Álvaro Campos Estellés (born 1 April 1987) is a Spanish professional

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as a

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Club career

Born in

Mislata Mislata (; ) is a city in the Valencian Community, Spain. It has borders with the city of Valencia and Quart de Poblet in the west and Xirivella in the south. Demographics In recent decades it has gone from being a village in the Horta region ...

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, Campos was a

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– ...

youth graduate, and made his senior debut with the reserves on 15 January 2006 by starting in a 0–0

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

home draw against

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a historical List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sabadell ( Catalonia) Founded in 1903, its first men's team plays in the . Its first CE Sabadell (women), women's tea ...

. On 30 July 2008, after loans at SC Requena and

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 ...

, he terminated his contract with the ''Granotas'' and joined

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

; but only appeared for their B-team. Campos left Murcia in 2010, and subsequently represented

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

and

CD Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V. (;), nicknamed ''"Chivas"'' () and simply known as Guadalajara or internationally as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Guadalajara metropolit ...

in the third division. On 19 September 2014, he signed for

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Nou E ...

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

, On 30 July 2016, Campos agreed to a contract with

Lleida Esportiu Lleida Club de Futbol is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011, it plays in , holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 seats. History In mid-May 2011, hi ...

in the third division. On 17 August of the following year, he returned to former side Ontinyent, in the same category. On 2 July 2018, Campos returned to Castellón on a two-year deal, with the side now in the division three. Roughly one year later, he renewed his contract until 2022, and contributed with 30 appearances in the 2019–20 season (play-offs included) as his side achieved promotion to

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after a ten-year absence. Campos made his professional debut on 12 September 2020 at the age of 33, starting in a 2–1 away win against

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Primera Federación - Group 1, holding home ma ...

but being

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Óscar Whalley Óscar Alexander Whalley Guardado (born 29 March 1994) is a Spanish-Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Guadalajara. Club career Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, to an English father and a Spanish Mexican mothe ...

due to an injury.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Alvaro 1987 births Living people People from Horta Oest Footballers from the Province of Valencia Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atlético Levante UD players Ontinyent CF players Real Murcia Imperial players Cádiz CF players Albacete Balompié players CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers CD Castellón footballers Lleida CF players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen