The ‘new Raúl Tamudo’. This is how Espanyolism was baptized in its day. Alvaro Vazquezemerged from a ’21’ where he was passionate about scoring goals. Debutant in the First Division in the 2010-11 season, in an entire Santiago Bernabéu, the one from Badalona scored in his debut as a starter, against health. He was only 19 years old.
“You can’t tell a kid that he is the ‘new Tamudo’,” explained the player himself, currently in the ranks of the CF Badalonain an interview given to ‘Relief‘. “I think we all make mistakes when we compare all players with others. Each player is different,” he insisted. Alvaro.
“It didn’t do me good to come back”
After two years in the first team, with a record of 16 goals in 66 games, the attacker headed to Getafe…to return four years later to his training club. “It didn’t do me good to come back because I didn’t have the confidence of the coach (Quique Sánchez Flores) and because I didn’t feel good on the field, I changed positions,” recalled the European Under-21 champion in 2013.
“In retrospect it is very easy to say it, but I had the odd option to play for another club. Maybe it would have been worse, who knows, but it is true that I regret it a little because I think I was unlucky,” he lamented. Vazquezwith past in Nàstic de Tarragona, Zaragoza, Real Sporting, CE Sabadell, Kerala Blasters (India), FC Goa (India), Ponferradine y Linares.
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