Álvaro Aguado Méndez (born 1 May 1996) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

Career

Early career

Born in Jaén,

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, Aguado mainly represented

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...

and

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

as a youth. On 27 August 2015, he signed a one-year deal with

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side

Ontinyent CF Ontinyent Club de Fútbol was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Ontinyent, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia. Founded in 1947 it held home games at ''Estadio El Clariano'', with a capacity ...

. 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

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side

Real Jaén Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Jaén, Spain, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Nuevo Estadio de La Vict ...

, club he already represented as a youth.

Córdoba

On 15 July 2017, after suffering relegation, Aguado signed for

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

and was immediately assigned to the reserves also in the third division. 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

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in the

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. Aguado scored his first professional goal on 2 June 2018, netting the last in a 3–0 home defeat of

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

. On 2 October, he extended his contract until 2022.

Valladolid

On 25 January 2019, Aguado signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with

side

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

, being immediately loaned back to Córdoba until the end of the season. 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

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away defeat of Tolosa CF. On 22 January 2020, after making no league appearances for Valladolid, Aguado was loaned to second division side

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 , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

until June. On 1 October, he moved to fellow league team CF Fuenlabrada also in a temporary deal. Aguado featured rarely at ''Fuenla'' before returning to Valladolid in July 2021, where he became a regular starter under manager Pacheta as the club achieved promotion to the top tier. He made his debut in the division on 13 August 2022, starting in a 3–0 home loss to

. Aguado scored his first goal in the main category of Spanish football on 5 March 2023, netting his team's second in a 2–1 home win over

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

. He also featured regularly as ''Pucela'' suffered immediate relegation, and left the club in June 2023.

Espanyol

On 11 September 2023,

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Aguado signed a two-year contract with Espanyol in the second division.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aguado, Alvaro 1996 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Jaén, Spain Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Ontinyent CF players Real Jaén footballers Córdoba CF B players Córdoba CF players Real Valladolid players CD Numancia players CF Fuenlabrada footballers RCD Espanyol footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen