Álvaro Vázquez

Álvaro Vázquez

Vázquez in action for Catalonia in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Vázquez García
Date of birth	(1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 26)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Espanyol
Number	22
Youth career
1997–2000	Trajana
2000–2005	Damm
2005–2009	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Espanyol B	18	(8)
2010–2012	Espanyol	60	(10)
2012–2016	Getafe	86	(16)
2013–2014	→ Swansea City (loan)	12	(0)
2016–	Espanyol	8	(0)
National team‡
2011	Spain U20	7	(5)
2011–2013	Spain U21	14	(7)
2012	Spain U23	3	(2)
2010–	Catalonia	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 December 2016

Álvaro Vázquez García (born 27 April 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol as a striker.

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Vázquez spent most of his life in Badalona. He joined RCD Espanyol's youth system in 2005 at the age of 14, and four years later he made his senior debuts, appearing with the reserves in Segunda División B and suffering team relegation.

Álvaro made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 21 September 2010, coming on as a substitute for Sergio García midway through the second half of a 0–3 away loss against Real Madrid. Only five days later, he scored the game's only goal in a home fixture against CA Osasuna, and remained with the main squad for the rest of the season, mainly acting as backup to Dani Osvaldo.

After Osvaldo departed for A.S. Roma in the summer of 2011, Vázquez was made starter by manager Mauricio Pochettino. In January 2012, over only four days, he scored four goals in two games: first, he equalized through a header in the last minutes of the local derby against FC Barcelona (1–1 home draw), then added a hat-trick against Córdoba CF for the campaign's Copa del Rey (4–2 home win, 5–4 on aggregate).