Jaime Álvarez (footballer)
Spanish footballer (born 1986)
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Jaime Álvarez Díaz (born 4 February 1986) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaime Álvarez Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Oviedo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oviedo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | Oviedo | 63 | (10) |
| 2005–2007 | → Universidad Oviedo (loan) | 72 | (15) |
| 2009–2011 | Universidad Oviedo | 67 | (19) |
| 2011–2015 | Covadonga | 131 | (52) |
| 2015–2017 | Caudal | 66 | (19) |
| 2017–2021 | Covadonga | 122 | (50) |
| Total | 521 | (165) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Covadonga (youth) | ||
| 2021–2024 | Oviedo B | ||
| 2024–2025 | Gimnástica Torrelavega | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Álvarez was born in Oviedo, Asturias, and was a Real Oviedo youth graduate. He made his senior debut while on loan at Tercera División side CD Universidad de Oviedo in 2005, helping in their promotion to Segunda División B before renewing his loan for another season.
Back at Oviedo for the 2007–08 campaign,[1] Álvarez featured regularly before returning to the Uni in 2009, now on a permanent contract. In 2011, he moved to fellow fourth tier side CD Covadonga, scoring a career-best 23 goals in his first season.
Álvarez joined Caudal Deportivo also in the fourth division in June 2015,[2] achieving promotion to the third level in his first campaign. On 12 June 2017, he returned to Cova,[3] and was a regular starter for the side until leaving on 29 June 2021.[4]
Managerial career
In 2020, while still a player, Álvarez joined Covadonga's backroom staff, and was named manager of their Juvenil A squad.[5] On 29 June 2021, he was appointed manager of Oviedo's reserves in Tercera División RFEF.[6]
On 3 June 2022, after achieving promotion to Segunda Federación, Álvarez renewed his contract for a further year.[7] On 16 October, he was named interim manager of the main squad as Bolo was sacked,[8] but returned to his previous role two days later after the appointment of Álvaro Cervera.
On 8 April 2024, Álvarez was sacked by Vetusta following a poor run of results which saw the side in the relegation places, with four games left to play.[9]
