Álvaro Traver Navarrete (born 1 April 1993) is a Spanish

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who plays as a winger for

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...

club

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Club career

Born in

Algemesí Algemesí () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of the Valencian Community, ''comarca'' of Ribera Alta (comarca), Ribera Alta in the Valencia (autonomous community), Valencian Community, Spain. The town of Algemesí is on ...

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

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, Traver finished his formation with

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

. He made his senior debut with the

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on 20 February 2010, in a

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

match against

UD Puçol Unión Deportiva Puçol is a Spanish football team based in Puçol, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1951 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio José Claramunt'', which has a capacity of 2,000 spectators. Season to s ...

. On 30 August 2012 Traver was loaned to fellow league team Catarroja CF, in a

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-long deal. After being an ever-present figure for the side, he moved to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

side

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before ...

on 31 January 2013, on loan until June. Traver returned to the ''Granotas'' in June 2013, and signed a new two-year deal on 30 January of the following year. On 3 December 2015, after further extending his contract until 2018 in July, he made his first team debut by starting in a 1–1

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

home draw against

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

. On 4 July 2016, Traver was listed among the main squad, freshly relegated to

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. However, he returned to the B-side after the pre-season ended, and was loaned to third-tier club

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estad ...

on 31 January 2017. On 25 August 2017, Traver moved to another

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also in the third division. He was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2018–19 season, after agreeing to a new three-year contract. Traver scored his first professional goal on 23 November 2018, netting the winner in a 2–1 away win against

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

. He left the club after his contract expired in July 2020, and signed for recently relegated side

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

on 2 October.

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