Alvarinho

Alvaro Ricardo Faustino Gomes (born 3 September 1990), known as Alvarinho, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Louletano as a winger.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Faro, Algarve, Alvarinho began his career at hometown club S.C. Farense in 2009 before a transfer to F.C. Pacos de Ferreira a year later. He made his professional debut in his only Primeira Liga appearance for the latter, a 5–1 home win over Academica de Coimbra on the last day of the 2010–11 season, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for Manuel Jose.

A serious injury limited Alvarinho's prospects at Pacos, and after loans to third division sides C.D. Fatima and S.C.U. Torreense, he joined Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco of the same tier in 2012.

Poland

Halfway through the 2013–14 campaign, after he scored seven goals with Benfica, Alvarinho and strike partner Marocas trained at Zawisza Bydgoszcz of the Polish Ekstraklasa, and the former eventually made the move permanent. He won the Polish Cup also that year, playing the final nine minutes of extra time in place of Jakub Wojcicki; the game finished goalless and he scored in the penalty shootout against Zaglebie Lubin at the Stadion Narodowy.

On 9 July 2014, now under compatriot manager Jorge Paixao, Alvarinho scored as Zawisza defeated league champions Legia Warsaw 3–2 at the Polish Army Stadium in the Polish SuperCup. However, his team was relegated in 2015 and he remained in the top flight, signing for Jagiellonia Bialystok on 20 August. A year later, he was loaned to a third team of the league, Slask Wroclaw.

Return to Portugal

On 30 August 2017, Alvarinho returned to Farense and the Portuguese third tier, now renamed Campeonato de Portugal. In his first season they were promoted to LigaPro as runners-up to C.D. Mafra, and at the end of the second, he signed a new two-year contract featuring an undisclosed release clause.