Álvaro Cervera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Álvaro Cervera Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Isabel, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
Cádiz (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alegría | |||
| Tenerife | |||
| Perines | |||
| Racing Santander | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Racing Santander | 33 | (5) |
| 1987–1992 | Mallorca | 139 | (10) |
| 1992–1995 | Valencia | 82 | (5) |
| 1995–1997 | Racing Santander | 42 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | Hércules | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Águilas | 11 | (1) |
| 1999 | Almería | 19 | (5) |
| 1999–2000 | San Fernando | 25 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | Ontinyent | ||
| Total | 353 | (32) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987 | Spain U21 | 4 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | Spain | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2002 | Catarroja (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Catarroja | ||
| 2003–2004 | Villarreal (youth) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Catarroja | ||
| 2005 | Castellón | ||
| 2006 | Almansa | ||
| 2006–2007 | Alicante | ||
| 2008–2009 | Cultural Leonesa | ||
| 2009–2010 | Jaén | ||
| 2010–2011 | Real Unión | ||
| 2011–2012 | Recreativo | ||
| 2012 | Racing Santander | ||
| 2012–2015 | Tenerife | ||
| 2016– | Cádiz | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Álvaro Cervera Díaz (born 20 September 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a winger, and the current coach of Cádiz CF.
He amassed La Liga totals of 261 games and 17 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing in the competition Racing de Santander (two spells), Mallorca and Valencia.
Cervera became a manager in 2002, going on to work with a host of clubs.
Born in Santa Isabel, Spanish Guinea when both his parents worked in that country, Cervera was raised in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and played youth football for four clubs, finishing his formation at Racing de Santander. He made his La Liga debut on 9 September 1984 by playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Real Valladolid, but only appeared in seven games in his first two senior seasons combined, featuring much more regularly in 1986–87 but suffering relegation.
In the 1987 summer, Álvaro – known by his first name during his playing days – signed for RCD Mallorca, remaining five years with the side and being relegated twice from the top flight. In the 1988–89 campaign he scored a career-best six goals in 35 matches, helping the Balearic Islands team promote from Segunda División.
Álvaro moved to Valencia CF in June 1992, following Mallorca's relegation. He appeared in 32 contests and netted three times in his first year (notably once in a 4–1 win at Athletic Bilbao), but was more often than not a reserve from there onwards, for that and his following club Racing, which he left to play with Hércules CF in the second level; he retired in 2001 at the age of nearly 36, following a spell in the lower leagues.
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