Álvaro Corral Echazarreta (born 30 May 1983) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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, and is the current physical therapist of

CD Tudelano Club Deportivo Tudelano is a Spanish football team based in Tudela, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1935 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Ciudad de Tudela'', with a capacity of 11,000 seats. History Early His ...

Playing career

Born in

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, Corral spent his first decade as a senior in

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 ...

, starting with

CD Aurrerá de Vitoria Club Deportivo Aurrerá de Vitoria is a Spanish sports club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1935 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Olaranbe'', with a 4,000 ...

in 2002 and going on to represent CD Recreación de La Rioja,

Zamora CF Zamora Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Zamora, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1968 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Ruta de la Plata'', with a capacity of 7,813 seaters. History ...

CF Palencia Club de Fútbol Palencia was a Spanish football team based in Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1975 and dissolved in 2012, it held home games at '' Estadio La Nueva Balastera'', with an 8,100-seat capacity. ...

UE Sant Andreu Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu () is a Spanish football club based in the district of Sant Andreu in Barcelona, Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in , holding home matches at '' Camp Municipal Narcís Sala'', with an all-seated capacity of 6,56 ...

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CD Izarra Club Deportivo Izarra is a Spanish football team, based in Estella-Lizarra, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1924 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Merkatondoa'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. History In the 1 ...

and

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 ...

. He also competed briefly in

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 ...

, having played the first part of the 2009–10 season with

CD Alfaro Club Deportivo Alfaro is a Spanish football team based in Alfaro, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1922 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio La Molineta'', with a capacity of 4,000 seats. History In the 2013– ...

. Corral featured in 26 matches (more than 2,100 minutes of play) in the 2011–12 campaign, as Mirandés promoted to

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for the first time in its history. He made his debut in the competition on 1 September 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 away win against

Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo S. A. D. is a Spanish association football, football club based in the city of Jerez de la Frontera. It was founded in 1947 and plays in . History Due to the link between Jerez de la Frontera and the United Kingdom created b ...

. His first goal was scored on 15 March 2014, in the 2–0 victory at

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. In the summer of 2016, after 162 competitive appearances at the

Estadio Municipal de Anduva Estadio Municipal de Anduva is a stadium in Miranda de Ebro, Spain. It has a capacity of 5,759 spectators and opened on 22 January 1950. It is the home of CD Mirandés of the Segunda División. History The first game on the stadium was played on ...

(97 in the second tier), the 33-year-old Corral returned to the lower leagues with

Coaching career

Corral retired in January 2019, being immediately appointed team physio at his last club.Álvaro Corral nuevo preparador físico del primer equipo (Álvaro Corral new first-team physio)
CD Tudelano, 16 January 2019 (in Spanish)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corral, Alvaro 1983 births Living people Footballers from Logroño Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Logroñés CF footballers Zamora CF footballers CF Palencia footballers UE Sant Andreu footballers CD Izarra footballers CD Mirandés footballers CD Tudelano footballers CD Aurrerá de Vitoria footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen