Álvaro García Segovia (born 1 June 2000) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,586, making it the region's fourth most populated municipality. Placename The etymology of ''Fuenlabrada'' comes from the contra ...

Club career

García was born in

Albacete Albacete ( , , ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete. Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the area around the city is known as Los Llan ...

, Castilla-La Mancha, and joined

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's youth setup at the age of 11. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 26 August 2018 by starting in a 1–0

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 ...

home win over

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, and scored his first goal on 23 September in a 4–2 home success over

CD Marchamalo Club Deportivo Marchamalo is a football team based in Marchamalo. Founded in 1973, the team plays in . The club's home ground is ''Estadio La Solana''. Season to season Source: ---- *1 season in Segunda División RFEF *14 seasons in Tercera ...

. On 2 September 2019, García was transferred to

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and was initially assigned to the B-team in

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. On 28 August 2021, after the B's

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, he moved to another

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in Segunda División RFEF. García made his

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debut with the ''Pericos'' on 1 December 2021, coming on as a half-time substitute for

Sergi Gómez Sergi Gómez Solà (born 28 March 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender. Club career Barcelona Born in Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gómez arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy at the age of 14. E ...

in a 3–2 away win over SD Solares-Medio Cudeyo, for the season's

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. The following 23 June, he agreed to a one-year loan deal with

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side UD Ibiza. García made his professional debut on 28 August 2022, replacing Kévin Appin in a 1–1 home draw against

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. The following 31 January, his loan was cut short, and he moved to

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side

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

also in a temporary deal. On 20 July 2023, García terminated his contract with Espanyol.

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