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Álvaro Traver
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Traver Navarrete
Date of birth	1 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Algemesí, Spain
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Soneja
Youth career
	Levante
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2017	Levante B
2012–2013	→ Catarroja (loan)
2013	→ Reus (loan)
2015–2017	Levante
2017	→ Logroñés (loan)
2017–2018	Sporting B
2018–2020	Sporting Gijón
2020–2021	Numancia
2021	Racing Santander
2021–2022	Alzira
2022–2023	Coria
2023–	Soneja
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Álvaro Traver Navarrete (born 1 April 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a winger for Tercera Federación club Soneja.

Club career

Born in Algemesí, Valencia, Valencian Community,^[1] Traver finished his formation with Levante UD. He made his senior debut with the reserve team on 20 February 2010, in a Tercera División match against UD Puçol.

On 30 August 2012 Traver was loaned to fellow league team Catarroja CF, in a season-long deal.^[2] After being an ever-present figure for the side, he moved to Segunda División B side CF Reus Deportiu on 31 January 2013, on loan until June.^[3]

Traver returned to the Granotas in June 2013, and signed a new two-year deal on 30 January of the following year.^[4] On 3 December 2015, after further extending his contract until 2018 in July,^[5] he made his first team debut by starting in a 1–1 Copa del Rey home draw against RCD Espanyol.^[6]

On 4 July 2016, Traver was listed among the main squad, freshly relegated to Segunda División.^[7] However, he returned to the B-side after the pre-season ended,^[8] and was loaned to third-tier club UD Logroñés on 31 January 2017.^[9]

On 25 August 2017, Traver moved to another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B also in the third division.^[10] He was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2018–19 season, after agreeing to a new three-year contract.^[11]

Traver scored his first professional goal on 23 November 2018, netting the winner in a 2–1 away win against Granada CF. He left the club after his contract expired in July 2020, and signed for recently relegated side CD Numancia on 2 October.^[12]

References

^ "Álvaro Traver, el camino hacia el éxito es el esfuerzo" [Álvaro Traver, the road to success is through hard work] (in Spanish). Valencia News. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ "El jugador d'Algemesí Álvaro Traver, pretés per l'Alzira, jugarà en el Catarroja cedit pel Llevant" [Algemesí player Álvaro Traver, wanted by Alzira, will play at Catarroja on loan from Levante] (in Catalan). Ribera Express. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ "Álvaro Traver jugará cedido hasta final de temporada en el CF Reus Deportiu" [Álvaro Traver will play on loan at CF Reus Deportiu until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ "Álvaro Traver renueva dos temporadas más con el Levante UD" [Álvaro Traver renews for two further seasons with Levante UD] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ "Álvaro Traver renueva tres temporadas más con el Levante UD" [Álvaro Traver renews for three further seasons with Levante UD] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ "Roger mantiene con vida al Levante" [Roger keeps Levante alive] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ "El Levante vuelve al trabajo mirando a Primera" [Levante return to work aiming to Primera] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ "Álvaro Traver refuerza al Atlético Levante UD" [Álvaro Traver bolsters Atlético Levante UD] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ "El Levante UD y la UD Logroñés llegan a un acuerdo para la cesión de Traver" [Levante UD and UD Logroñés reach an agreement for the loan of Traver] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "El extremo Traver, primer fichaje del Sporting B" [Winger Traver, first signing of Sporting B] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 25 August 2017.
^ "Los nuevos contratos de Juan, Cris Salvador, Traver y Cerro en el Sporting" [The new contracts of Juan, Cris Salvador, Traver and Cerro at Sporting] (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Álvaro Traver, la guinda para el ataque del Numancia" [Álvaro Traver, the icing of the cake for Numancia's attack] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.