Pablo Valcarce Vidal (born 3 February 1993) is a Spanish professional

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. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

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Club career

Numancia

Born in

Ponferrada Ponferrada () is a city of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Ponferrada, the second most populated municipality of the Province of León, is also the capital city of El Bierzo, the only Comarcas of Spain, ''comarca'' ...

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

,Pablo y Luis Valcarce, los gemelos de Ponferrada (Pablo and Luis Valcarce, the Ponferrada twins)
;

Diario de León The is a Spanish daily newspaper based in León. Founded in 1906, it is one of the most-widely circulated regional newspapers in Castile and León, along with ''El Norte de Castilla''. History The ''Diario de León'' was founded in 1906 as a C ...

, 4 March 2013 (in Spanish) Valcarce began his career with hometown club

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Primera Federación - Group 1, holding home ma ...

, making his senior debut with the reserves. In 2011 he moved to

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 ...

, being initially assigned to the youth setup and being promoted to

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after one year. On 30 January 2015, both Valcarce and his twin brother

Luis Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

renewed their contract with the ''Rojillos'', until 2017. He played his first match as a professional on 15 March, coming on as a late substitute for

Javier del Pino Javier del Pino González (born 10 July 1980) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward. He spent the better part of his 18-year professional career with Numancia (11 seasons), appearing in 298 competitive matches and scoring 49 g ...

in a 4–0 away loss against

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

in the

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. Valcarce scored his first league goal on 23 August, his team's fifth in a 6–3 home victory over

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

. Six days later, he netted twice in a 3–2 win at

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. ( ) is a Spanish professional Football team, football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, the team plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 ...

, the second being a last-minute effort. On 29 January 2016, Valcarce signed his first professional contract, being definitely promoted to the main squad and assigned the number 20 jersey. He scored two braces during the 2016–17 campaign, against

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

(2–2, at home) and

UCAM Murcia CF Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in Murcia. Founded in 1999 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio de La Condomina'', with a capacity of 6,5 ...

(3–2 away loss), both in November.

Mallorca

On 2 July 2018,

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Valcarce signed a four-year contract with fellow second division side

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

. He made his official debut on 19 August, playing 20 minutes in place of Aridai Cabrera in a 1–0 home defeat of

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

. Valcarce scored his first goal on 1 December 2018, in 2–0 away win against

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 ...

. He made only ten appearances during the season (12 across all competitions), as the club achieved a second consecutive promotion to reach

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

. On 19 July 2019, Valcarce returned to Ponferradina after agreeing to a one-year loan deal. On 14 September of the following year, the move was extended for a further

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Burgos

On 1 August 2021, Valcarce joined

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The original Burgos CF (1936), Burgos CF was dissolved in 1983 after becoming Insolven ...

, newly promoted to the second division, after terminating his contract with Mallorca.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valcarce, Pablo 1993 births Living people People from Ponferrada Spanish twins Footballers from the Province of León Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Primera Federación players Tercera División players SD Ponferradina B players CD Numancia B players CD Numancia players RCD Mallorca players SD Ponferradina players Burgos CF footballers Deportivo de La Coruña players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen