Joaquín Álvarez Álvarez

Quini

File:QuiniAlvarez.JPG Quini celebrates a goal for Alcorcón
Personal information
Full name	Joaquín Álvarez Álvarez
Date of birth	(1980-07-04) 4 July 1980
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Atlético Pinto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Atlético Pinto
1999–2000	Valdemoro
2000–2001	Leganés B
2001–2002	Puerta Bonita
2002–2003	Atlético Pinto
2003–2004	Alcalá	32	(5)
2004–2005	Alcorcón	37	(16)
2005–2007	Zamora	64	(18)
2007	Mazarrón
2007–2010	Leganés	104	(39)
2010–2014	Alcorcón	103	(35)
2013	→ Racing Santander (loan)	21	(3)
2014–2015	Eldense	14	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Joaquín Álvarez Álvarez (born 4 July 1980 in Madrid), known as Quini, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

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.

External links

• Quini profile at BDFutbol
• Quini at Soccerway