Hugo Álvarez Quintas (born 21 June 1985) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career Born in Vigo, Galicia, Álvarez made his senior debuts with Las Rozas CF, after playing youth football with RC Celta de Vigo and Real Madrid. He first arrived in Segunda División B in summer 2006 by signing for Rayo Vallecano, and remained in that level for that and the following six seasons, representing in quick succession CD Leganés, AD Alcorcón, Zamora CF, UD Almería B, Real UniónHugo Álvarez sexto fichaje txuribeltz (Hugo Álvarez sixth white-black signing) ; Bidasoa al Día, 21 July 2011 (in Spanish) and FC Cartagena.Hugo Álvarez, el primer central para el Cartagena (Hugo Álvarez, the first stopper for Cartagena); La Opinión de Murcia, 2 July 2012 (in Spanish)
On 11 July 2013, Álvarez joined Real Jaén, freshly promoted to division two.Hugo Álvarez, cuarto fichaje del Jaén (Hugo Álvarez, fourth signing of Jaén); Marca, 11 July 2013 (in Spanish) On 25 August he made his debut as a professional, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–4 away defeat against CD Numancia in the Segunda División championship;El Numancia le pone cabeza a la Liga (Numancia "head" league); Marca, 25 August 2013 (in Spanish) he scored his first goal on 8 September in a 3–1 home win against Girona FC,El Jaén obtiene con solvencia su primer triunfo (Jaén get first win quite easily); Canal Sur, 8 September 2013 (in Spanish) and appeared regularly for the Andalusians which were relegated at the end of the campaign.
On 22 July 2014, Álvarez moved to fellow league club Real Murcia.Hugo Álvarez jugará en el Real Murcia (Hugo Álvarez will play in Real Murcia) ; Real Murcia, 22 July 2014 (in Spanish) However, after its administrative relegation, he terminated his contract and signed with CD Tenerife also in the second tier.Hugo Álvarez, nuevo jugador del CD Tenerife, tras desvincularse de su anterior club (Hugo Álvarez, new player of CD Tenerife, after cutting ties with previous club) ; CD Tenerife, 26 August 2014 (in Spanish)
After appearing regularly for the Canarians, Álvarez joined Elche CF in the same division on 10 August 2015.Presentación de Isidoro y Hugo Álvarez como jugadores del Elche C.F. (Presentation of Isidoro and Hugo Álvarez as Elche C.F. players) ; Elche CF, 10 August 2015 (in Spanish) On 1 July of the following year, he moved to fellow league side UCAM Murcia CF.Hugo Álvarez ficha por el UCAM Murcia CF (Hugo Álvarez signs for UCAM Murcia CF); UCAM Murcia CF, 1 July 2016 (in Spanish)
On 6 July 2017, after suffering relegation, Álvarez returned to Alcorcón after agreeing to a two-year deal.Hugo Álvarez regresa a la A.D. Alcorcón (Hugo Álvarez returns to A.D. Alcorcón); AD Alcorcón, 6 July 2017 (in Spanish)
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