Álvaro Bustos
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Álvaro Bustos
| image =
| fullname = Álvaro Bustos Sandoval
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|6|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gijón, Spain
| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Ponferradina
| clubnumber = 15
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Sporting Gijón
| years1 = 2012–2016 | clubs1 = Sporting B | caps1 = 78 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2014–2017 | clubs2 = Sporting Gijón | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = → Mirandés (loan) | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = Gimnàstic | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018–2019 | clubs5 = Mallorca | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = → Rayo Majadahonda (loan) | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = → Pontevedra (loan) | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2019–2020 | clubs8 = Pontevedra | caps8 = 28 | goals8 = 6
| years9 = 2020–2022 | clubs9 = Racing Santander | caps9 = 53 | goals9 = 7
| years10 = 2022–2024 | clubs10 = Alcorcón | caps10 = 43 | goals10 = 7
| years11 = 2024 | clubs11 = Recreativo Huelva | caps11 = 17 | goals11 = 2
| years12 = 2024– | clubs12 = Ponferradina | caps12 = 22 | goals12 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Spain U16 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam2 = Spain U17 | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2013 | nationalteam3 = Spain U18 | nationalcaps3 = 2 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2014 | nationalteam4 = Spain U19 | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2012 | nationalteam5 = Spain U20 | nationalcaps5 = 4 | nationalgoals5 = 1
| club-update = 14 March 2025
| nationalteam-update =
}}
{{family name hatnote|Bustos|Sandoval|lang=Spanish}}
Álvaro Bustos Sandoval (born 26 June 1995), is a Spanish footballer who plays as a winger for Ponferradina.
Club career
Born in Gijón, Asturias, Bustos graduated with Sporting de Gijón's youth setup. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2011–12 campaign, aged only 16, in Segunda División B.
On 10 September 2014 Bustos made his professional debut, starting in a 1–3 home loss against Real Valladolid for the season's Copa del Rey.[http://www.marca.com/2014/09/10/futbol/copa_rey/1410381434.html El Valladolid demuestra su experiencia (Valladolid shows their experience)]; Marca, 10 September 2014 {{in lang|es}} He continued to appear exclusively for the B's, however.
On 4 August 2016, Bustos was loaned to Segunda División club CD Mirandés, in a season-long deal.[http://www.cdmirandes.com/noticia/alvaro-bustos-jugara-la-proxima-temporada-en-el-club-deportivo-mirandes Álvaro Bustos jugará la próxima temporada en el Club Deportivo Mirandés (Álvaro Bustos will play the following season at Club Deportivo Mirandés)]; CD Mirandés, 4 August 2016 {{in lang|es}} He scored his first professional goals on 25 September, netting a double in a 3–2 home win against CD Tenerife.
On 27 July 2017, after suffering relegation, Bustos terminated his contract with Sporting.{{cite web|url=http://www.realsporting.com/noticia/alvaro-bustos-pone-fin-a-su-etapa-como-jugador-del-sporting|title=Álvaro Bustos pone fin a su etapa como jugador del Sporting|trans-title=Álvaro Bustos ends his spell as Sporting player|publisher=Real Sporting|language=es|date=27 July 2017|accessdate=27 July 2017}} The following day, he signed a four-year contract with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, still in the second division.{{cite web|url=http://www.marca.com/futbol/nastic/2017/07/28/597b18eb468aeb77138b45d3.html|title=Álvaro Bustos se convierte en el octavo fichaje del Nàstic|trans-title=Álvaro Bustos becomes the eighth signing of Nàstic|publisher=Marca|language=es|date=28 July 2017|accessdate=28 July 2017}}
Bustos joined RCD Mallorca in January 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.rcdmallorca.es/contenidos/noticias/noticia/alvaro-bustos-nuevo-fichaje-del-rcd-mallorca|title=Álvaro Bustos, nuevo fichaje del RCD Mallorca|trans-title=Álvaro Bustos, new signing of RCD Mallorca|publisher=RCD Mallorca|language=es|date=3 January 2018}} After achieving promotion to the second division, he served loan stints at CF Rayo Majadahonda and Pontevedra CF before joining the latter club permanently on 14 July 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.farodevigo.es/deportes/pontevedra/2019/07/14/alvaro-bustos-vuelve-pontevedra/2140006.html|title=Álvaro Bustos vuelve al Pontevedra|trans-title=Álvaro Bustos returns to Pontevedra|publisher=Faro de Vigo|language=es|date=14 July 2019|accessdate=27 July 2019}}
On 15 August 2020, Bustos agreed to a two-year contract with Racing de Santander, recently relegated to the third division.{{cite web|url=https://www.realracingclub.es/noticia/alvaro-bustos-refuerza-la-plantilla-del-racing-202021|title=Álvaro Bustos refuerza la plantilla del Racing 2020/21|trans-title=Álvaro Bustos bolsters the squad of Racing 2020/21|publisher=Racing Santander|language=es|date=15 August 2020|accessdate=4 October 2020}} On 15 July 2022, after achieving promotion back to the second level, he moved to AD Alcorcón.{{cite web|url=https://www.adalcorcon.com/noticia/el-extremo-alvaro-bustos-nuevo-futbolista-de-la-a-d-alcorcon|title=El extremo Álvaro Bustos, nuevo futbolista de la A.D. Alcorcón|trans-title=Winger Álvaro Bustos, new footballer of A.D. Alcorcón|publisher=AD Alcorcón|language=es|date=15 July 2022|accessdate=14 August 2022}}
On 31 January 2024, after losing his starting spot, Bustos terminated his contract with Alkor.{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/alcorcon/2024/01/31/65ba11dbca4741a42d8b45e8.html|title=El Alcor rescinde a Álvaro Bustos y Álex López, importantes en el ascenso|trans-title=Alcor rescind Álvaro Bustos and Álex López, important in their promotion|publisher=Marca|language=es|date=31 January 2024|accessdate=1 February 2024}}
On 31 July 2024, Bustos signed with Ponferradina in Primera Federación.{{cite web|publisher=Ponferradina|url=https://www.sdponferradina.com/noticias/alvaro-bustos-nuevo-jugador-de-la-sd-ponferradina|title=Álvaro Bustos, nuevo jugador de la SD Ponferradina|trans-title=Alvaro Bustos, new player of SD Ponferradina|date=31 July 2024|access-date=8 October 2024|language=es}}
Career statistics
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6"|Sporting Gijón II
|rowspan="5"|Segunda División B |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13
|21 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14
|16 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15
|12 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16
|28 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!78 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 78 | 1 | |||
| Sporting Gijón
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mirandés (loan)
|Segunda División |26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | ||
| Gimnàstic
|Segunda División |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Mallorca
|Segunda División B |14 | 2 | colspan="2" |— | 4{{efn|Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs|name=pro}} | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19
|Segunda División |0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!14 | 2 | colspan="2" |— | 4
!0 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Rayo Majadahonda (loan)
|Segunda División |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pontevedra (loan)
|Segunda División B |12 | 2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="2" |Pontevedra
|Segunda División B |28 | 6 | 1
|0 | colspan="2" |— | 29 | 6 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 8 | 1
!0 | colspan="2" |— | 41 | 8 | |||
| Racing Santander
|Segunda División B |16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 3 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!178 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 185 | 18 |
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References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|101309}}
- {{Futbolme profile|5580}}
{{SD Ponferradina squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Gijón
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Spain men's youth international footballers
Category:Sporting de Gijón B players
Category:Sporting de Gijón players
Category:CD Mirandés footballers
Category:Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
Category:CF Rayo Majadahonda players
Category:Pontevedra CF footballers
Category:Racing de Santander players
Category:AD Alcorcón footballers
Category:Recreativo de Huelva players
Category:SD Ponferradina players
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Primera Federación players