Álvaro Valles

Álvaro Valles
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Valles Rosa
Date of birth	25 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	La Rinconada, Spain
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Las Palmas
Number	13
Youth career
2007–2014	Real Madrid
2014–2016	Betis
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2018	Betis B
2017–2018	→ Gerena (loan)
2018–2019	Las Palmas B
2019–	Las Palmas
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023

Álvaro Valles Rosa (born 25 July 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Las Palmas as a goalkeeper.

Career[edit]

Born in La Rinconada, Seville, Andalusia, Valles finished his formation with Real Betis. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 16 October 2016, starting in a 3–0 Tercera División away win against CD Guadalcacín.

On 6 September 2017, after being rarely used, Valles was loaned to CD Gerena of the fourth division, for one year.^[2] On 10 July of the following year, he moved to another reserve team, UD Las Palmas Atlético of the Segunda División B.^[3]

Vallés made his first-team debut for the Canarians on 13 October 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 home defeat of Deportivo de La Coruña in the Segunda División.^[4] He subsequently established himself as a starter for the main squad under Pepe Mel, overtaking fellow youth graduate Josep Martínez and Raúl Fernández.

As of match played 26 May 2024^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gerena (loan)	2017–18	Tercera División	34	0	0	0	—		34	0
Las Palmas B	2018–19	Segunda División B	7	0	—		—		7	0
Las Palmas	2018–19	Segunda División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2019–20		21	0	0	0	—		21	0
	2020–21		26	0	2	0	—		28	0
	2021–22		14	0	2	0	2	0	18	0
	2022–23		34	0	0	0	—		34	0
	2023–24	La Liga	37	0	0	0	—		37	0
	Total		132	0	4	0	2	0	138	0
Career total			173	0	4	0	2	0	179	13

^ "Àlvaro Valles" (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ "Valles, cedido al Gerena" [Valles, loaned to Gerena] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "Álvaro Valles nuevo fichaje de Las Palmas Atlético" [Álvaro Valles new signing of Las Palmas Atlético] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "La sociedad Pedri-Pekhart lanza a Las Palmas y hunde al Dépor" [The society Pedri-Pekhart launch Las Palmas and sink Dépor] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "Álvaro Valles". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2024.