Álvaro González Alcaraz
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Nationality | Spanish |
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Country | Spain |
Sport | 5-a-side football |
Álvaro González Alcaraz is a Spanish football player, who plays in goal for the Spain national 5-a-side football team. He has won a pair bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Personal
5-a-side football
González is a member of CDC de Málaga, which competes in the Andalusian Cup. As the team's goalkeeper, he has won event.[2]
González won a bronze medal with the team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[2] The 2006 World Cup for the Blind was held in Argentina. He competed at the event as the goalkeeper for Spain.[3] The team made it to the bronze medal match.[4] He was one of ten sportspeople from Málaga to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. In July 2008, he participated in a ceremony hosted by the Mayor of Málaga at the townhall honouring all the Olympic and Paralympic competitors from the city.[5] He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[6] He was in goal in the game against Argentina for the bronze medal.[7] In 2012, a specialized pitch, the first of its kind in Spain, was built in his hometown.[2] In July 2012, he participated in a ceremony hosted by the Mayor of Málaga at the townhall honouring all the Olympic and Paralympic competitors from the city.[8] He was one of 11 sportspeople on the Spanish team from Malaga competing at the London Games.[1] His team won a bronze medal following a penalty shootout in the bronze medal game against Argentina, with González in for the shootout.[9][10][11][12] He was one of seven sportspeople from Malaga to get a 2013 scholarship from Fundación Andalucía Olímpica as part of the Plan Andalucía Olímpica. It was worth €1,200.[13] In February 2013, he received an award at the Gala of Sports Journalists of Andalusia.[14]
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- Spanish 5-a-side footballers
- Living people
- 5-a-side footballers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- 5-a-side footballers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- 5-a-side footballers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Association football goalkeepers
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic 5-a-side footballers of Spain