Omar Álvarez Burgos (born 29 August 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays for

Langreo Langreo () or Llangréu () ( Asturian) is a municipality and town in northern Spain, in Asturias. It is the 4th largest town of Asturias with 43,000 inhabitants. Langreo is located in the centre of Asturias, approximately south-east of Oviedo. I ...

as a

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Club career

Born on 29 August 1990, in

Oviedo Oviedo () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains th ...

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

, Álvarez graduated from

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

, after a stint with hometown's

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

. He made his debut as a senior with the reserves in the 2009–10 campaign 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 ...

, also appearing with the main squad 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 ...

. In June 2010, Álvarez moved to

CA Osasuna B Club Atlético Osasuna B, usually known as Osasuna Promesas is the reserve team of CA Osasuna, a Spanish football club based in Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1962, currently plays in Primera Federación – Group ...

, also in the third level. In September 2013, after the

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

se side's relegation, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining

Football League Greece The Football League () was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super League 2 as the new second tier ...

side Fokikos A.C. Álvarez played his first match as a professional on 30 September, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against Kallithea F.C. He scored his first goal on 24 November, scoring the winner in a 2–1 home success over

Episkopi F.C. ΑΟ Episkopi Football Club, short for Athlitikos Omilos Episkopis (), is a Greek football club based in Episkopi, Rethymno. It was founded in 1962. History Episkopi made 11 appearances in the Delta Ethniki, where they have been playing continuo ...

On 12 July 2014, Álvarez returned to Spain, joining

Marino de Luanco Club Marino de Luanco is a Spanish football team based in Luanco, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1931 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Miramar'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. History Marino Luanco was founde ...

in the third division.Omar Álvarez, tercer refuerzo para el Marino de Luanco (Omar Álvarez, third signing for Marino de Luanco)
Asturia Sport, 12 July 2014

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