Álvaro Aguado

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguado and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.

Álvaro Aguado
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Aguado Méndez
Date of birth (1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Jaén, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Espanyol
Number 18
Youth career
Maristas de Jaén
Jaén
2012–2014 Villarreal
2014–2015 Levante
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Ontinyent 15 (0)
2016–2017 Jaén 19 (1)
2017–2018 Córdoba B 19 (3)
2017–2019 Córdoba 33 (2)
2019–2023 Valladolid 75 (5)
2019 → Córdoba (loan) 8 (0)
2020 → Numancia (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 → Fuenlabrada (loan) 12 (0)
2023– Espanyol 32 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024

Álvaro Aguado Méndez (born 1 May 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.

Career

Early career

Born in Jaén, Andalusia, Aguado mainly represented Villarreal CF and Levante UD as a youth. On 27 August 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Tercera División side Ontinyent CF.[2]

Aguado made his senior debut on 15 November 2015, starting in a 4–1 home routing of CF Borriol. The following 26 July he moved to Segunda División B side Real Jaén, club he already represented as a youth.[3]

Córdoba

On 15 July 2017, after suffering relegation, Aguado signed for Córdoba CF and was immediately assigned to the reserves also in the third division.[4] He made his first team debut on 20 December, coming on as a second-half substitute for Carlos Caballero in a 5–0 home thrashing of CF Reus Deportiu in the Segunda División.[5]

Aguado scored his first professional goal on 2 June 2018, netting the last in a 3–0 home defeat of Sporting de Gijón.[6] On 2 October, he extended his contract until 2022.[7]

Valladolid

On 25 January 2019, Aguado signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga side Real Valladolid, being immediately loaned back to Córdoba until the end of the season.[8] Returning to the Blanquivioletas for the 2019–20 campaign, he made his debut for the club on 18 December by starting and scoring a brace in a 3–0 Copa del Rey away defeat of Tolosa CF.[9]

On 22 January 2020, after making no league appearances for Valladolid, Aguado was loaned to second division side CD Numancia until June.[10] On 1 October, he moved to fellow league team CF Fuenlabrada also in a temporary deal.[11]

Aguado featured rarely at Fuenla before returning to Valladolid in July 2021, where he became a regular starter under manager Pacheta as the club achieved promotion to the top tier. He made his debut in the division on 13 August 2022, starting in a 3–0 home loss to Villarreal CF.

Aguado scored his first goal in the main category of Spanish football on 5 March 2023, netting his team's second in a 2–1 home win over RCD Espanyol. He also featured regularly as Pucela suffered immediate relegation, and left the club in June 2023.[12]

Espanyol

On 11 September 2023, free agent Aguado signed a two-year contract with Espanyol in the second division.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Álvaro Aguado". Real Valladolid.
  2. ^ "Álvaro Aguado ya es nuevo centrocampista del Ontinyent CF" [Álvaro Aguado already is the new central midfielder of Ontinyent CF] (in Spanish). Yo Soy Noticia. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Álvaro Aguado regresa al Real Jaén para formar parte del primer equipo" [Álvaro Aguado returns to Real Jaén to be a part of the first team] (in Spanish). iJaén. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Álvaro Aguado, nuevo refuerzo blanquiverde" [Álvaro Aguado, new white-and-green addition] (in Spanish). Cordópolis. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Guardiola y Aguza insuflan aire a un Córdoba desmelenado" [Guardiola and Aguza breathe air into a dishevelled Córdoba] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Apoteosis en El Arcángel" [Apotheosis at the El Arcángel] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Álvaro Aguado amplía su contrato hasta 2022" [Álvaro Aguado extends his contract until 2022] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Álvaro Aguado, también blanquivioleta hasta 2023" [Álvaro Aguado, also white-and-violet until 2023] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. ^ "El Valladolid no da ninguna opción al Tolosa" [Valladolid give no option to Tolosa] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Aguado, cedido al Numancia" [Aguado, loaned to Numancia] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Aguado sale cedido" [Aguado leaves on loan] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Aguado se despide de Valladolid: "Me duele"" [Aguado bids farewell from Valladolid: "It hurts me"] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Aguado, nou jugador del RCD Espanyol" [Aguado, new player of RCD Espanyol] (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.