Álvaro Negredo
Spanish footballer (born 1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Álvaro Negredo Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo neˈɣɾeðo ˈsantʃeθ]; born 20 August 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Real Valladolid.
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Full name | Álvaro Negredo Sánchez[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1985-08-20) 20 August 1985 (age 38)[2] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[2] | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Valladolid | |||||||||||||
Number | 21 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1997–2001 | Escuela Fútbol A.F.E | |||||||||||||
2001–2004 | Rayo Vallecano | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2003–2005 | Rayo Vallecano B | 40 | (28) | |||||||||||
2004–2005 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||
2005–2007 | Real Madrid B | 65 | (22) | |||||||||||
2007–2009 | Almería | 70 | (32) | |||||||||||
2009 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2009–2013 | Sevilla | 139 | (70) | |||||||||||
2013–2015 | Manchester City | 32 | (9) | |||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Valencia (loan) | 30 | (5) | |||||||||||
2015–2017 | Valencia | 25 | (5) | |||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 36 | (9) | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | Beşiktaş | 35 | (9) | |||||||||||
2018–2020 | Al-Nasr | 36 | (25) | |||||||||||
2020–2024 | Cádiz | 97 | (16) | |||||||||||
2024– | Valladolid | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2009–2013 | Spain | 21 | (10) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC) |
Nicknamed La fiera de Vallecas (The beast of Vallecas),[3][4] he amassed totals of 361 matches and 128 goals over 12 La Liga seasons, for Almería, Sevilla, Valencia and Cádiz, while winning the Copa del Rey with the second of those teams in 2010. Abroad, he played in the Premier League for Manchester City – lifting the league and League Cup in 2014 – and Middlesbrough, as well as representing Beşiktaş in Turkey and Al-Nasr in the United Arab Emirates.
Negredo earned 21 caps for Spain, scoring ten goals and being part of the team that won Euro 2012.