Alberto Gómez Fernández (born 27 December 1980), known as Nagore, is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, Nagore spent until the age of nearly 30 in lower league football, rarely settling with a team as he only played more than one year with

Alicante CF Alicante Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1918, it played its home matches at ''Estadio Alicante CF'', with a 4,000-seat capacity. History ''Alicante Club de Fútbol'', under t ...

. In the 2009–10 season he contributed 38 games and one goal – playoffs included – as AD Alcorcón promoted to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

for the first time in its history. In the 2012–13 campaign Nagore, still an undisputed starter for the Community of Madrid side, only missed three matches in the

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, totalled nearly 3,500 minutes of action and added four goals as they nearly achieved another promotion via the playoffs. Previously, on 30 June 2012, he renewed his contract for one year. Nagore first reached

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aged 33, signing on 7 January 2014 for six months with

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...

as a replacement for the departed

Christian Lell Christian Lell (born 29 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Career Bayern Munich Early career Born in Munich, Bavaria, Lell started his training with FC Alemannia München, He earned a place in B ...

. He made his debut two days later, playing the second half of a 0–0 away draw against Rayo Vallecano in the round of 16 of the

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 footbal ...

. Nagore made his first appearance in the Spanish top flight on 9 February 2014, replacing injured Nikos Karabelas in the first half of an eventual 0–0 draw at

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

. Following his short spell he returned to his previous club, signing a two-year deal on 10 July 2014.

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