Álvaro Rubio

Álvaro Rubio is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, born in Logroño on 18 April 1979. He began at Real Zaragoza without getting past the reserves, then joined Albacete in 2000 and helped them back to La Liga, making his top-flight debut in October 2003. From 2006 he spent most of his career with Real Valladolid, appearing in 310 games, winning promotion twice and scoring his first professional goals in 2007-08. In 2016 he had a four month spell with Bengaluru in India, reaching the AFC Cup final. Internationally he was part of the Spain under-20 squad that won the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. After retiring he moved into coaching at Valladolid, was caretaker and then interim head coach of the first team in 2024 and 2025, and took charge of Olympiacos B in 2025.