Mikel Álvaro Salazar (born 20 December 1982) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Club Portugalete.

Club career

Álvaro was born in

Amurrio Amurrio is a town and municipality located in the northwest part of the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. It has over 10,000 inhabitants. It is between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao, respectively to 41 km and 31 km ...

Álava Álava ( in Spanish) or Araba (), officially Araba/Álava, is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Álava, former medieval Catholic bishopric and now Latin titular see. Its c ...

. After spending most of his career in

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or lower, mainly with hometown's Amurrio Club, he arrived at already 27 at

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 Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Lo ...

of the Segunda División. His first game in the competition occurred on 29 August 2009, as he played one minute in a 2–1 away win against

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. Already as a starter, he scored his first goal as a professional, in a 1–0 home victory over

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...

. Álvaro terminated his contract with the

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club in early August 2011, going on to spend the following two seasons in

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with

FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mo ...

, where he shared teams with several compatriots. In the summer of 2013, he joined

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side Inter Baku PIK on a two-year deal. Álvaro left

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in January 2016, and rejoined Dinamo Tbilisi later in the month. He returned to both his homeland and his native region on 16 January 2017, signing for third-tier

SD Amorebieta Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Campo Municipal de Urritxe'', which sea ...

Club statistics

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi *

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, 2015–16 *

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, 2015–16

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvaro, Mikel 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Álava Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players CD Aurrerá de Vitoria footballers SD Indautxu footballers Amurrio Club footballers Barakaldo CF footballers CD Dénia footballers UE Lleida players CD Numancia players SD Amorebieta footballers Club Portugalete players Erovnuli Liga players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Azerbaijan Premier League players Shamakhi FK players New Zealand Football Championship players Auckland City FC players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Georgia (country) Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Spanish expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand