Fran Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Álvarez Rodríguez
Date of birth (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998
Place of birth Benidorm, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Widzew Łódź
Number 10
Youth career
Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Villarreal C 31 (4)
2017–2020 Villarreal B 33 (2)
2020–2021 Valladolid B 29 (6)
2021–2023 Albacete 54 (4)
2023– Widzew Łódź 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023

Francisco Javier "Fran" Álvarez Rodríguez (born 21 January 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Widzew Łódź.

Career

Born in Socovos, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Álvarez was a Villarreal CF youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 19 August 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Dani Raba in a 1–0 Segunda División B away win over CD Atlético Baleares, but spent the vast majority of the campaign playing for the C-team in Tercera División.

On 16 January 2020, Álvarez moved to another reserve team, Real Valladolid Promesas also in the third division.[1] On 7 July 2021, he signed a one-year deal with Albacete Balompié, freshly relegated to Primera División RFEF.[2]

On 21 June 2022, after being regularly used as Alba achieved promotion to the second division, Álvarez signed a new one-year contract with the club.[3] He made his professional debut on 9 October, replacing goalscorer Manu Fuster in a 1–1 home draw against CD Tenerife.[4]

Álvarez scored his first professional goal on 7 May 2023, netting the opener in a 5–0 away routing of UD Ibiza. On 26 June, he moved abroad for the first time in his career and signed a two-year contract with Polish Ekstraklasa side Widzew Łódź.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Fran Álvarez, nuevo refuerzo del Promesas" [Fran Álvarez, new addition of Promesas] (in Spanish). El Día de Valladolid. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Fran Álvarez se une al proyecto del Alba" [Fran Álvarez joins the project of Alba] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Fran Álvarez seguirá vistiendo la camiseta del Alba" [Fran Álvarez will continue wearing the shirt of Alba] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "El Albacete resiste ante un Tenerife que no puede contra diez" [Albacete resist against a Tenerife which cannot handle ten man] (in Spanish). Marca. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Fran Alvarez zawodnikiem Widzewa Łódź" [Fran Alvarez joins Widzew Łódź] (in Polish). Widzew Łódź. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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