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My Take
Quique Alvarez is the kind of footballer I respect more the longer I look. A central defender who logged 370 professional matches over sixteen years, 201 in La Liga, is the spine of a club, not its headline. Defenders rarely get the romance, yet his career is a quiet monument to consistency and reading the game. That he moved into management with Girona's B side feels exactly right: patience and positional intelligence translating into teaching. I'll always take durability and tactical sense over flash, and his Vigo-rooted, grind-it-out path embodies precisely that virtue.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Quique Álvarez
- Name (Japanese)
- キケ・アルバレス
- Reading
- きけ・あるばれす
- Born
- July 20, 1975 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Spain
- Height
- 2 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Quique Álvarez born?
Born July 20, 1975 (age 51).
Where is Quique Álvarez from?
Quique Álvarez is from Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Spain.
What does Quique Álvarez do?
Quique Álvarez works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Quique Álvarez?
Quique Álvarez is 2 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.