Carlos Pérez Álvarez (1 November 1971 – 5 July 2006) was a Spanish professional

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who played as a

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. The most important part of his career was spent in Portugal, although the majority of his career was spent playing in his hometown Celta.

Club career

Born in

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, Province of Pontevedra, Pérez started his professional career in the hometown club

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

. His stay, however, would not be a productive one, as he only totalled 16 first-team appearances over his first three seasons. From 1994 to 1996, Pérez appeared slightly more, but never established himself as an important member of the main squad, being subsequently loaned to

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

from

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; he played the most he had in years there, but suffered relegation. Upon his return to Celta, he made no

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appearances whatsoever and was released. Pérez then took his game to

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neighbours Portugal, first with G.D. Chaves. After one

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

campaign where he scored a career-best four goals (albeit with relegation), he joined another club in the north, Vitória de Guimarães. In the summer of 2001, Pérez signed with second level team C.D. Nacional, helping them promote in his debut campaign (19 matches, two goals). He continued to feature regularly in the following two seasons, after which he returned home, joining

CD Ourense Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games a ...

, also in his native region.

Death

Settling in

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, Nigrán, after his retirement, Pérez died on 5 July 2006 after parts of his house collapsed over his body, as he was lying in a

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. Aged only 34, he left two young children.

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