Asier Gomes Álvarez (born 1 January 1998) is a Spanish

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who plays for

UP Langreo Unión Popular de Langreo is a Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding its home games at ''Estadio Ganzábal'' in La Felguera, with ...

as a

midfielder 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

Gomes was born in

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...

, Asturias, and represented Fútbol Centro Asturiano Oviedo and

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

as a youth. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2016–17 campaign, 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 Di ...

. Gomes made his first team debut on 6 September 2017, starting in a 0–1 home loss against

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

, for the season's

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. The following 24 August, he moved to another

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, Racing de Santander B also in the fourth division.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Asier 1998 births Living people People from Oviedo Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Asturias Men's association football midfielders Tercera División players Real Oviedo Vetusta players Real Oviedo players Rayo Cantabria players UP Langreo footballers Spain men's youth international footballers