Jesús Álvarez (footballer, born 1999)

Jesús Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Jesús Álvarez Aguado
Date of birth (1999-11-17) 17 November 1999
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Huesca
Youth career
Montecarlo
2015–2017 Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Zaragoza B 67 (3)
2020–2022 Calahorra 48 (1)
2022–2023 Cultural Leonesa 30 (0)
2023–2025 Ibiza 46 (0)
2025– Huesca 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2025

Jesús Álvarez Aguado (born 17 November 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Huesca. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre-back.

Career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Álvarez joined Real Zaragoza's youth sides in 2015, from UD Montecarlo.[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 28 October 2017, starting in a 2–1 Segunda División B away loss to Atlético Saguntino.

Álvarez scored his first senior goals on 20 October 2019, netting a brace for the B's in a 4–1 Tercera División home routing of AD Almudévar. On 30 July of the following year, he moved to CD Calahorra in the third division.[2]

A first-choice, Álvarez switched from his original centre-back position to a defensive midfielder role during the 2021–22 season, which led to rumours of a return to Zaragoza in January 2022.[3] On 6 July of that year, however, he joined fellow Primera Federación side Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on a one-year contract.[4]

On 7 July 2023, Álvarez agreed to a one-year deal with UD Ibiza also in division three.[5] Despite struggling with injuries in his first season, he still signed a new one-year contract on 1 July 2024.[6]

On 1 July 2025, Álvarez moved to Segunda División side SD Huesca on a two-year deal.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Jesús Álvarez reforzará el medio del campo de la SD Huesca" [Jesús Álvarez will bolster SD Huesca's centre of midfeld] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Jesús Álvarez, primer sub'23 para el Calahorra" [Jesús Álvarez, first under-23 for Calahorra] (in Spanish). La Rioja. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Jesús Álvarez, ¿recambio de Clemente?" [Jesús Álvarez, Clemente's replacement?] (in Spanish). Sport Aragón. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Oficial: Jesús Álvarez ya es jugador de la Cultural" [Official: Jesús Álvarez is already a Cultural player] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ^ "El centrocampista Jesús Álvarez, fichado por la UD Ibiza" [Central midfielder Jesús Álvarez, signed for UD Ibiza] (in Spanish). Diario de Ibiza. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  6. ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL: Jesús Álvarez" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Jesús Álvarez] (in Spanish). UD Ibiza. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Jesús Álvarez se incorpora al centro del campo de la SD Huesca" [Jesús Álvarez joins SD Huesca's centre of midfield] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.