Álvaro Cervera

Álvaro Cervera
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Cervera Díaz
Date of birth (1965-09-20) 20 September 1965
Place of birth Santa Isabel, Guinea
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Tenerife (manager)
Youth career
Alegría
Tenerife
Perines
Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Rayo Cantabria 35 (15)
1984–1987 Racing Santander 33 (5)
1987–1992 Mallorca 139 (10)
1992–1995 Valencia 82 (5)
1995–1997 Racing Santander 42 (3)
1997–1998 Hércules 2 (0)
1998–1999 Águilas 11 (1)
1999 Almería 19 (5)
1999–2000 San Fernando 23 (1)
2000–2001 Ontinyent
Total 386 (45)
International career
1987 Spain U21 4 (1)
1991–1992 Spain 4 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Catarroja (assistant)
2002–2003 Catarroja
2003–2004 Villarreal (youth)
2004–2005 Catarroja
2005 Castellón
2006 Almansa
2006–2007 Alicante
2008–2009 Cultural Leonesa
2009–2010 Jaén
2010–2011 Real Unión
2011–2012 Recreativo
2012 Racing Santander
2012–2015 Tenerife
2016–2022 Cádiz
2022–2023 Oviedo
2024– Tenerife
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Álvaro Cervera Díaz (born 20 September 1965) is a Spanish football coach and former player who is the manager of Segunda División club Tenerife.

A winger, he played 261 matches in La Liga over 12 seasons for Racing de Santander (in two spells), Mallorca and Valencia, scoring 17 goals. He won four caps for Spain in the 1990s.

Cervera became a coach in 2002, going on to work with a number of clubs.