Ricardo Álvarez (footballer, born 1957)
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
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|fullname = Ricardo Álvarez de Mena
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|26|df=y}}
|birth_place = Madrid, Spain
|height = 1.70 m
|position = Midfielder
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|years1 = 1979–1982 |clubs1 = Real Madrid Castilla |caps1 = 83 |goals1 = 21
|years2 = 1982–1983 |clubs2 = Racing de Santander |caps2 = 23 |goals2 = 3
|years3 = 1983–1985 |clubs3 = Hércules |caps3 = 38 |goals3 = 2
|years4 = 1985–1986 |clubs4 = Palencia |caps4 = 36 |goals4 = 6
|years5 = 1987–1992 |clubs5 = Ávila |caps5 = 142 |goals5 = 25
|totalcaps = 322
|totalgoals = 57
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Ricardo Álvarez de Mena (born 26 October 1957) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder. He's most famously known for being the only goalscorer of a reserve team in a Copa del Rey final, scoring the only goal for Real Madrid Castilla in the 1980 Copa del Rey final.{{BDFutbol|3458}}
Career statistics
=Club=
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Real Madrid Castilla
|rowspan="3"|Segunda División |30 | 7 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | ||
| 1980–81
|19 | 10 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 2Appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 0 | 21 | 10 | ||
| 1981–82
|34 | 4 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!83 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 21 |
| Racing de Santander
|23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| rowspan="3"|Hércules
|32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1Appearances in the Copa de la Liga Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| 1984–85
|6 | 0 | 6Appearances in the Copa del Rey | 1 | 2Appearances in the Copa de la Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!38 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| Palencia
|rowspan="6"|Segunda División B |36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 |
| rowspan="6"|Ávila
|36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10 | |
| 1988–89
|35 | 5 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 | |
| 1989–90
|30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | |
| 1990–91
|35 | 2 | 7 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
| 1991–92
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan="2" |Total
!142 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 29 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!322 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 350 | 62 |
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References
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Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Real Madrid CF players
Category:Real Madrid Castilla footballers
Category:Racing de Santander players
Category:Segunda División B players
Category:Segunda División players
Category:20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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