Álvaro Lemos Collazo (born 30 March 1993) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...

as a

right winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

Born in

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of S ...

, Galicia, Lemos joined

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

's youth setup in 2005 at the age of 12, after starting out at SD Villestro. He made his senior debuts with the former's reserves in 2011, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

. In July 2013, after making the pre-season with the first team, Lemos suffered a serious knee injury, only returning to the fields in March of the following year. On 21 July 2014 he was loaned to Segunda División B club

SD Compostela Sociedad Deportiva Compostela is a Spanish football team based in Santiago de Compostela, in the autonomous community of Galicia. They play home matches at '' Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro'', and compete in Segunda División RFEF, the fourth ...

, for one year. Lemos struggled with injuries during his time at ''Compos'', appearing in just 19 competitive games. On 17 July 2015, he signed with CD Lugo from Segunda División after agreeing to a three-year deal. On 9 September 2015, Lemos played his first professional match, coming on as a second-half substitute for

David Ferreiro David Ferreiro Quiroga (born 1 April 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a winger for FC Cartagena. Club career Born in Baños de Molgas, Ourense, Galicia, Ferreiro finished his development at Pabellón Ourense ...

in a 1–0 away win against Córdoba CF for the season's

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

. On 27 January of the following year he was handed a professional contract, being assigned the 14 jersey. On 5 July 2016, Lemos moved to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

side

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues ...

for five years. He first appeared in the competition the following 28 January, starting and scoring the first goal in a 2–0 success at CD Leganés, where he had already made his professional debut with his previous team. On 10 January 2018, after a six-month loan spell at

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), co ...

, Lemos returned to Lugo also in a temporary deal. On 19 June, he signed a three-year contract with

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at t ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemos, Alvaro 1993 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Santiago de Compostela Association football defenders Association football wingers Association football utility players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players SD Compostela footballers CD Lugo players RC Celta de Vigo players UD Las Palmas players Ligue 2 players RC Lens players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France La Liga players