostera to Stamford Bridge in one week); El Desmarque, 16 September 2019 (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ ""Quique" Álvarez Sanjuán" (in Spanish). Mitos Futbolísticos. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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