Place of birth Madrid, Spain Name Joaquin Alvarez 1999–2000 Valdemoro Weight 74 kg | 1998–1999 Atletico Pinto Height 1.82 m Years Team Role Footballer | |
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Full name Joaquin Alvarez Alvarez Date of birth (1980-07-04) 4 July 1980 (age 35) | ||
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Joaquín Álvarez Álvarez (born 4 July 1980 in Madrid), known as Quini, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
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Football career
From 1998 to 2010, Quini played exclusively in the lower leagues of Spanish football, representing nine teams including CA Pinto (two spells). In the 2009–10 season he scored 20 goals in 35 games for CD Leganés, also in the Community of Madrid.
At the age of already 30, Quini made his second division debuts, with AD Alcorcón with which he had already played six years before. He finished the 2010–11 campaign with 22 goals, fifth-best in the competition, as the club easily retained its newly acquired status; highlights included a hat-trick against Girona FC (3–1 home win) and braces against SD Ponferradina (2–0, home), Xerez CD (3–1, home), Córdoba CF (2–1 at home), UD Las Palmas (5–0, home) and CD Tenerife (3–2 home success).
Quini lowered his totals to 13 in 2011–12, but the side again stayed in the second tier, finishing in fourth position and qualifying to the playoffs. He was loaned to Racing de Santander in January 2013, and suffered team relegation with the latter.
Quini left Alcorcón in the 2014 summer, and moved to CD Eldense in the third level. He retired in January 2015, immediately becoming the club's director of football.