Álvaro Rey

Álvaro Rey Vázquez (born 11 July 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Gibraltarian club St Joseph's.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rey and the second or maternal family name is Vázquez.
Álvaro Rey
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Rey Vázquez[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-11) 11 July 1989[1]
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 St Joseph's
Number 23
Youth career
AD Nervión
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Cerro Águila 35 (7)
2008–2010 Betis C 50 (4)
2010 Betis B 4 (0)
2010 Pobla Mafumet 5 (2)
2010–2012 Gimnàstic 54 (1)
2012–2013 Xerez 28 (3)
2013–2014 Toronto FC 20 (1)
2014 Columbus Crew 2 (0)
2014–2017 Alcorcón 44 (0)
2015 → Murcia (loan) 4 (0)
2017 Panetolikos 9 (2)
2017 Arka Gdynia 1 (0)
2017–2018 Racing Ferrol 13 (4)
2018–2020 Mirandés 71 (9)
2020–2021 Bolívar 12 (2)
2022 Deportivo La Coruña 11 (1)
2022–2023 Xerez 25 (8)
2023– St Joseph's 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:40, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Rey was born in Seville, Andalusia. In the summer of 2010, after playing with both Real Betis' reserve teams, he signed for Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Segunda División. He made his official debut on 31 October, featuring five minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Córdoba CF,[2] and spent the vast majority of his first professional season switching between Gimnàstic and its farm team, CF Pobla de Mafumet.

On 4 December 2010, Rey started for Nàstic for the first time, in a 1–2 home defeat to Villarreal CF B.[3] He scored his first goal for the Catalans on 21 January 2012, the only in the home match against Elche CF,[4] but they eventually suffered relegation.

After two seasons with Gimnàstic, Rey was released.[5] On 17 July 2012, he joined Xerez CD on a two-year contract.[6]

The club dropped two levels at the end of the 2012–13 campaign due to financial irregularities, and subsequently Rey went on trial with Toronto FC of the Major League Soccer, appearing in a reserve team match and agreeing to a deal on 25 July 2013.[7] He scored his first goal for his new club on 28 September, in a 4–1 win over D.C. United.[8]

On 6 June 2014, Rey was traded to Columbus Crew for Dominic Oduro.[9] His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 15 July, after alleging personal reasons,[10] and he signed with AD Alcorcón later the same day.[11]

On 14 February 2017, Rey agreed to a six-month contract at Super League Greece side Panetolikos FC. On 16 July, he moved to the Polish Ekstraklasa with Arka Gdynia.[12]

After spells with clubs in Bolivia and the Spanish lower leagues – the exception to this was in the 2019–20 season, when he scored five second-tier goals for CD Mirandés[13][14][15]– Rey joined St Joseph's F.C. of the Gibraltar Football League in July 2023.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played 14 June 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gimnàstic 2010–11[17] Segunda División 29000––290
2011–12[17] 25100––251
Total 541000000541
Xerez 2012–13[17] Segunda División 28310––293
Toronto 2013[18] Major League Soccer 13100–00131
2014[18] 7030–00100
Total 201300000231
Columbus Crew 2014[18] Major League Soccer 2000–0020
Alcorcón 2014–15[17] Segunda División 13000––130
2015–16[17] 25010––260
2016–17[17] 6060––120
Total 440700000510
Murcia (loan) 2014–15[17] Segunda División B 4000–1[lower-alpha 1]050
Panetolikos 2016–17[18] Super League Greece 9200–0092
Arka Gdynia 2017–18[18] Ekstraklasa 102010–40
Racing Ferrol 2017–18[17] Segunda División B 13400––134
Mirandés 2018–19[17] Segunda División B 37410–5[lower-alpha 1]2436
2019–20[17] Segunda División 34573–00418
Total 7198300528414
Bolívar 2020[18] Bolivian Primera División 00008181
2021[18] 1220060182
Total 1220014100263
Deportivo 2021–22[17] Primera División RFEF 11100–2[lower-alpha 1]0131
Career total 269232131518231329
  1. Appearances in Segunda División play-offs

References
  1. "Álvaro Rey". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. Alvarado, José (1 November 2010). "El Nàstic no logra salir del pozo" [Nàstic do not emerge from pit]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. Alvarado, José (5 December 2010). "El Villarreal B hace al Nàstic farolillo rojo" [Villarreal B make Nàstic dead last]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. "El Elche sucumbe ante el colista" [Elche succumb to bottom-placed]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 January 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. "Llista de baixes" [List of released players] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  6. "Comunicado oficial" [Official announcement] (in Spanish). Xerez CD. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  7. "Reds sign Spanish winger". Toronto FC. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  8. Bottjer, Steve (28 September 2013). "Toronto FC 4, DC United 1 | MLS Match Recap". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  9. "Crew acquires midfielder Alvaro Rey from Toronto FC". Columbus Crew. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. "Crew mutually agrees to part ways with midfielder Alvaro Rey". Columbus Crew. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  11. "Álvaro Rey, séptimo refuerzo de la A.D. Alcorcón" [Álvaro Rey, A.D. Alcorcón's seventh signing] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  12. "Álvaro Rey piłkarzem Arki" [Álvaro Rey an Arka player] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  13. "150 partidos de Álvaro Rey en Segunda División" [150 matches for Álvaro Rey in Segunda División] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  14. "Martín Merquelanz, sexto goleador de la Liga Smartbank" [Martín Merquelanz, sixth top scorer in Smartbank League] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  15. Serrano, Cristian (18 June 2020). "El Mirandés asalta El Alcoraz y se mete en zona de 'playoffs'" [Mirandés take El Alcoraz and reach playoff zone]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  16. "Breaking: Saints make exciting signing as Rey arrives". St Joseph's F.C. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  17. Álvaro Rey at BDFutbol
  18. Álvaro Rey at Soccerway
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