Álvaro Rey Vázquez (born 11 July 1989) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger for Gibraltarian club St Joseph's.

Club career

Rey was born in

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. In the summer of 2010, after playing with both

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' reserve teams, he signed for

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

in the

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. He made his official debut on 31 October, featuring five minutes in a 1–1 home draw against

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, and spent the vast majority of his first professional season switching between Gimnàstic and its

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. On 4 December 2010, Rey started for ''Nàstic'' for the first time, in a 1–2 home defeat to

Villarreal CF B Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio de la Cerámica'', wit ...

. He scored his first goal for the

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on 21 January 2012, the only in the home match against

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, but they eventually suffered relegation. After two seasons with Gimnàstic, Rey was released. On 17 July 2012, he joined

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on a two-year contract. The club dropped two levels at the end of the 2012–13 campaign due to financial irregularities, and subsequently Rey went on trial with

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of the

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, appearing in a

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match and agreeing to a deal on 25 July 2013. He scored his first goal for his new club on 28 September, in a 4–1 win over D.C. United. On 6 June 2014, Rey was traded to

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for Dominic Oduro. His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 15 July, after alleging personal reasons, and he signed with

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later the same day. On 14 February 2017, Rey agreed to a six-month contract at

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side Panetolikos FC. On 16 July, he moved to the Polish

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with

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. After spells with clubs in

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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 Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

– Rey joined

St Joseph's F.C. St Joseph's Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Gibraltar. Founded in 1912, it currently plays in the Gibraltar National League, Gibraltar Football League. The club also has two futsal teams and more tha ...

of the

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in July 2023.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Beticopedia profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rey, Alvaro 1989 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Seville Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Tercera Federación players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Xerez CD footballers AD Alcorcón footballers Real Murcia CF players Racing de Ferrol footballers CD Mirandés footballers Deportivo de La Coruña players Major League Soccer players Toronto FC players Columbus Crew players Super League Greece players Panetolikos F.C. players Ekstraklasa players Arka Gdynia players Bolivian Primera División players Club Bolívar players Gibraltar National League players St Joseph's F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Gibraltar Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar