Álvaro Ocaña Gil (born 2 February 1993) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

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as a defender.

Club career

Born in

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, Ocaña played youth football with

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

, but appeared solely for the reserves as a senior. In 2012, he joined

Villarreal CF C Villarreal Club de Fútbol "C" is the third team of Villarreal CF, a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 2002, and plays in , holding home games at ''Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF'', wit ...

and, the following year, signed for another lower league club,

Écija Balompié Écija Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Écija, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1939, it plays in . History In 2007–08 season, the club became champion of the Segunda División B, Group 4. The next se ...

from

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. On 5 January 2014 he scored his third and final goal of the season and contributed to a 2–0 home win against

La Roda CF La Roda Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in La Roda, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1996 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Deportes'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectato ...

, but his team was eventually relegated. On 6 June 2014, Ocaña moved to

Doxa Katokopias FC Doxa Katokopias FC () is a Cypriot professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word) ...

, signing a two-year contract. He made his debut in top flight football on 14 September, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–4 home loss to

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

for the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

championship.

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Álvaro Ocaña
at La Preferente 1993 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Málaga Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Atlético Malagueño players Villarreal CF C players Villarreal CF B players Écija Balompié players Doxa Katokopias FC players CP Cacereño players Marbella FC players Real Jaén footballers Vélez CF players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Cypriot First Division players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-defender-stub