Álvaro Aguado Méndez (born 1 May 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Real Valladolid.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Álvaro Aguado Méndez | ||
Date of birth | (1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Jaén, Spain | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Valladolid | ||
Number | 6 | ||
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– | Valladolid | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Córdoba (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2020 | → Numancia (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Fuenlabrada (loan) | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021 |
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.[1]
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.[2]
On 15 July 2017, after suffering relegation, Aguado signed for Córdoba CF and was immediately assigned to the reserves also in the third division.[3] 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.[4]
Aguado scored his first professional goal on 2 June 2018, netting the last in a 3–0 home defeat of Sporting de Gijón.[5] On 2 October, he extended his contract until 2022.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
On 22 January 2020, after making no league appearances for Valladolid, Aguado was loaned to second division side CD Numancia until June.[9] On 1 October, he moved to fellow league team CF Fuenlabrada also in a temporary deal.[10]
Real Valladolid – current squad | |
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